Author: Ashley Barnes

YA Books to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

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Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Join the Pratt Library in celebrating Hispanic and Latino voices, history, and culture with these Young Adult books. To enjoy more recommendations from our Pratt Librarians, check out our special Hispanic Heritage Month collection here.

An Embroidery of Souls
By Ruby Martinez
Book

Fireblooms
By Alexandra Villasante
Book

Get Real, Chloe Torres
By Crystal Maldonado
Book

Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything
By Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
Book

Marisol Acts the Part
By Elle Gonzalez Rose
Book | eAudio

Rosa By Any Other Name
By Hailey Alcaraz
Book | eAudio

Sanctuary
By Paola Mendoza & Abby Sher
Book

Queerceañera
By Alex Crespo
Book

The Girl You Know
By Elle Gonzalez Rose
Book

Salvación
By Sandra Proudman
Book | eBook

The Sunbearer Trials
By Aiden Thomas
Book | eBook | eAudio

You’ve Awoken Her
By Ann Dávila Cardinal
Book

The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar
By Sonora Reyes
Book

When We Ride
By Rex Ogle
Book | eBook

The Story of Anger
By Jasminne Mendez
Book

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!

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This Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15), join us in spotlighting Hispanic and Latino voices and talent. Here’s some of the books we are looking forward to enjoying this month. For more recommendations, check out the Pratt’s special collection here.

Along Came Amor
By Alexis Daria
Book | eAudio

Bochica
By Carolina Flórez-Cerchiaro
Book

Dawn of Fate and Fire
By Mariely Lares
Book

Brother Brontë
By Fernando A. Flores
Book | eBook | eAudio

Death Takes Me
By Cristina Rivera Garza
Book | eBook | eAudio

Financially Lit!
By Jannese Torres
Book

Dreaming of Home
By Cristina Jiménez
Book | eBook | eAudio

Futbolista
By Jonny Garza Villa
Book

My Name is Emilia del Valle
By Isabel Allende
Book | eBook | eAudio

Gabriela and His Grace
By Liana De la Rosa
Book | eBook | eAudio

Our Share of Night
By Mariana Enriquez
Book | eBook | eAudio

Pan Y Dulce
By Bryan Ford
Book

Speak to Me of Home
By Jeanine Cummins
Book | eBook

The Possession of Alba Díaz
By Isabel Cañas
Book | eBook | eAudio

Tías and Primas
By Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez
Book

What’s New for Teens this Month

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A new month brings new books! Here’s a look at the latest books available at the Pratt for Young Adults and the young-at-heart.

Blood Moon
By Britney S. Lewis
eBook

Split the Sky
By Marie Arnold
Book

Of Flame and Fury
By Mikayla Bridge
Book

Difficult Girls
By Veronica Bane
Book

A Steeping of Blood
By Hafsah Faizal
Book | eBook | eAudio

Thorn Season
By Kiera Azar
Book

Do Not Disturb
By Brad Marshall and Lindsay Hassock
Book

Falling Like Leaves
By Misty Wilson
Book

Sisters in the Wind
By Angeline Boulley
Book | eBook | eAudio

We are Villains
By Kacen Callender
Book | eBook

The Age of Video Games
By Jean Zeid and Emilie Rouge
Book

Fearful
By Lauren Roberts
Book | eBook | eAudio

What’s New at the Pratt this September

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Fall into a new book this month! Here’s a look at the recent additions to the Enoch Pratt Free Library’s catalog. We hope that you enjoy them this September.

107 Days
By Kamala Harris
eBook | eAudio

Battle of the Bookstores
By Ali Brady
eBook | eAudio

Gray Dawn
By Walter Mosley
Book

Shot Ready
By Stephen Curry
Book

Homies, Lovers & Friends 4
By Jahquel J
Book | eBook | eAudio

A New New Me
By Helen Oyeyemi
Book | eBook | eAudio

All the Way to the River
By Elizabeth Gilbert
Book | Large Print | eBook | eAudio

Confessions of a Bookseller
By Shaun Bythell
Book | eBook

Truly
By Lionel Richie
Book | eBook | eAudio

Make Your Way Home
By Carrie R. Moore
Book | eBook

The Macabre
By Kosoko Jackson
Book

Lover Forbidden
By J.R. Ward
eBook | eAudio

We The People
By Jill Lepore
Book

When Women Get Sick
By Rebeca Bloom
Book | eBook

The Wilderness
By Angela Flournoy
Book | eBook

Staying in the Know with the Pratt

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Have you checked out any of the databases from the Enoch Pratt Free Library? They are excellent free tools to help you stay up to date with current events. Here’s a look at a few of our favorite newspaper databases available with a Pratt Library card.

The Baltimore Banner: Stay up to date with local news, politics, business, entertainment, and more from the nonprofit paper.

The Baltimore Sun: Enjoy free online access to the Baltimore Sun via baltimoresun.com. Content may be accessed from any library location or from home with a Pratt Library card using either 24-hour or 72-hour offsite “At-Home” access through our website.

New York Times: One of the longest running newspapers in the United States. The New York Times reports widely domestic and international news.

Wall Street Journal: Access content from the Wall Street Journal, including unlimited articles and all subscriber content, on WSJ.com.