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Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Language
English
Description
As a Chicano boy living in the unglamorous town of Hollywood, New Mexico, and a member of the graduating class of 1969, Sammy Santos faces the challenges of gringo racism, unpopular dress codes, the Vietnam War, barrio violence, and poverty.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume ; 21 cm
Language
English
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Description
"Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez reveals her experience as the U.S. born daughter of immigrants and what happened when, at fifteen, her parents were forced back to Mexico in this galvanizing yet tender memoir. Born to Mexican immigrants south of the Rillito River in Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth had the world at her fingertips as she entered her freshman year of high school as the number one student. But suddenly, Elizabeth's own country took away the...
427) Mexikid: en español
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
313 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
"A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy's family and their adventure-filled road trip to bring their abuelito back from Mexico to live with them."--
428) Shameful victory: the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Red Scare, and the hidden history of Chavez Ravine
Author
Publisher
The University of Arizona Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xi, 218 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The book offers a history of Chavez Ravine with special attention to the period after World War II to the early 1960s, studying Los Angeles and its political structure, the contractions in policies around public housing, the impact on Mexican Americans, and the building of Dodger Stadium and the arrival of the team to Chavez Ravine--Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
For an undocumented immigrant, what is the true cost of the American dream? Julissa Arce shares her story in a riveting memoir. When she was 11 years old Julissa Arce left Mexico and came to the United States on a tourist visa to be reunited with her parents, who dreamed the journey would secure her a better life. When her visa expired at the age of 15, she became an undocumented immigrant. Thus began her underground existence, a decades long game...
431) Sing it like Celia
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
After her mother's sudden departure, twelve-year-old Salva Sanchez adjusts to her new life in an RV campground with her father, and finds her voice through new friendships and a love for Celia Cruz, the "queen of salsa."
Author
Series
C.A. Brannen volume no. 13
Publisher
Texas A&M University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
viii, 513 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
ix, 206 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Born on the eve of World War II into a family of Mexican immigrants in El Paso, Antonio C. Márquez remains a child of the border, his life partaking of multiple cultures, countries, and classes. Here he recounts his life story, from childhood memories of movies and baseball and friendship with his Chinese Mexican American neighbor, Manuel Wong, to the turbulent events of his manhood. Márquez recalls the impact of immigration and war on his family;...
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
viii, 355 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Nonbinary teen Ander is ready to leave their family's taqueraia and focus on their art, but when Santi, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, begins to work at the restaurant, the two teens spark a romance made complicated by immigration police.
436) When Moon blooms
Author
Series
Publisher
Rise x Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 16 x 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As a child admires the moon, their mother imparts Mexican Indigenous wisdom of the moon's phases as they relate to our bodies and lives.
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Historian Hernández reframes our understanding of U.S. history in this ... narrative of revolution in the borderlands. [This book] tells the ... story of the magonistas, the migrant rebels who sparked the 1910 Mexican Revolution from the United States. Led by a ... radical named Ricardo Flores Magón, the magonistas were a ... band of journalists, miners, migrant workers, and more, who organized thousands of Mexican workers--and American dissidents--to...
Author
Publisher
Lil' Libros
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 17 cm
Language
English
Description
"Si, Se Puede! Yes, it can be done!" is the famous rallying cry of Dolores Huerta, a leading voice in the rights of migrant farmworkers. Originally a teacher, and later a community leader, she believed in her cause so much that she co-founded the labor union United Farm Workers of America"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
440 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
With the help of her cousin and their friends, Danna scours the city, searching for her grandfather's favorite foods and hoping the remembered flavors will bring back his memories.
440) 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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