I'd rather burn than bloom by Rogers, Shannon C. F. 

BTSB Prebound(Feiwel and Friends, 2023)

BTSB #: 762029 Available

Dewey: FAges: 15-18   
Lexile: 770 HL

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Grief - Fiction Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Family life - Fiction Interpersonal relations - Fiction School stories Multiracial people - Fiction Filipino Americans - Fiction

Summary: Alternating between present day and flashbacks, multiracial Filipina-American teen Marisol tries to figure out who she really is in the wake of her mother's sudden death.

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.