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Series
Language
English
Description
After his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure, eleven-year-old Tyler befriends the oldest daughter, but when he discovers they may not be in the country legally, he realizes that real friendship knows no borders.
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The lives of two different couples--wealthy Los Angeles liberals Delaney and Kyra Mossbacher, and Candido and America Rincon, a pair of Mexican illegals--suddenly collide, in a story that unfolds from the shifting viewpoints of the various characters.
4) Going home
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c1996
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Although a Mexican family comes to the United States to work as farm laborers so that their children will have opportunities, the parents still consider Mexico their home.
Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A lyrical celebration of multiculturalism as a parent shares with a child the value of their heritage and why it should be a source of pride, even when others disagree.
6) Soccer Sam
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1987]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sam's cousin from Mexico comes for an extended visit and teaches Sam and all the second graders to play soccer.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
491 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Teresita Urrea flees to Arizona with her father after the Tomochic Rebellion but is inundated with visits from pilgrims seeking her skills as a healer until she is chased to New York by assassins.
Author
Publisher
Soho Press
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
295 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When cholera strikes San Antonio in 1843, Aurelia Ruiz discovers that she might have the power to heal-and also to curse. Meanwhile, Joseph Kimmel, a schoolteacher in Missouri and the son of a Polish Jew, learns of his brother's death in San Antonio-and sets off for Texas. Along the way, a runaway slave steals Joseph's horse. He is rescued by Henry Castro, a man who is importing immigrants to populate his planned city, Castroville-and then Joseph...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Héctor is trapped. The water truck, sealed to hide its human cargo, has broken down. The coyotes have taken all the passengers' money for a mechanic and have not returned. Héctor finds a name in his friend César's phone: AnniMac. A name with an American number. He must reach her, both for rescue and to pass along the message César has come so far to deliver. But are his messages going through? Over four days, as water and food run low, Héctor...
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Undocumented is the story of immigrant workers who have come to the United States without papers. Every day, these men and women join the work force and contribute positively to society. The story is told via the ancient Mixtec codex--accordion fold--format. Juan grew up in Mexico working in the fields to help provide for his family. Struggling for money, Juan crosses over into the United States and becomes an undocumented worker, living in a poor...
12) Piñata
Author
Publisher
Nightfire/Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A Head Full of Ghosts meets Mexican Gothic in Piñata, a terrifying possession tale by author and artist Leopoldo Gout. They were worshiped by our ancestors. Now they are forgotten. Soon, they will make us remember. It was supposed to be the perfect summer. Carmen Sanchez is back in Mexico, supervising the renovation of an ancient abbey. Her daughters Izel and Luna, too young to be left alone in New York, join her in what Carmen hopes is a chance...
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
328 pages : 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Color Me In meets I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter in Everything Within and In Between, a deeply honest coming-of-age story about reclaiming a heritage buried under assimilation, the bonds within families, and defining who you are for yourself."--Amazon.
14) Delia's heart
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st Pocket Books hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
374 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The second installment of an enthralling new trilogy continues the saga of Delia, a young girl who moves to the U.S. from Mexico to live with her wealthy aunt in Palm Springs.
15) Illegal
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 251 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nora, a fifteen-year-old Mexican girl, faces the challenges of being an illegal immigrant in Texas when she and her mother cross the border in search of Nora's father.
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
151 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mateo's big brother Julian works in the United States. When the family doesn't hear from Julian for a few weeks, Mateo sneaks out and journeys north to find him, crossing the border with the help of a new friend, Angel"--
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 416 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
What happens when an undocumented teen mother takes on the U.S. immigration system? When Aida Hernandez was born in 1987 in Agua Prieta, Mexico, the nearby U.S. border was little more than a worn-down fence. Eight years later, Aida's mother took her and her siblings to live in Douglas, Arizona. By then, the border had become one of the most heavily policed sites in America. Undocumented, Aida fought to make her way. She learned English, watched Friends,...
18) The long way out
Author
Series
Franky Dast mystery volume 2
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
230 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A desperate Mexican family turn to Franky Dast, rather than trust the authorities, to help them track down their daughter's murderer. Franky is an unlikely hero, but his past makes him compelled to help even if it puts him in danger! Can Franky stop this vicious killer and escape his own personal hell before it's too late?"--
Author
Publisher
Fitzroy Books, an imprint of Regal House Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
152 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"On an ordinary Monday, Rill Kruse left for third grade with a dad, but when she came home, he'd been stolen. By a river. One year and thirteen days later--on the first morning of summer vacation--Rill still insists he's trudging home. Her mom has become a practical woman. Her older brother, Eddy, now calls her baby and dork. Gus, second-in-command at Kruse Whitewater Adventures, Rill's family's rafting company, has gone from being her dad's "risk...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After the loss of her mother, high school junior Soledad finds herself struggling to balance classes and her new job in California to support her family in Tijuana, Mexico, in this thoughtful story about identity, immigration, and family"--
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