Kemp, Laekan Zea
Summary: Omega Morales's family has been practicing magic for centuries in Noche Buena. But over the years, the town's reputation for the supernatural is no longer one the people carry with pride. So Omega's family keeps to themselves, and in private, they're Empaths--diviners who can read and manipulate the emotions of people and objects around them. But Omega's powers don't quite work, and it leaves...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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Summary: "A family sings and plays music on a desert evening, in harmony with the nearby wildlife and the ancestors above."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books / Holiday House 2024
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Summary: Corina's Abuela helps her select flowers that mean something to Corina from the garden for her Mexican flower crown that she will wear on her birthday, and explains the symbolic meaning of a birthday crown.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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Summary: Set in the Monte Vista neighborhood of San Antonio and told in alternating voices, teenaged musicians Aarón and Mia grow close as they share and struggle to overcome the emotional pain of their troubled home lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022