Latino Reader

Award-winning author Reyna Grande shares her personal experience of crossing borders and cultures in this middle grade adaptation of her memoir, The Distance Between Us—“an important account of the many ways immigration impacts children” (Booklist, starred review). When her parents make...

In his essay On Anger, the Roman Stoic thinker Seneca argues that anger is the most destructive passion. This splendid new translation of essential selections from On Anger, presented with an enlightening introduction, offers listeners a timeless guide to avoiding and managing anger. Drawing on his great arsenal of rhetoric, including historical examples, anecdotes, quips, and soaring flights of eloquence, Seneca builds his case against anger with mounting intensity.

Beans of Destiny is the untold story of how a humble mountain crop became Colombia’s national soul and a global obsession. From Jesuit missionaries planting the first seeds in the 18th century to Juan Valdez smiling from Times Square billboards, coffee has shaped Colombia’s history in ways few outside the Andes realize. It built towns, financed railroads, fueled wars, and became Colombia’s greatest ambassador to the world. Through crisis and renewal, coffee has remained both mirror and motor of the nation’s destiny. Drawing on history, culture, and human stories, Beans of Destiny ...

I'm Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter meets Emergency Contact in this stunning story of first love, familial expectations, the power of food, and finding where you belong. Penelope Prado has always dreamed of opening her own pastelería next to her father's restaurant, Nacho's Tacos. But her mom...

A meteorite comes crashing down on the lives of three middle schoolers changing everything they know about family, friendships, and community in this charming and heartfelt novel with a light STEM touch. The space rock is just the latest thing to land, uninvited, in Vega Lucero’s...

Nominada para el PEN / Jean Stein Award De la pluma de la aclamada autora de Cantoras llega una novela incandescente —política, mística, actual y alentadora— sobre el poder de la memoria y la búsqueda de la justicia. En su casa modesta a las afueras de la ciudad, el expresidente de un...

The Lifted Veil is a novella by George Eliot, first published in 1859. Quite unlike the realistic fiction for which Eliot is best known, The Lifted Veil explores themes of extrasensory perception, the essence of physical life, possible life after death, and the power of fate. This book has been carefully adapted into modern English to allow for easy listening. Enjoy!

They faced the mad headmaster, a machine that took them to a post-apocalyptic nightmare, a gang of superpowered criminals, and a traitor from within their own group of friends. But now Brendan and his allies must face a rival school in a conflict that may turn Dutchman Springs Academy into a war zone. Meanwhile, his father is still missing, and possibly in the hands of his double from Not-Earth. Brendan isn’t the only one looking. A ruthless FBI agent is on the case, and he’ll stop at nothing to get Brendan to reveal everything he knows about the double, his supervillain father, and any...

An affirming picture book that celebrates the brilliance and power of brown and Black boys to achieve their dreams, from poet and activist Leslé Honoré and #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Keturah A. Bobo. My brown boy laughs like a song, rhythm like rain, soft and strong. He holds...

The race to find the headmaster’s vault is on! But no one knows where he’s hidden it. What is certain is that the vault holds the key to the gate machine technology, and whoever controls the vault will have access to a door that leads to other worlds. Not-Earth’s military wants it. So does a gang of superpowered criminals who will stop at nothing to possess it. Only Brendan and his fellow students of Dutchman Springs Academy stand in their way. Can they discover the vault’s secrets and rescue the students kidnapped to Not-Earth by the headmaster? But the vault’s technology leaves ...