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The book, Precious, brings themes of family, community, and resilience while bringing an underrepresented voice to children’s lit. Pedrito’s family hasn’t had much to sing about while waiting for their father to send for them to move to the mainland of the United States. Then Puerto Rico is hit by a hurricane, and the whole community bands together for cleanup and waits for a normal way of life to return with the electrical power. Pedrito’s story mirrors so many families that move for more opportunities. In our current anti-Latino climate, this is a nice story to put a face, a story, and humanity back to why people come here.