Zoraida Cordova
1) Bruja Born
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New in the highly lauded Brooklyn Brujas series-Lula must let go of the ghosts of her past to face the actual living dead of her present. Lula Mortiz may be a bruja with healing powers, but after her family's battle in Los Lagos, she feels broken in a way she can't seem to fix. Then tragedy strikes when a bus crash leaves her friends and her boyfriend, Maks, dead. Desperate to reclaim normalcy, Lula invokes a dark spell to bring Maks back. It isn't...
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Thirsty for fresh blood? Sink your teeth into vampire stories from young adult fiction's leading voices.
In this delicious new collection edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker, you'll find stories about the lurking vampires of social media, the rebellious vampires hungry for more than just blood, the eager vampires coming out—and
going out for their first kill—and other bold, breathtaking, dangerous, dreamy, eerie, iconic,...
In this delicious new collection edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker, you'll find stories about the lurking vampires of social media, the rebellious vampires hungry for more than just blood, the eager vampires coming out—and
going out for their first kill—and other bold, breathtaking, dangerous, dreamy, eerie, iconic,...
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Rose Mortiz has always been a fixer, but lately she's been feeling lost.
She has brand new powers that she doesn't understand, and her family
is still trying to figure out how to function in the wake of her amnesiac
father's return home. Then, on the night of her Death Day party, Rose
discovers her father's memory loss has been a lie.
As she rushes to his side, the two are ambushed and pulled through
a portal to the land of...
She has brand new powers that she doesn't understand, and her family
is still trying to figure out how to function in the wake of her amnesiac
father's return home. Then, on the night of her Death Day party, Rose
discovers her father's memory loss has been a lie.
As she rushes to his side, the two are ambushed and pulled through
a portal to the land of...
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BJD New Dec 22
FPPL 2024 Latine and Hispanic Heritage Month Children's Booklist
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Chapter Books and Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
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FPPL 2024 Latine and Hispanic Heritage Month Children's Booklist
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Chapter Books and Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
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Eleven-and-a-half-year-old Valentina Salazar grew up as a monster protector until her father's loss, but when a video of a mythical egg appears, Valentina convinces her older brother and sister to help her find and save it--all while avoiding the monster hunters who want to destroy it.
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2024 FPPL YA Latine & Hispanic Heritage Month
Bewitching Reads - Teen
Celebrate Pride Month
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Bewitching Reads - Teen
Celebrate Pride Month
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"Alex is a bruja and the most powerful witch in her family. But she's hated magic ever since it made her father disappear into thin air. When a curse she performs to rid herself of magic backfires and her family vanishes, she must travel to Los Lagos, a land in-between as dark as Limbo and as strange as Wonderland, to get her family back"-- Provided by publisher.
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2023 Read Widely: Central & South America
Adult - Hispanic Heritage Month
Armchair Travel
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Adult - Hispanic Heritage Month
Armchair Travel
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"The Montoyas are used to a life without explanations. They know better than to ask why the pantry never seems to run low or empty, or why their matriarch won't ever leave their home in Four Rivers--even for graduations, weddings, or baptisms. But when Orquídea Divina invites them to her funeral and to collect their inheritance, they hope to learn the secrets that she has held onto so tightly their whole lives. Instead, Orquídea is transformed,...
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Eleven-year-old Danny Monteverde believes in magic, he believes that the enchanted land of Rio Luna in his older sister's favorite book is real, and most of all he believes that if he can find the way to Rio Luna he will find his sister Pili there, because he does not believe that his sister would run away from the group home where they lived and leave him behind; but after years of being passed from one foster family to another his faith begins to...
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"Izzy and Jules were childhood friends, climbing the spires of Batuu, inventing silly games, and dreaming of adventures they would share one day. Then, Izzy's family left abruptly, without even a chance to say goodbye. Izzy's life became one of constant motion, traveling from one world to the next, until her parents were killed and she became a low-level smuggler to make ends meet. Jules remained on Batuu, eventually becoming a farmer like his father,...
9) Bruja born
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Still feeling broken after her family's battle in Los Lagos, Lula invokes a dark spell to bring her boyfriend and others back after a fatal bus crash, but unwittingly raises an army of hungry, half-dead casimuertos, instead.
10) Wayward witch
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Before she can return home to help heal her broken family, teenaged Rose Mortiz must come to terms with her new powers and work with others to save the magical land of Adas.
11) Convergence
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"The next adventure in the High Republic begins expanding the new era of Star Wars, with a story set generations before Light of the Jedi. It is an age of exploration. Jedi travel the galaxy, expanding their understanding of the Force and all the worlds and beings connected by it. Meanwhile, the Republic, led by its two chancellors, works to unite worlds in an ever-growing community among near and distant stars. On the close-orbiting planets of...
12) Incendiary
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Hollow crown volume 1
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As a child, Renata Convida serves the crown as a memory thief, but as a rebel spy at age seventeen, Renata returns to the royal palace, where she fights to complete her mission while confronting childhood memories long locked away.
13) Kiss the girl
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"A modern tale of unexpectedly falling in love and finding your voice, Kiss the Girl is the highly anticipated third installment in the acclaimed and best-selling Meant to Be collection. Ariel del Mar is one of the most famous singers in the world. She and her sisters--together, known as the band Siren Seven--have been a pop culture phenomenon since they were kids. On stage, wearing her iconic red wig and sequined costumes, staring out at a sea of...
14) The vicious deep
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After being sucked out to sea in a tidal wave, Tristan Hart returns ashore on Coney Island with no memory of what happened to him--yet he can sense the emotions of others and dreams of a terrifying silver mermaid with razor-sharp teeth.
15) The savage blue
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Teenaged Tristan battles pirates, sea dragons, and mutant creatures of the deep in his quest for the Sea Throne.
16) Illusionary
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Hollow crown volume 2
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"Renata and her enemy Prince Castian must team up to find the fabled Knife of Memory and bring peace to the kingdom of Puerto Leones"-- Provided by publisher.
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One of Bustle's Most Anticipated Books of 2022
One of Pop Sugar's Best New YA of 2022
From stories that take you to the stars, to stories that span into other times and realms, to stories set in the magical now, Reclaim the Stars takes the Latin American diaspora to places fantastical and out of this world.
Follow princesses warring in space, haunting ghost stories in Argentina, mermaids off the coast of the
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The High Republic continues in this fast-paced adventure that picks up from Escape from Valo, perfect for fans of sci-fi action. Think Sailor Moon meets Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting by way of Star Wars . . . with a dash of Last Kids on Earth!
This next installment in the New York Times best-selling series is written by award-winning author Zoraida Córdova and features six full-color pages of art!
It is a dark and dangerous time for the...
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The fearsome Nihil continue to spread chaos inside the Occlusion Zone, aided by the mysterious creatures called the Nameless that feed on the Force itself. When the people of an embattled world plead for help with the Nihil threat, a team of both Republic Defense Coalition members and Jedi--including Ram Jomaram--is sent to their aid.
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Thrilling short stories featuring fan favorite characters from the beloved High Republic series each written by a New York Times bestselling author.
Rejoin the adventures of the Jedi and Padawans, Pathfinders and Path members, and heroes and villains in these unmissable short stories that bridge storylines, resolve mysteries, and offer tantalizing hints of what is to come.
"The narrative progression from one story to the next...
Rejoin the adventures of the Jedi and Padawans, Pathfinders and Path members, and heroes and villains in these unmissable short stories that bridge storylines, resolve mysteries, and offer tantalizing hints of what is to come.
"The narrative progression from one story to the next...









