Latinx & Hispanice Heritage Month Books

Merci Suárez Plays It Cool

Merci Suárez: Book #3

By: Meg Medina
Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

For Merci Suárez, eighth grade means a new haircut, nighttime football games, and an out-of-town overnight field trip. At home, it means more chores and keeping an eye on Lolo as his health worsens. It’s a year filled with more responsibility and independence, but also with opportunities to reinvent herself. Merci has always been fine with not... Read more

Alma y cómo obtuvo su nombre (Alma and How She Got Her Name)

By: Juana Martinez-Neal
Narrated by: Adriana Sananes
Length: 7 minutes

What’s in a name? For one little girl, her very long name tells the vibrant story of where she came from—and who she may one day be. Spanish language edition! If you ask her, Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela has way too many names: six! Just think of how hard it is to fit them all on the back of a little photo. How did such a small person... Read more

Tía Fortuna's New Home

A Jewish Cuban Journey

By: Ruth Behar
Narrated by: Ruth Behar
Length: 15 minutes

A poignant multicultural ode to family and what it means to create a home as one girl helps her Tía move away from her beloved Miami apartment.

When Estrella's Tía Fortuna has to say goodbye to her longtime Miami apartment building, The Seaway, to move to an assisted living community, Estrella spends the day with her. Tía explains the... Read more

La última cuentista (The Last Cuentista)

By: Donna Barbra Higuera
Narrated by: Ana Osorio
Length: 10 hours 18 minutes

Había una vez …
Una niña llamada Petra Peña que no quería otra cosa que ser cuentista, como su abuelita.
Pero el mundo de Petra está llegando a su fin. La Tierra ha sido destruida por un cometa, y solounos pocos científicos y sus hijos—entre ellos, Petra y su familia—han sido elegidos para viajar a un nuevo planeta.
Cientos de años después, Petra... Read more

The Last Cuentista

By: Donna Barba Higuera
Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
Length: 8 hours 33 minutes

“Twelve year old Petra Peña has always dreamed of becoming a Cuentista (a storyteller). When she wakes up from 500 years in cryosleep to a community of brainwashed people, Petra is different; she still has her memories from Earth, and she is full of stories from the past...The Last Cuentista demonstrates the importance of learning from ancestors'... Read more

Sal and Gabi Break the Universe

A Sal and Gabi Novel: Book #1

By: Carlos Hernandez
Narrated by: Anthony Rey Perez
Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

“I listened to the incomparable audiobook of this delightful novel, and can't recommend it enough, especially for families who like to enjoy listening to books with their kids! This middle grade novel is funny, sharp, and wise, with incidental diversity of so many kinds without feeling like you're checking diversity points off a list. Anthony Rey... Read more

The Other Side of the River

By: Alda P. Dobbs
Narrated by: Ana Osorio
Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

From the acclaimed author of Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna, comes the compelling story of one girl’s quest for a better life in a new country.
Petra Luna escaped the terror of the Mexican Revolution to come to America.
Now that they are safe, Petra and her family can begin again in this country that promises so much. Still, twelve-year-old Petra... Read more

Furia

By: Yamile Saied Méndez
Narrated by: Sol Madariaga
Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB YA PICK
Recipient of the 2021 Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Medal

One of BuzzFeed's Must-Read YA Books of 2020
A Best Book of the Year: Cosmopolitan * Kirkus Reviews * SheReads * New York Public Library 

“An engrossing #OwnVoices novel.”
—PopSugar

“This book will set your dreams on fire . . . It’s... Read more