Recently it was announced that award-winning author and poet Elizabeth Acevedo will serve as the new Young People’s Poet Laureate. Acevedo, who is a Dominican-American, received global acclaim when her debut YA novel-in-verse, The Poet X, won multiple awards, including the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature and the Pura Belpré Award.
September 15-October 15 is Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month. Inheritance (Quill Tree Books, illustrated by Andrea Pippins), Acevedo’s latest book, is featured along with 23 other books by Afro-Latinx. Most of the books are available now, but some are coming soon this year and in 2023.
See 12 Picture Books by Afro-Latinx Authors and 12 Books by Afro-Latinx Authors for more titles.
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1. Doodles from the Boogie Down (Graphic Novel)
Stephanie Rodriguez | Kokila | April 25, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
2. Hands
Torrey Maldonado | Nancy Paulsen Books | January 24, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
3. Sincerely Sicily
Tamika Burgess | HarperCollins | January 3, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
4. Frizzy (Graphic Novel)
Claribel A. Ortega | Rose Bousamra | First Second | October 18, 2022 | Amazon | Bookshop
5. Undercover Latina
Aya de León | Candlewick | October 11, 2022 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
6. Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa (Pilar Ramirez Duology, 1)
Julian Randall | Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) | March 1, 2022 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
7. The Year I Flew Away
Marie Arnold | Versify | February 2, 2021 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
8. What Lane?
Torrey Maldonado | Nancy Paulsen Books | April 14, 2020 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
9. My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich
Ibi Zoboi | Dutton BYR | August 27, 2019 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
10. Dactyl Hill Squad*
11. A Girl’s Guide to Love and Magic
Debbie Rigaud | Scholastic Press | August 2, 2022 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
12. Islands Apart: Becoming Dominican American
Jasminne Mendez | Pinata Books | May 31, 2022 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
13. Burn Down, Rise Up
Vincent Tirado | Sourcebooks Fire | May 3, 2022 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
14. Inheritance
Elizabeth Acevedo | Andrea Pippins | Quill Tree Books | May 3, 2022 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
15. Ballad & Dagger*
16. High Spirits
Camille Gomera-Tavarez | Levine Querido | April 12, 2022 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
17. Scout’s Honor
Lily Anderson | Henry Holt and Co. BYR | April 5, 2022 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
18. Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora
Saraciea J. Fennell (Editor) | Flatiron Books | November 2, 2021 | Amazon | Bookshop
19. One of the Good Ones
Maika Moulite | Maritza Moulite | Inkyard Press | January 5, 2021 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
20. Concrete Kids (Pocket Change Collective)
Amyra León | Ashley Lukashevsky | Penguin Workshop | October 13, 2020 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
21. By Any Means Necessary
Cam Montgomery | Page Street Kids | October 8, 2019 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
22. Pride: A Pride & Prejudice Remix
Ibi Zoboi | Balzer + Bray | September 18, 2018 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
23. The Go-Between
Veronica Chambers | Delacorte Press | May 9, 2017 | YA | Amazon
24. Show and Prove
Sofia Quintero | Knopf BYR | July 14, 2015 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
*It was believed that Daniel José Older is Afro-Latino. He is not, therefore Older’s titles will not be included in future posts.
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