Feliz New Year, Ava Gabriela! by Alessandri, Alexandra 

BTSB Prebound(Whitman, 2020)

BTSB #: 050010 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 550 AD

Genres: Holidays Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Shyness - Fiction New Year - Fiction Family life - Fiction Colombian Americans - Fiction

Summary: Ava Gabriela is excited to celebrate the New Year with her extended family in Colombia, but being around her loud relatives in an unfamiliar place makes her shy and quiet. Includes author's note and glossary of Spanish words.

Meet me halfway by Fajardo, Anika 

Paperback(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2023)

BTSB #: 320948 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
Lexile: 590 F&P: W

Genres: Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: Families - Fiction Colombian Americans - Fiction Multiracial people - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: When seventh-grade classmates Mattie Gomez and Mercedes Miller realize they have the same Colombian father, they hatch a plan to run away from a school field trip to meet him for the first time.