Libertad by Bessie Flores ZaldívarHigh School    Dial    432 pp.8/24    9780593696125    $19.99e-book ed.  9780593696132    $10.99High school senior Libertad lives in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, in the lead-up to the country’s fraught 2017 presidential election. Libertad’s attempts to understand her blossoming feelings for her best friend, Camila, and her own family...

Bye Land, Bye Sea by René Spencer and Rodolfo Montalvo; illus. by Rodolfo MontalvoPrimary    Roaring Brook    40 pp.4/24    9781250246721    $19.99e-book ed.  9781250377869    $11.99Two children embark on a journey together when a girl lands her boat on an island where a boy is stranded. After their initial shock, they start to...

The Girl, the Ring, & the Baseball Bat by Camille Gomera-TavarezHigh School    Levine Querido    408 pp.2/24    9781646142651    $19.99Alternating narrators Rosie, Caro, and Zeke find themselves transplanted to Jersey City, New Jersey, where each struggles to relate to the people around them. Sisters Rosie and Caro arrived with their mom from...