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Family members head into the kitchen to help Abuelita bake a tres leches cake for Papi's birthday.

Katie has bought a box of chocolates for her mom's birthday, but when they go to open it the box is missing, and Katie and Pedro set out to track down the thief.

"Reina can’t wait for her cousin’s visit. At first, it’s not as much fun as she’d imagined. Andrés is always talking to Abuela about people and places Reina doesn't know. But their friendship soon blossoms when Reina shares her city with Andrés"--

A moving middle-grade mystery about a boy dealing with long-repressed memories of his father as he learns about his Mexican and Haitian heritage while spying on a mysterious stranger during the first weeks of COVID lockdown.

"Camila y su papá participan en un concurso de repostería que sale en la tele. Al principio, Camila está determinada a tomar el control del reto: paletas de pastel con gleaseado de fresa. Pero sin trabajar en equipo, ¡el postre está saliendo mal! ¿Es demasiado tarde para convertirse en estrellas de repostería?"-- "Camila and her papa enter a baking competition on TV. As they start their challenge, Camila is determined to take complete control...

After only ever playing pick-up games, Ana Ramirez is excited to attend a basketball summer camp where she'll play on a real team with real teammates. But when the coach says they'll use something called "zone defense," the shooting guard feels totally lost and starts to doubt her skills. Can Ana get out of her comfort zone and ask for help? Combining a dramatic sports story with a dynamic full-color comic format, this Jake Maddox Graphic Novel is...

"Camila encuentra un concurso de video que puede ser la manera perfecta para convertirse en una estrella. Para participar, debe hacer un video que explica lo que significa para ella su ciudad, Los Ángeles. Pero siendo una ciudad tan grande, ¿cómo podrá Camila decidir de qué va a hablar? Mientras Camila trabaja en su video, se da cuenta de lo más especial de su ciudad, lo que la hace sentir en casa"-- "Camila wants to become a star and participates...

From debut author Elle Gonzalez Rose comes a fresh, fun contemporary rom-com about an aspiring artist who agrees to fake date one of his family's longtime enemies in the hopes of gathering intel strong enough to take down their rivals and keep the family cabin they gambled in a risky bet. Devin Bez is prepared for a relaxing winter break after his rough, first semester of art school. Sure, his family's old Florida lake cabin is falling apart, and...

A retelling of the Caribbean folktale La cucaracha Martina where Martina, in an effort to escape her noisy tías, slips away to a warm familiar island where she can play in peace and quiet--but is she home at last?

Se acerca el cumpleaños de Katie y se entera de que recibirá un regalo especial. Está demasiado emocionada como para ser paciente y esperar la llegada del regalo, así que decide investigar con antelación. Las pistas podrían llevarla hasta su regalo, pero ¿será mejor dejar este misterio sin resolver? Katie's birthday is tomorrow, but she cannot wait to find out what her present will be, so she and Pedro follow Katie's parents as they go shopping,...