Guatemalan/Guatemalan American
!Hola, Lola! (Series)
Age 04 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country, Welcoming by Individual
A Journey Toward Hope
Age 06 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Family Separation: On Journey, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Immigrant: Undocumented, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing, Unaccompanied Minors
As the Seas Rise: Nicole Hernández Hammer and the Fight for Climate Justice
Age 04 or older
Themes: Activism, Genre: Biography, Genre: Nonfiction, Immigrant: Economic, Natural Disaster/Climate Change, Own Voices/Lived Experience, STEM
Borderless
Age 14 or older
Themes: Arts, Family Relationship: Parents, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Gang Violence, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing
Brownstone
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Language Ability, Discrimination: Racial, Event: MCSTOYA Connects: Migration Reads, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multiracial, LGBTQIA+, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Community, Welcoming by Individual
Con Papá / With Papá
Age 03 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: French Featured Words, Multilingual: Nahuatl Featured Words, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From
Age 14 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, Identity: Multiracial
El Unico Destino (The Only Road)
Age 09 or older
Themes: Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Gang Violence, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Hear My Voice/Escucha mi voz
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Anthology, Immigrant: Undocumented, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing
Home
Age 13 or older
Themes: Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Graphic Novel, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing
I Remember: Poems and Pictures of Heritage
Age 09 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Microaggression, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Genre: Poetry, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Identity: Multiracial, Mental Health
I’m New Here
Age 06 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Allyship, Cross-Group Friendship, Engagement Tool: Arts, Engagement Tool: Discussion, Engagement Tool: I'm Your Neighbor Books Created, Engagement Tool: Video, Format: Audiobook, Identity: Multilingual, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current), Welcoming Library: Pine Collection
Izzy vs. Cheerleading (Team Awkward #3)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multiracial
Jasmín Pictures Home / Jasmín Ilustra Su Hogar (Beyond Borders)
Age 04 or older
Themes: Arts, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Sports, Welcoming by School
Jojo vs. Middle School (Team Awkward #1)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Animals, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multiracial
La encrucijada (The Crossroads)
Age 09 or older
Themes: Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Multilingual: Spanish, Refugee: Gang Violence, Refugee: Undocumented, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing, Unaccompanied Minors
Leah vs. Art (Team Awkward #2)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multiracial
Lola Reyes Is So Not Worried
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Mama and Papa Have a Store
Age 06 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Mani Semilla Encuentra su Voz de Quetzal (Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice)
Age 10 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Activism, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Identity: Body Image, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice
Age 10 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Activism, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Identity: Body Image, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Manuelito: A Graphic Novel
Age 12 or older
Themes: Detention & Deportation, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Graphic Novel, Immigrant: Undocumented, Mental Health, Migrant Smuggling, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing, Trauma & Healing, Unaccompanied Minors
Manuelito: Una Novela Gráfica (Manuelito: A Graphic Novel)
Age 12 or older
Themes: Detention & Deportation, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Graphic Novel, Immigrant: Undocumented, Mental Health, Migrant Smuggling, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing, Trauma & Healing, Unaccompanied Minors
No Somos de Aquí (We Are Not from Here)
Age 14 or Older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Engagement Tool: Discussion, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Migrant Smuggling, Multilingual: Spanish, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Gang Violence, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Unaccompanied Minors
Only a Trenza Away: A Tale of Trust and Strength
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Identity: Body Image, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual
Our Stories Carried Us Here
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Citizenship, Discrimination: Cultural, Engagement Tool: Video, Format: Graphic Novel, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education, Immigrant: Religious Freedom, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Immigrant: Undocumented
Salsa Stories
Age 07 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Celebrations, Celebrations: New Years, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Seedfolks
Age 13 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Community Action, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Discrimination: Microaggression, Discrimination: Racial, Format: Audiobook, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Community
Seven Pablos
Age 04 or older
Themes: Immigrant: Economic, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: Persecution, Setting: Home Country
Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories from the Guatemalan Genocide
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 1st, Genre: Historical, Human Rights Violation: Genocide, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: Persecution, Refugee: War/Conflict
Someone New
Age 06 or older
Themes: Allyship, Cross-Group Friendship, Engagement Tool: Arts, Engagement Tool: Discussion, Engagement Tool: I'm Your Neighbor Books Created, Format: Audiobook, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming by School, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current), Welcoming Library: Pine Collection
Tethered to Other Stars
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Detention & Deportation, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: By Detention, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Undocumented, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, IYNB Recommends: Justice & Belonging, Own Voices/Lived Experience