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1) Zoot suit
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This bilingual edition combines the original English-language version with the first-ever Spanish translation of the critically acclaimed play by Luis Valdez, a work that cracked open the depiction of Chicanos on the stage, challenging viewers to revisit a troubled moment in our nation's history. From the moment the myth-infused character El Pachuco burst onto the stage, literally cutting his way through the drop curtain with a switchblade, Valdez...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
Español
Formats
Description
"Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
c2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
222 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
Español
Description
Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Francisco is still working in the fields but fighting to improve his life and complete his education.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Celebrado desde su publicación inicial como el relato clásico de una muchada del barrio latino de Chicago, La casa en Mango Street has sido elogadio por los críticos, acogido por los niños y sus padres y abuelos y estudiado por todas partes, desde escuelas primarias en las grandes ciudades hasta universidades por todo el país. Ahora por primera vez en una edición en español, traducido por una de las más...
Publisher
Vintage Espanol
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
256 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
Twenty stand-alone short stories, essays, poems, and more from celebrated and award-winning authors make up this YA anthology that explores the Mexican American experience. With works by Francisco X. Stork, Guadalupe Garcia McCall, David Bowles, Ruben Degollado, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, Diana Lopez, Xavier Garza, Trinidad Gonzales, Alex Temblador, Aida Salazar, Guadalupe Ruiz-Flores, Sylvia Sanchez Garza, Dominic Carrillo, Angela Cervantes, Carolyn...
7) Soñadores
Author
Publisher
Neal Porter Books/Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm
Language
Español
Description
"En 1994, Yuyi Morales dejó su hogar en Xalapa, México, para emigrar a Estados Unidos con su hijo pequeño. Aunque dejó atrás casi todas sus pertenencias, no llegó con las manos vacías. Trajo consigo su fortaleza, su trabajo, su pasión, sus esperanzas y sueños... y sus historias. El nuevo y magnífico libro de Yuyi Morales, Soñadores, se centra en la búsqueda por encontrar un hogar en un nuevo lugar. El trayecto de Yuyi y su hijo Kelly no...
Author
Publisher
Harpercollins Español
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
172 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
Mexican-American Stef Soto is hoping to break free from her overprotective parents and embarrassing reputation from her family's taco truck business, but she soon learns that family, friendship, and the taco truck are important and wonderful parts of her life.
Estefania "Stef" Soto, sólo quiere ser una típica chica de séptimo grado. Quiere tener amigos, ser aceptada, y tener un poco de independencia de sus sobreprotectores padres inmigrantes....
10) Tumbos
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
381 pages ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
Before she decides whether to accept her stepfather's proposal of adoption, twelve-year-old Adela Ramírez reaches out to her estranged biological father--who is in the midst of a career comeback as a luchador--and the eccentric extended family of wrestlers she has never met, bringing Adela closer to understanding the expansive definition of family.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
c2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
125 pages ; 19 cm
Language
Español
Description
These stories follow a migrant family through their circuit, from picking cotton and strawberries to topping carrots-- and back again-- over a number of years.
12) Burro genio
Author
Publisher
Rayo
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
318 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
Español
13) Lola protesta
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Language
Español
Description
Publisher Annotation: A powerful and inspiring imagined story about real-life civil rights activist and labor leader, Dolores Huerta, that reminds us even our biggest heroes started out small. Her grandpa calls her "Lolita Siete Lenguas"-Little Lola, Seven Tongues, all fighting to be heard. Lola is trying not to make so much noise, but when she witnesses injustices in her neighborhood, she knows she can't keep quiet. Can Lola find a way to use her...
14) Los perseguidos
Author
Publisher
Gran Travesia
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
411 pages ; 22 cm
Language
Español
Description
After surviving the earthquake and tsunami, Shy manages to make it back to land but he is far from safe because a secret his cruise ship co-worker, Addie, shared with him is one that people have killed for, and now that Shy knows, he has become a moving target.
Author
Series
Max's lucha libre adventures volume 3
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Max seems like any other kid until he is asked to join the Lucha Libre Club, but because of strict secrecy he cannot tell anyone of his royal wrestling blood, his uncle the king of lucha libre, The Guardian Angel.
Author
Publisher
Dragonfly Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
Español
Description
While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tomas finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library.
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 VOX book (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Abuela's visits from Mexico are always full of excitement for young Sabrina. She can't wait to see what's in her grandmother's yellow suitcase covered in stickers from all the places she has visited. Opening it is like opening a treasure chest, and this year is no different. Inside are a host of riches: colorful ribbons, a clay whistle shaped like a bird, a drum, and the strong smell of chocolate.
18) Yo, Naomi Leon
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 20 cm
Language
Español
Description
When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father.
19) Los vivientes
Author
Publisher
Oceano, Grantravesia
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 22 cm
Language
Español
Description
After an earthquake destroys California and a tsunami wrecks the luxury cruise ship where he is a summer employee, high schooler Shy confronts another deadly surprise.
20) Efren dividido
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, un sello de HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 20 cm
Language
Español
Description
"While his father works two jobs, seventh-grader Efren Nava must take care of his twin siblings, kindergartners Max and Mia, after their mother is deported to Mexico"--Provided by publisher.
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