Sages Read 2022 - hosted by purplepenning

A Pura Belpré award winner or honoree
Complete list of Pura Belpré winners and honorees on the American Library Association website. Established in 1996, the award is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. 
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe #1

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

359 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Poet X

Elizabeth Acevedo

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary poetry young adult emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Lupe Wong Won't Dance by Donna Barba Higuera

Lupe Wong Won't Dance

Donna Barba Higuera

7 hours, 14 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction middle grade lighthearted fast-paced
My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero

My Papi Has a Motorcycle

Isabel Quintero

40 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction childrens emotional reflective fast-paced
¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market by Raúl the Third

¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market

Little Lobo #1

Raúl the Third

48 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction childrens informative lighthearted slow-paced
Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln by Margarita Engle

Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln

Margarita Engle

40 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography music emotional inspiring slow-paced
Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War by Duncan Tonatiuh

Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War

Duncan Tonatiuh

40 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging emotional informative slow-paced
Across the Bay by Carlos Aponte

Across the Bay

Carlos Aponte

32 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction emotional lighthearted fast-paced
The Other Half of Happy by Rebecca Balcárcel

The Other Half of Happy

Rebecca Balcárcel

332 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction middle grade emotional hopeful fast-paced
We Are Not from Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez

We Are Not from Here

Jenny Torres Sanchez

368 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult challenging emotional reflective medium-paced