Read Around North America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in North America.
Best books from North America (1137)
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La maravillosa vida breve de Óscar Wao by Junot Díaz ES
Country: North America / 
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Description:
En la noche, cuando estaba echado en la cama pensando en la chica de la que estaba enamorado, una fresita cuya familia era de Cancún, tuve la visión de un pobre nerd negro y jodido del gueto llamado Oscar Wao, el tipo de nerd del gueto que habría sido yo si no me hubieran "descubierto" las chicas el primer año de high school. Oscar no iba a ser el caribeño sexy por el que la industria del turismo vive y muere. Me di cuenta de que podía escribir acerca de este chico nerd que vive obsesionado por la historia y por las chicas, que sólo es... continue
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Nombres y animales by Rita Indiana Hernández ES
Country: North America / Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Description:
"Mientras los padres de la protagonista dejan el Caribe para visitar la Exposición Universal de Sevilla de 1992, ella se emplea en la clínica veterinaria de sus tíos Fin y Celia, dos personajes dibujados con una precisión y un humor únicos, marca de la autora. Historias rocambolescas, animales sin nombre, hijos ilegítimos, haitianos maltratados, amantes de otro tiempo. Y, por supuesto, como en todos los veranos a esa edad, el descubrimiento del sexo. O sea, Armenia, Radamés, Vita, Guido, Mandy, Uriel, Claudia... Magia y estupor unas veces; misterio y deseo otras."--Del editor.
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La mucama de Omicunlé by Rita Indiana Hernández ES
Country: North America / Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Description:
This overwhelming novel, which enshrines Rita Indiana as narrator, contains many layers and fascinating twists. The story begins in the apartment of saint and advisor to the Dominican President, Esther Escudero, better known as Omicunlé. His young maid, Alcide Figueroa, whom Esther helped leave a life of prostitution, is about to become plagued by the past, present and future. Including deities that inhabit the Caribbean Sea, political interests, Goya's prints, gender reassignment and numerous plot twists, few other works of fiction speak of contemporary art as precisely as La mucama de omicun... continue
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Hecho en Saturno by Rita Indiana Hernández ES
Country: North America / Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Description:
Aborda las contradicciones y la devastacin̤ ideolg̤ica que conecta Cuba con su natal Repb︢lica Dominicana. Argenis Luna, hijo prd̤igo de la revolucin̤ que nunca fue, es ya un personaje mt̕ico
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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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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz EN
Country: North America / Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Description:
The Long-Awaited First Novel From One Of Today S Most Original And Electrifying Literary Voices. Things Have Never Been Easy For Oscar. A Ghetto Nerd Living With His Dominican Family In New Jersey, He S Sweet But Disastrously Overweight. He Dreams Of Becoming The Next J. R. R. Tolkien And He Keeps Falling Hopelessly In Love. Poor Oscar May Never Get What He Wants, Thanks To The Fukú - The Ancient Curse That Has Haunted His Family For Generations, Dooming Them To Prison, Torture, Violent Accidents And, Above All, Ill-Starred Love. With Dazzling Energy And Insight Díaz Immerses Us In The Tumultu... continue
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Country: North America / Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Description:
Set at a magical school for girls, a funny and heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel adventure about friendship, defying expectations, and finding your place. Manu and her best friend, Josefina, live at a magical school for girls, and Manu is always getting into trouble. The headmistress believes that Manu has the potential to help people with her magic, but Manu would rather have fun than fall in line. One day, a prank goes seriously wrong, and Josefina gets angry and wishes for Manu's magic to disappear... and it does. Manu uses a dangerous spell to restore it, but it makes her magic too p... 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