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The fight is far from over but in celebration of the Supreme Court’s decision this week, here’s a list of books by authors whose identities and works reflect those of DACA recipients! Here’s to the Dreamers. 💖 

We’ve featured these titles on our blog, curated them with the help of educators and librarians for the OurStory app, or honored the authors with Walter Awards/Grants: 

PICTURE BOOKS 

• ALREADY A BUTTERFLY by Julia Alvarez, Illustrated by Raúl Colón 
• ANTONIO’S CARD/LA TARJETA DE ANTONIO by Rigoberto González, Illustrated by Cecilia Concepción Álvarez
• CARMELA FULL OF WISHES by Matt de la Peña, Illustrated by Christian Robinson
• A GIFT FROM ABUELA by Cecilia Ruiz
• A MOVIE IN MY PILLOW/UNA PELICULA EN MI ALMOHADA by Jorge Argueta, Illustrated by Elizabeth Gomez
• MY DIARY FROM HERE TO THERE/MI DIARIO DE AQUÍ HASTA ALLÁ by Amada Irma Pérez, Illustrated by Maya González 

MIDDLE GRADE 

• THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US: YOUNG READERS EDITION by Reyna Grande
• GHOST SQUAD by Claribel Ortega
• I LIVED ON BUTTERFLY HILL by Marjorie Agosín
• MAÑANALAND by Pam Muñoz Ryan
• THEY CALL ME GÜERO by David Bowles (Walter Honoree)
• THE WAY TO RIO LUNA by Zoraida Córdova 

YOUNG ADULT

• AMERICAN STREET by Ibi Zoboi
• BLANCA & ROJA by Anna Marie-McLemore
• CLAP WHEN YOU LAND by Elizabeth Acevedo
• COME ON IN edited by Adi Alsaid
• DISAPPEARED by Francisco X. Stork (Walter Honoree)
• DON’T ASK ME WHERE I’M FROM by Jennifer de Leon (Walter Grant Winner)
• FURIA by Yamile Saied Méndez (Walter Grant Winner)
• I AM NOT YOUR PERFECT MEXICAN DAUGHTER by Erika L. Sánchez
• THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR by Nicole Yoon (Walter Honoree)
• WOVEN IN MOONLIGHT BY Isabel Ibañez Davis
• WE ARE NOT FROM HERE by Jenny Torres Sanchez
• WHERE WE GO FROM HERE by Lucas Rocha

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