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| | Title | American Like Me | | Author | Ferrera, America | | Sub-Imprint | Gallery Books | | Format | Paperback | | Category 1 | Social Science | | | | |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781501180927 | | US Price | $17.99 | | CDN Price | $24.99 | | Pages | 336 | | Title Status | BSB | | | | |
| INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From award-winning actress and political activist America Ferrera comes a vibrant and varied collection of first-person accounts from prominent figures about the experience of growing up between cultures. |
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| | Title | 14 Miles | | Author | Gibson, DW | | Sub-Imprint | Simon & Schuster | | Format | Paperback | | Category 1 | Social Science | | | | |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781501183430 | | US Price | $17 | | CDN Price | $23 | | Pages | 352 | | Title Status | AS | | | | |
| | An esteemed journalist delivers a compelling on-the-ground account of the construction of President Trump’s border wall in San Diego—and the impact on the lives of local residents. |
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| | Title | Always Running | | Author | Rodriguez, Luis J. | | Sub-Imprint | Atria Books | | Format | Paperback | | Category 1 | Biography & Autobiography | | | | |
| | ISBN-13 | 9780743276917 | | US Price | $17.99 | | CDN Price | $24.99 | | Pages | 288 | | Title Status | AS | | | | |
| | The award-winning and bestselling classic memoir about a young Chicano gang member surviving the dangerous streets of East Los Angeles, now featuring a new introduction by the author. |
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| | Title | Asylum | | Author | Okporo, Edafe | | Sub-Imprint | Simon & Schuster | | Format | Hardcover | | Category 1 | Biography & Autobiography | | | | |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781982183745 | | US Price | $26.99 | | CDN Price | $35.99 | | Pages | 224 | | Title Status | AS | | | | |
| | A “moving…dramatic” (David Ebershoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Danish Girl), and urgent call to action for immigration justice by a Nigerian asylee and global gay rights and immigration activist Edafe Okporo. |
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| | Title | Barely Missing Everything | | Author | Mendez, Matt | | Sub-Imprint | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | | Format | Paperback | | Category 1 | Young Adult Fiction | | | | |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781534404465 | | US Price | $11.99 | | CDN Price | $15.99 | | Pages | 320 | | Title Status | AS | | | | |
| “There are moments when a story shakes you...Barely Missing Everything is one of those stories, and Mendez, a gifted storyteller with a distinct voice, is sure to bring a quake to the literary landscape.” —Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Long Way Down
In the tradition of Jason Reynolds and Matt de la Peña, this heartbreaking, no-holds-barred debut novel told from three points of view explores how difficult it is to make it in life when you—your life, brown lives—don’t matter. |
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| | Title | House of Sticks | | Author | Tran, Ly | | Sub-Imprint | Scribner | | Format | Paperback | | Category 1 | Biography & Autobiography | | | | |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781501118821 | | US Price | $17.99 | | CDN Price | $24.99 | | Pages | 400 | | Title Status | AS | | | | |
| New York City Book Awards Hornblower Award Winner
One of Vogue and NPR’s Best Books of the Year
This beautifully written “masterclass in memoir” (Elle) recounts a young girl’s journey from war-torn Vietnam to Queens, New York, “showcas[ing] the tremendous power we have to alter the fates of others, step into their lives and shift the odds in favor of greater opportunity” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis). |
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| | Title | Never Far from Home | | Author | Jackson, Bruce | | Sub-Imprint | Atria Books | | Format | Hardcover | | Category 1 | Biography & Autobiography | | | | |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781982191153 | | US Price | $28 | | CDN Price | $37 | | Pages | 272 | | Title Status | AS | | | | |
| | Microsoft’s associate general counsel shares this story that is “as nuanced as it is hopeful” (Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader) about his rise from childhood poverty in pre-gentrified New York City to a stellar career at the top of the technology and music industries in this stirring true story of grit and perseverance. For fans of Indra Nooyi’s My Life in Full and Viola Davis’s Finding Me. |
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| | Title | Isla to Island | | Author | Castellanos, Alexis | | Sub-Imprint | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | | Format | Paperback | | Category 1 | Juvenile Fiction | | | | |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781534469235 | | US Price | $12.99 | | CDN Price | $17.99 | | Pages | 192 | | Title Status | AS | | | | |
| | This stunning wordless graphic novel follows a young girl in the 1960s who immigrates from Cuba to the United States and must redefine what home means to her. |
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| | Title | The Madonnas of Echo Park | | Author | Skyhorse, Brando | | Sub-Imprint | Free Press | | Format | Paperback | | Category 1 | Fiction | | | | |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781439170847 | | US Price | $17 | | CDN Price | $23 | | Pages | 240 | | Title Status | AS | | | | |
| | Reminiscent of Sherman Alexie and Sandra Cisneros, acclaimed author Brando Skyhorse’s “engaging storytelling” (Vanity Fair) brings the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles to life in this poignant and propulsive novel following several generations of Mexican immigrants through their shifting cultural and physical landscapes. |
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| | Title | The Newcomers | | Author | Thorpe, Helen | | Sub-Imprint | Scribner | | Format | Paperback | | Category 1 | Social Science | | | | |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781501159107 | | US Price | $19.99 | | CDN Price | $26.99 | | Pages | 432 | | Title Status | AS | | | | |
| | From the award-winning author of Soldier Girls and Just Like Us, an “extraordinary” (The Denver Post) account of refugee teenagers at a Denver public high school and their compassionate teacher and “a reminder that in an era of nativism, some Americans are still breaking down walls and nurturing the seeds of the great American experiment” (The New York Times Book Review). |
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