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Every year Latinx writers continue to make their mark in young adult literature, and this year, it’s more evident than ever. Read on for our list of some of the best Young Adult literature of 2020 by both newcomers and established Latinx authors. While this is not an exhaustive list of all the Latinx YA publications of 2020, it is a varied list of books that feature LGBTQ and Afro-Latinx characters dealing with topics including mental illness and immigration. Many are rooted in the real world, while a few are more on the supernatural side. But one thing they all share is beautiful storytelling.
As Latinx authors begin to receive more publishing opportunities to share our culture through stories, they also receive awards and acclaim that help their work reach a broader audience. This work is vital to uplift Latinx stories and carve space for Latinx writers where they’ve historically been absent. Young Adult is a genre that is not just about appealing to young readers but about reflecting current culture and representing all communities and the diversity found within Latinidad.
Anna-Marie McLemore is a non-binary author of queer fairy tales with several magical realism stories out already. Earlier this year, she released Dark and Deepest Red, a story that spans centuries between 1518 and the present day, with the connection being a pair of red shoes and the dancing fever of the 16th century. Five centuries later, Mexican-American Rosella Oliva finds a mysterious pair of red shoes sealed to her feet, making her dance uncontrollably. They draw her toward a boy named Emil, who knows the dancing fever’s history since his own family was blamed for the fever five hundred years ago. The dancing plague of Strasbourg in 1518 led the townspeople to blame Emil’s ancestor Lavinia and the white trans boy she loved for their affliction. The book is a Latinx retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Red Shoes.”
We Unleash the Merciless Storm by Tehlor Kay Mejia is the second half of a Latinx dystopian duology following the acclaimed We Set the Dark on Fire that tells a feminist story about family and fighting the powers that be while featuring a Latinx lesbian love story. In the world of Medio, women are trained to be one of two wives for the powerful men of society: “Primeras” are trained to be skilled and smart but timid while “Segundas” are the homemakers and mothers. Dani and Carmen start as rivals as Mateo’s chosen wives, but their initial hate for one another melts into love in the first book (which we highly recommend you read first). The second book follows Carmen as the operative for the resistance group, La Voz, torn between her loyalty to the group and her love for Dani, who is at the center of an assassination plot. Both books have been compared to The Handmaid’s Tale with a Latinx twist that tackles immigration (there’s a wall crossing scene that’s poignant), misogyny, and inequality with strong female leads.
This Train is Being Held tells the story of half-Cuban/half white dancer Isabelle Warren who meets and falls for aspiring poet Afro-Latino Alex Rosario on the train in NYC. In the span of their relationship, the book explores difficult subjects, including Isabelle’s mother’s prejudice against Latino men, the pressure Alex gets from his father to pursue a career in baseball, and Isabelle’s older brother’s mental illness. The book realistically incorporates code-switching, bilingualism, and authentic Latinx family dynamics. This is the second YA novel by doctor/writer Ismée Williams who, like her protagonist, is also half Cuban.
Jennifer De Leon’s debut novel Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From is a coming-of-age tale for protagonist Liliana Cruz who grows to understand and embrace her bicultural identity and discover her voice as an aspiring writer. The story follows her struggles with acclimating to an all-white school while dealing with her family falling apart after her undocumented dad is deported to Guatemala. Liliana learns to accept and embrace the truth about who she is as a bicultural Latina with undocumented immigrant parents after hiding it from her classmates. There are heavy topics handled adeptly by De Leon, including racism, immigration politics, and code-switching that make it a timely read for teens.
Afro-Dominican author Elizabeth Acevedo’s latest novel Clap When You Land centers around sisters Camino (in the Dominican Republic) and Yahaira Rios, who lives in New York City, after the death of their father in a plane crash. In the aftermath, they learn of each other’s existence as they mourn their loss and learn to grapple with this revelation. Acevedo rose to fame as a poet and her powerful prose is equally lyrical while portraying the reality of grief and what it means to be a family.
We Are Not From Here reads like a reflection of the current immigration crisis. It follows the story of refugees 15-year-old Pulga, his hermano from another mother, Chico, and his cousin Pequeña. The trio treks from Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, through Mexico, heading toward the U.S. border on the infamous train La Bestia, on which many migrants have lost lives and limbs. Their fear of the dangers that lurk in their hometown spurred by gang violence propels them on this dangerous journey that thousands of adults and children have been on in real life. In a time when immigrants are vilified and children are in cages on the border, it’s stories like this that illuminate the reality of what it takes to cross the border and survive.
Never Look Back by Lilliam Rivera is a retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice (a tale of lost love) rooted in her experience as a Puerto Rican who grew up in the Bronx. Eury is coping with the effects of Hurricane Maria (and an evil spirit named Ato) when she falls for Afro-Dominican Pheus, who shares her love of music. The mythical elements (Greek and Taíno) are strewn throughout the novel as Pheus - with the help of a local bruja - journeys to the underworld to save Eury after she falls into a coma. The storyline explores the effects of bachata music and generational trauma from colonialism, and unlike the source material, it centers on Eury’s story as she tries to overcome her trauma.
Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez is her debut young adult novel. She felt she couldn’t write until now partly because years ago, publishers rejected the idea of a book set in Argentina. Seventeen-year-old Camila Hassan lives in a strict household and in her brother’s shadow, a rising star soccer player. She secretly has soccer dreams of her own despite her parents not allowing her to play. The story unpacks the male-dominated world of soccer (especially how it’s viewed in Latin America) and the machista structures that have historically kept women from pursuing their dreams. “Furia” (her nickname) translates to “Fury” which is fitting considering Camila is portrayed as a strong, passionate, and empowering character determined to create her own path in the face of age-old beliefs that are meant to hold her back.
Rocky Callen, the daughter of an Ecuadorian immigrant, worked as a behavioral therapist for more than a decade. She brought that knowledge into her debut novel, A Breath Too Late. She explores the complexities of suicide through the haunting story of 17-year-old Ellie. The day after she dies by suicide, she goes through an out-of-body experience where she explores the events before her death. The novel sheds light on the darkest of life’s moments while also providing a sense of hope as a reminder that life is made up of the good and the bad. She begins to realize the meaning in the life she left behind and the effect her death had on her loved ones. Callen is hopeful and honest in her writing, realistically depicting the hardships and effects of living in an abusive household. (Content may be triggering)
Acclaimed YA writers Tehlor Kay Mejia and Anna-Marie McLemore (both on this list for their own novels) wrote Miss Meteor together in celebration of the LGBTQ+ community through a narrative filled with magical realism. Former best friends Lita and Chicky reunite as they join forces to get Lita to enter the annual Meteor Regional Pageant and Talent Competition Showcase in Meteor, New Mexico. Lita is a girl born from stardust with dark skin and a voluptuous body - a contrast from the thin, white girls who’ve won before. She arrived on the meteorite that the town is named after and yearns to win the pageant before departing. Chicky also has a mission behind the win. She wants to show the city a new standard of beauty and that there’s nothing wrong with her sexuality or skin color. It does deal with heavy topics including racism, classism, and transphobia through their friend Lita’s love interest Cole’s storyline and Chicky’s internal struggle with coming out as pansexual. A truly empowering tale that reaffirms the magic found in friendship and self-love through a celebration of all that is not the status quo.
Virginia Isaad is LA-based culture and lifestyle journalist whose work has appeared in Bustle, HipLatina, Fierce by mitú, Yahoo! Lifestyle, Los Angeles magazine, Upworthy and Remezcla. She’s currently a freelance writer primarily focused on Latinx culture and identity and a trending news writer for HipLatina. She was previously the assistant editor at Gayot, a restaurant and lifestyle blog, and she worked as a reporter for the El Paso Times.
Born in Argentina and raised in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, she's fluent in Spanglish, loves reading in both languages and eating empanadas.
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