Read Around North America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in North America.
Best books from North America (2032)
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Country: North America / 
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Description:
From New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz comes a debut picture book about the magic of memory and the infinite power of the imagination. A 2019 Pura Belpré Honor Book for Illustration Every kid in Lola's school was from somewhere else. Hers was a school of faraway places. So when Lola's teacher asks the students to draw a picture of where their families immigrated from, all the kids are excited. Except Lola. She can't remember The Island—she left when she was just a baby. But with the help of her family and friends, and their memories—joyous, fantastical, heartbreaki... continue
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Papi : A Novel by Rita Indiana Hernández EN
Country: North America / Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Description:
Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve
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Neruda on the Park by Cleyvis Natera EN
Country: North America / Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Description:
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • An exhilarating debut novel following members of a Dominican family in New York City who take radically different paths when faced with encroaching gentrification “Strikes all the right notes—captivating characters, lyrical language, and a storyline that captures your imagination and refuses to let go . . . an unforgettable debut!”—Tayari Jones, New York Times bestselling author of An American Marriage ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PopSugar The Guerreros have lived in Nothar Park, a predominantly Dominican part of New York City, for twenty years. When demo... continue
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American Dreamer: An LGBTQ Romance by Adriana Herrera EN
Country: North America / Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Description:
“A fresh and vital new voice in romance.”—Entertainment Weekly From award-winning author Adriana Herrera comes a novel hailed as one of Entertainment Weekly’s 10 Best Romance Novels of 2019 and a TODAY Show Hot Summer Read. No one ever said big dreams come easy For Nesto Vasquez, moving his Afro-Caribbean food truck from New York City to the wilds of Upstate New York is a huge gamble. If it works? He’ll be a big fish in a little pond. If it doesn’t? He’ll have to give up the hustle and return to the day job he hates. He’s got six months to make it happen—the last thing he needs is a distractio... continue
445.
Country: North America / Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Description:
Junot Díaz recrea, con humor, la experiencia de los dominicanos en Estados Unidos. Junot Díaz, considerado uno de los jóvenes talentos de la narrativa estadounidense, hizo su entrada en el mundo literario en 1996 con una colección de diez relatos publicada en España como Los boys. En ellos, el que más tarde sería Premio Pulitzer de Novela, evoca un mundo de chicos sin padres, sostenidos hasta la extenuación por sus madres, que sobreviven a la pobreza y la incertidumbre con grandes dosis de crueldad y humor. Fiesta, 1980, es uno de esos relatos.
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The Grand Paloma Resort by Cleyvis Natera EN
Country: North America / Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Description:
The Grand Paloma Resort is a lush paradise in the Dominican Republic where the guests enjoy incredible luxury, and the staff is always eager to please—that is, until they are pushed to the brink. Laura is a local Dominican woman who, through sheer hard work, has risen through the ranks to become manager at the Grand Paloma Resort. Her idea to pair a “platinum” guest with their own resort employee to attend to their every whim has been wildly successful, and she’s just weeks away from a promotion that could blaze a path for her off the resort and toward a life of opportunity. If only her younge... continue
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Country: North America / Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Description:
Die Dominikanische Republik, etwas später. Vom einstigen Touristenparadies ist nicht mehr viel übrig: Die Strandpromenaden von Tsunamis verwüstet, das Meer auf Jahrzehnte verseucht, und auf den Straßen patrouillieren Roboter, die Flüchtlinge aus Haiti einsammeln und verschwinden lassen. Dies ist die Welt von Acilde Figueroa. Die junge Frau arbeitet als Hausangestellte einer Voodoo-Priesterin mit besten Verbindungen zur Macht. Acilde selbst hat nur zwei Wünsche: erstens Restaurantchef zu werden und zweitens ein Mann. Ihr Plan für ein neues Leben geht gehörig schief. Doch auf der Flucht erfährt ... continue
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Un día en la vida by Manlio Argueta ES
Country: North America / 
El Salvador
El Salvador
Description:
Esta obra refleja las dramáticas condiciones sociales que afrontaban los salvadoreños en los años ochenta, bajo el asedio y la persecución política, en una interiorización de situaciones y caracteres humanos de logrado perfil narrativo. No solo es una excelente novela, sino un testimonio en donde el lenguaje y la verdad se encuentran para descubrir y mostrar la existencia de seres dolientes y, a la vez, heroicos en su desnuda anonimidad. Con esta novela, Argueta logra imponer su condición de escritor lúcido, comprometido, en la mejor l&ia... continue
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Solito (Spanish Edition) by Javier Zamora ES
Country: North America / El Salvador
El Salvador
Description:
RECOMENDADO POR JENNA BUSH EN SU CLUB DE LECTURA DEL TODAY SHOW «En esta conmovedora autobiografía que no podrás soltar, un joven poeta relata la inolvidable historia de su desgarradora migración hacia Estados Unidos desde El Salvador a los nueve años, considerada 'el viaje mítico de nuestra era'.» —Sandra Cisneros Viaje. Mis padres empezaron a usar esa palabra hace más o menos un año: “un día vas a hacer un viaje para estar con nosotros. Como una aventura”. La aventura de Javier es una travesía de tres mil millas desde su pequeño pueblo en El Salvador, a través de Guatemala y México, hacia la... continue