This is a book I know I’ll be returning to for years. Dogs of Summer follows two young girls Isora and our narrator Shit, as they spend a summer break in their town in the Canary Islands. Although technically not Latino, this story resonated so strongly to me as a Chicana from a Southern California beach town. The girls wander their town, play Pokémon, go on chat rooms and try to deduce what their own bodies mean.

It’s certainly a little gross in spots, but gross in a way that feels so real for girls about to go through//starting puberty

I cannot wait to see what this author does next :-)))