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1. Olga dies dreaming

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Author:
Gonzalez, Xochitl, 1977-
Average Rating:
3.3 stars
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Athens Drive Community - Adult Fiction has 2
GONZALEZ
Cary Regional - Adult Fiction has 3
GONZALEZ
Duraleigh Road - Adult Fiction
GONZALEZ
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"It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro "Prieto" Acevedo, are bold-faced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular congressman representing their gentrifying Latinx neighborhood in Brooklyn while Olga is the tony wedding planner for Manhattan's powerbrokers. Despite their alluring public lives, behind closed doors things are far less rosy. Sure, Olga can orchestrate the love stories of the 1%, but she can't seem to find her own...until...

2. Tex

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Author:
Hinton, S. E.
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4.5 stars
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YA HINTON
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YA HINTON
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The love between two teen-age brothers helps to alleviate the harshness of their usually parentless life as they struggle to grow up. Usually easygoing and affable, fifteen-year-old Tex undergoes a startling personality change when his rodeo-riding father reveals the truth about Tex's birth, unwittingly pushing the boy to the point of murder.