13 Must-Read Young Adult Novels by Latinx Authors

When We Make It ($20) by Elisabet Velasquez is a powerful new novel-in-verse about a first-generation eighth-grader whose family is originally from Puerto Rico, growing up in Brooklyn, New York. Sarai, the novel's main character is thoughtful and introspective, always questioning the world that she's growing up in and her place in it. She believes that she can rise above her circumstances and overcome the generational trauma, toxic masculinity, and hopelessness that seem to surround her at every turn.