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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Grandma's gift Grandma's gift Eric Velasquez The author describes Christmas at his grandmother's apartment in Spanish Harlem the year she introduced him to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Diego Velazquez's portrait of Juan de Pareja, which h… OL16113016W
The storyteller's candle = The storyteller's candle = Lulu Delacre,Lucia M. Gonzalez During the early days of the Great Depression, New York City's first Puerto Rican librarian, Pura Belpré, introduces the public library to immigrants living in El Barrio and hosts the neighborhood's … OL16465533W
The (r)evolution of Evelyn Serrano The (r)evolution of Evelyn Serrano Sonia Manzano It is 1969 in Spanish Harlem, and fourteen-year-old Evelyn Serrano is trying hard to break free from her conservative Puerto Rican surroundings, but when her activist grandmother comes to stay and th… OL16572238W
Shadowhouse fall Shadowhouse fall Daniel José Older In addition to the ordinary problems of a Puerto Rican teenager in Brooklyn, Sierra Santiago is working on developing her shadowshaping skills, and she is beginning to think she may need all the skil… OL19665721W