Honduran/Honduran American

A Journey Toward Hope

by Victor Hinojosa

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

American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures

by America Ferrera

Age 18 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Format: Anthology, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Generation: 2nd, Genre: Nonfiction, Identity: Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Colorful Mondays: A Bookmobile Spreads Hope in Honduras

by Nelson Rodríguez & Leonardo Agustín Montes

Age 05 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Education & Literacy, Genre: Biography, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country

Detained: A Boy’s Journal of Survival and Resilience

by D. Esperanza

Age 18 or older

Themes: Detention & Deportation, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Separation: By Detention, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Biography, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Immigrant: Undocumented, IYNB Recommends: Justice & Belonging, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Trauma & Healing: Physical Assault, Unaccompanied Minors, Welcoming by Individual

Don’t Read the Comments

by Eric Smith

Age 14 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Activism, Allyship, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Discrimination: Racial, Engagement Tool: Video, Format: Audiobook

Enrique’s Journey: The True Story of a Boy Determined to Reunite with His Mother

by Sonia Nazario

Age 12 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Undocumented, Setting: Home Country, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Physical Assault, Trauma & Healing: Sexual Assault, Trigger Warning: Graphic Violence

Escape to the North

by Carlos Hugo Rojas

Age 15 or older

Themes: Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Siblings, Genre: Thriller, Human Rights Violation: Trafficking, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Gang Violence, Refugee: Sexual Violence, Setting: Home Country, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Trauma & Healing: Sexual Assault, Unaccompanied Minors

Gabby, Lost and Found

by Angela Cervantes

Age 08 or older

Themes: Citizenship, Detention & Deportation, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status

Hear My Voice/Escucha mi voz

by Warren Binford

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

Jasmín Pictures Home / Jasmín Ilustra Su Hogar (Beyond Borders)

by Pedro Reyes, Yunior Jose Garcia, Andy Pina,

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

Libertad

by Bessie Flores Zaldívar

Age 14 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Activism, Arts, Coming of Age, Community Action, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, LGBTQIA+, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend

Miss Camper (#2)

by Kat Fajardo

Age 08 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, LGBTQIA+, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Miss Quinces (#1)

by Kat Fajardo

Age 8 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Celebrations: Quinceañera, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 1st, Genre: Humor, Identity: Multilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country, Welcoming by Individual

Mystery on Macaw Mountain

by María José Fitzgerald

Age 08 or older

Themes: Animals, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Mystery, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country

Srta. Campista (#2)

by Kat Fajardo

Age 08 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, LGBTQIA+, Multilingual: Spanish, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Srta. Quinces (#1)

by Kat Fajardo

Age 08 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Celebrations: Quinceañera, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 1st, Genre: Humor, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country, Welcoming by Individual

The One Who Loves You the Most

by Medina

Age 08 or older

Themes: Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Family Relationship: Adoption, Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Exploration, LGBTQIA+, Mental Health, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Illness

Tíos and Primos

by Jacqueline Alcántara

Age 04 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Generational Differences: Language, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country, Welcoming by Community

Tíos y Primos (Tíos and Primos)

by Jacqueline Alcántara

Age 04 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Generational Differences: Language, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country, Welcoming by Community

Turtles of the Midnight Moon

by Maria José Fitzgerald

Age 08 or older

Themes: Animals, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country, Trauma & Healing, Welcoming by Individual

Una Jornada Hacia la Esperanza (A Journey Toward Hope)

by Victor Hinojosa

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, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country, Setting: US/Mexican Border Crossing, Unaccompanied Minors