Author Identity Challenge 2021 - hosted by babayagaofficial

A book by a Latinx woman
"Latinx" and "Latino/Latina" refer to people of Latin American descent. Latinx is an ethnicity, not a race.

(The related, often-conflated term "Hispanic" refers to people descended from Spanish-speaking countries.)
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Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam

Punching the Air

Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam

396 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction crime poetry young adult challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros

Caramelo

Sandra Cisneros

443 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora by Meg Medina, Mark Oshiro, Jasminne Mendez, Cristina Arreola, Ibi Zoboi, Naima Coster, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Julian Randall, Saraciea J. Fennell, Janel Martinez, Zakiya Jamal, Natasha Díaz, Lilliam Rivera, Kahlil Haywood, Elizabeth Acevedo

Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora

Meg Medina, Mark Oshiro, Jasminne Mendez, Cristina Arreola, Ibi Zoboi, Naima Coster, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Julian Randall, Saraciea J. Fennell, Janel Martinez, Zakiya Jamal, Natasha Díaz, Lilliam Rivera, Kahlil Haywood, Elizabeth Acevedo

7 hours, 19 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction poetry short stories young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Erika L. Sánchez

9 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional medium-paced
Never Look Back by Lilliam Rivera

Never Look Back

Lilliam Rivera

312 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Clap When You Land

Elizabeth Acevedo

432 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary poetry young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

Alice Wong

314 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction essays sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

Sabrina & Corina: Stories

Kali Fajardo-Anstine

212 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

Tender is the Flesh

Agustina Bazterrica

224 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction dystopian horror literary dark tense medium-paced
Maybe This Will Help?: A Field Guide to Feeling Better by Michelle Rial

Maybe This Will Help?: A Field Guide to Feeling Better

Michelle Rial

160 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction art psychology self help emotional funny reflective medium-paced