Dominican/Dominican American
Ana Maria Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle
Age 10 or older
Themes: Generation: 1st, Visiting Home Country
Aniana del Mar Jumps In
Age 08 or older
Themes: Audiobook, Diverse Abilities: Physical, Family Relationship: Parents, Generational Differences, Genre: Poetry, Mental Health, Multilingual Character, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Sports, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Buenos espiritus
Age 12 or older
Themes: Award Winner: Youth Media Awards 2023, Coming of Age, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generational Differences, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, Mental Health, Non-English Book: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Recommended: Las Musas
Burn Down, Rise Up
Age 14 or older
Themes: Activism, Award Winner: Youth Media Awards 2023, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Genre: Action Adventure, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Clap When You Land
Age 14 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 1st, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Doodles from the Boogie Down
Age 09 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Graphic Novel, Own Voices/Lived Experience, The Arts
Frizzy
Age 08 or older
Themes: Award Winner: Youth Media Awards 2023, Body Image, Coming of Age, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 2nd, Generational Differences, Graphic Novel, Own Voices/Lived Experience
High Spirits
Age 12 or older
Themes: Award Winner: Youth Media Awards 2023, Coming of Age, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generational Differences, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Recommended: Las Musas
Inheritance: A Visual Poem
Age 13 or older
Themes: Award Winner: Youth Media Awards 2023, Body Image, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Racial, Genre: Poetry, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Invisible: A Graphic Novel
Age 08 or older
Themes: Activism, Bilingual Book: Spanish/English, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Language Ability, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Generation: 1st, Generation: 2nd, Genre: Action Adventure, Graphic Novel, Multilingual Character, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Islands Apart: Becoming Dominican American
Age 12 or older
Themes: Body Image, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Language Ability, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences: Dating, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, Genre: Poetry, Multilingual Character, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Lola (Islandborn)
Age 06 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 1st, Non-English Book: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Love in English
Age 14 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, LGBTQIA+, Multilingual Character, Own Voices/Lived Experience, The Arts
Luis Paints the World
Age 06 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, The Arts, Welcoming by Community
Miosotis Flores Never Forgets
Age 09 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Never Look Back
Age 13 or older
Themes: Award Winner, Cross-Group Dating, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Our Stories Carried Us Here
Age 12 or older
Themes: Citizenship, Discrimination: Cultural, Engagement Tool: Video, Graphic Novel, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education, Immigrant: Religious Freedom, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Immigrant: Undocumented
Plátanos Are Love
Age 04 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Running
Age 12 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Multilingual Character, Multiracial Identity
Starting Over in Sunset Park
Age 06 or older
Themes: Animals, Family Relationship: Parents, Immigrant: Economic, Multilingual Character, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual
The Making of Yolanda la Bruja
Age 12 or older
Themes: Audiobook, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Racial, Diverse Abilities: Physical, Generation: 1st, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Recommended: Community Rallying Against Hate
The Poet X
Age 13 or older
Themes: Audiobook, Family Relationship: Parents, Multilingual Character, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Christian, The Arts
This Train Is Being Held
Age 13 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Dating, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences: Dating, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Wash Day Diaries
Age 12 or older
Themes: Award Winner: Youth Media Awards 2023, Body Image, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Graphic Novel, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience