Across the bay by Aponte, Carlos 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2019)

BTSB #: 064598 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-7   
AR: 3.1 LG Lexile: 570 F&P: N

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Family life - Fiction Puerto Ricans - Fiction Puerto Rico - Fiction

Summary: Carlitos lives in a happy home with his mother, his abuela, and Coco the cat. Life in his hometown is cozy as can be, but the call of the capital city pulls Carlitos across the bay in search of his father.

Al otro lado de la bahia by Aponte, Carlos 

BTSB PreboundSPANISH New title, awaiting publication or binding.(Beascoa, 2021)

BTSB #: 064628 In Bindery

Dewey: EAges: 3-7   


Genres: Spanish Language Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Family life - Fiction Puerto Ricans - Fiction Spanish language - Reading materials Puerto Rico - Fiction

Summary: Carlitos lives in a happy home with his mother, his abuela, and Coco the cat. Life in his hometown is cozy as can be, but the call of the capital city pulls Carlitos across the bay in search of his father. In Spanish.

Lucky soccer save [Jake Maddox JV]by Maddox, Jake 

BTSB Prebound(Stone Arch, 2021)

BTSB #: 596143 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.9 MG Lexile: 600 F&P: R

Genres: Sports Multicultural

Subjects: Soccer - Fiction Music - Fiction Puerto Ricans - Fiction

Summary: Luis "Lucky" Martinez is the new kid on River Valley Junior High's JV soccer team. But his goalie skills aren't the only thing being tested. When a school talent show opens for auditions, Luis will find out if he's inherited his abuela's musical skills. Can Luis juggle both, or will he have to choose which of his passions to save: soccer or music?

Pura's cuentos : how Pura Belpre reshaped libraries with her stories by Pimentel, Annette Bay 

BTSB Prebound New title, awaiting publication or binding.(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 718260 In Bindery

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Belpre, Pura - Fiction Storytelling - Fiction Librarians - Fiction Puerto Ricans - Fiction Harlem (New York, N.Y.) - Fiction New York (N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: In this fictional biography, Pura Belpre breaks the rules of storytime by telling unpublished bilingual stories from her homeland of Puerto Rico.

Revolution of Evelyn Serrano by Manzano, Sonia 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic, 2012)

BTSB #: 602628 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.6 MG+RC: 4.4 6-8 Lexile: 720

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Puerto Ricans - Fiction Family life - New York (State) - Fiction Grandmothers - Fiction Identity (Psychology) - Fiction

Summary: In 1969 Spanish Harlem, Evelyn tries to break free from her conservative Puerto Rican environment, but her activist grandmother & neighborhood protests complicate things.

Trouble with half a moon by Vigilante, Danette 

BTSB Prebound(Putnam, 2011)

BTSB #: 909298 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 3.7 MG+RC: 3.4 6-8 Lexile: 600

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Grief - Fiction Faith - Fiction Child abuse - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Puerto Ricans - Fiction Jamaican Americans - Fiction

Summary: Grieving over her brother's death and its impact on her mother, Dellie befriends a neglected boy in her building.