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Pedro & Daniel
Federico Erebia
Illustrator: Julie Kwon
Ages: 14+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books/Levine Querido
ISBN: 978-1-64614-304-7
Keywords: Child Abuse, Mexican American, LGBTQ+. brothers, Ohio, AIDS, Coming of Age, racism, colorism, social emotional learning
Pedro and Daniel are Latinx brothers who depend on each other for survival. Set in Ohio from 1968 to 1993. Includes dichos (proverbs) in Spanish. Emotive black-and-white illustrations.