#author: carolina ixta

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An unforgettable YA debut about two Latina teens growing up in East Oakland as they discover that the world is brimming with messy complexities, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Erika L. Sánchez. Belén Dolores Itzel del Toro wants the normal stuff: to experience love or maybe have a boyfriend or at least just lose her virginity. But nothing is normal in East Oakland. Her father left her family. She's at risk of not graduating. And Leti, her super-Catholic, nerdy-ass best friend, is pregnant--by the boyfriend she hasn't told her parents about, because he's Black, and her parents are racist. Things are hella complicated. Weighed by a depression she can't seem to shake, Belén helps Leti, hangs out with an older guy, and cuts a lot of class. She soon realizes, though, that distractions are only temporary. Leti is becoming a mother. Classmates are getting ready for college. But what about Belén? What future is there for girls like her? From debut author Carolina Ixta comes a fierce, intimate examination of friendship, chosen family, and the generational cycles we must break to become our truest selves.

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❤‍🔥 Books for Hispanic & Latine Heritage Month

❓What's your favorite book written by a Hispanic or Latine author?

❤‍🔥 The Luis Ortega Survival Club - Sonora Reyes ✨ With the Fire on High - Elizabeth Acevedo ❤‍🔥 Brownstone - Samuel Teer & Mar Julia ✨ Suncatcher - Jose Pimienta ❤‍🔥 Mexican WhiteBoy - Matt de la Peña

❤‍🔥 The First to Die at the End - Adam Silvera ✨ Shut Up, This Is Serious - Carolina Ixta ❤‍🔥 Small Town Monsters - Diana Rodriguez Wallach ✨ I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter - Erika L Sanchez ❤‍🔥 Chronically Dolores - Maya Van Wagenen ✨ It's All Love - Jenna Ortega

❤‍🔥 Does My Body Offend You? - Mayra Cuevas & Marie Marquardt ✨ Bad at Love - Gabriela Martins ❤‍🔥 Northranger - Rey Terciero & Bre Indigo ✨ Before We Were Free - Julia Alvarez ❤‍🔥 Lucero - Maya Motayne ✨ Queerceañera - Alex Crespo

❤‍🔥 The Turning Pointe - Vanessa L. Torres ✨ Suddenly a Murder - Lauren Munoz ❤‍🔥 Always Isn't Forever - JC Cervantes ✨ It Sounds Like This - Anna Meriano ❤‍🔥 Flirting With Fate - JC Cervantes ✨ Undead Girl Gang - Lily Anderson

❤‍🔥 When We Make It - Elisabet Velasquez ✨ Diamond Park - Phillippe Diederich ❤‍🔥 Juliet Takes a Breath - Gabby Rivera ✨ Libertad - Bessie Flores Zaldivar ❤‍🔥 This Is How We Fly - Anna Meriano ✨ Viva Lola Espinoza - Ella Ceron

❤‍🔥 The Grief Keeper - Alexandra Villasante ✨ Just Another Epic Love Poem - Parisa Akhbari ❤‍🔥 Sanctuary - Paola Mendoza & Abby Sher ✨ Solis - Paola Mendoza & Abby Sher ❤‍🔥 We Are Not From Here - Jenny Torres Sanchez ✨ Azar on Fire - Olivia Abtahi

❤‍🔥 Up in Flames - Hailey Alcaraz ✨ Beyond the Break - Heather Buchta ❤‍🔥 Chasing After Knight - Heather Buchta ✨ Cemetery Boys - Aiden Thomas ❤‍🔥 The Sunbearer Trials - Aiden Thomas ✨ What the River Knows - Isabel Ibañez