Recommendations
Check out these recommended reads!
Here is the link to many amazing books celebrating Latinx culture and authors. Click it and take a look - you won't be disappointed!
Ms. Stephens is currently reading:
When We Were Infinite - Kelly Loy Gilbert
This is an amazing realistic fiction book that hooks you in from the very beginning. Main character Beth has spent her whole life trying to learn how to be the "right kind of girl". She knows when to stay quiet and what people want to hear. Her friends are like her family. But when she witnesses an act of harm at a friend's house, her friend group is pushed to it's limits. This book is SO good - you won't be able to put it down.
Ms. Stephens just finished reading:
Internment - Samira Ahmed
Set in a dystopian, near-future USA main character Layla and her parents are forced into an internment camp for Muslim Americans. This is the story of her fight for freedom.