Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
A gift from papá Diego =	Benjamin Alire Sáenz	When Little Diego gets a Superman outfit for his birthday, he hopes to fly across the border to Mexico to be with his grandfather whom he loves.	OL13476848W
Damas, dramas, and Ana Ruiz	Belinda Acosta	All Ana Ruiz wanted was to have a traditional quinceanera for her daughter, Carmen. She wanted a nice way to mark this milestone year in her daughter's life. But Carmen was not interested in celebrat…	OL13646920W
Laughing out loud, I fly	Juan Felipe Herrera	A collection of poems in Spanish and English about childhood, place, and identity.	OL14863191W
Heart of Aztlan	Rudolfo A. Anaya	Publisher Comments: The Albuquerque barrio portrayed in this vivid novel of postwar New Mexico is a place where urban and rural, political and religious realities coexist, collide, and combine. The …	OL152075W
What can't wait	Ashley Hope Pérez	Marooned in a broken-down Houston neighborhood--and in a Mexican immigrant family where making ends meet matters much more than making it to college--smart, talented Marissa seeks comfort elsewhere w…	OL15443989W
El Coyote, the rebel	Luis Perez	A soldier at the age of eleven. An honorably discharged veteran at the age of thirteen. A miner, a cotton-picker, a shepherd, and a graduate of Hollywood High. Luis Perez lived an incredible life and…	OL15842558W
Heart-shaped cookies	Rice, David	A collection of ten short stories reprinted from "Give the pig a chance" and other anthologies, nine new stories, and a play by Mike D. Garcia based on Rice's short story, "She flies."	OL15941370W
Jesse	Gary Soto	Two Mexican American brothers hope that junior college will help them excape their heritage of tedious physical labor.	OL16033764W
A good long way	René Saldaña	Three Mexican American teenagers in a small-town in Texas struggle with difficulties at home and at school as they try to attain the elusive status of adulthood.	OL16113514W
Fighting for Dontae	Mike Castan	When Mexican American seventh-grader Javier is assigned to work with a special education class and connects with Dontae, who has both physical and mental disabilities, his reputation among gang membe…	OL16361033W
The Longoria affair	John J. Valadez	A documentary on the Mexican-American civil rights movement. The film tells the story of one key injustice, the refusal, by a small-town funeral home in Texas after World War II, to care for a dead s…	OL16938408W
Toma s and the library lady	Pat Mora	While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Toma s finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library.	OL17727744W
Maya's divided world	Gloria Velásquez	When a seventeen-year-old Mexican American girl starts getting into trouble as a reaction to her parents' divorce, she is helped by a psychologist who has problems of her own.	OL1804447W
Grandma's chocolate	Mara Price	When Sabrina's grandmother visits from Mexico, she brings gifts that make Sabrina feel like a Mayan princess.	OL18656765W
César Chávez	Gloria D. Miklowitz	A brief biography of Cesar Chavez, the Mexican American union leader who fought to get migrant farm workers better wages.	OL1873925W
Primer Dia En Las Uvas (Spanish Edition)	L. King Pérez	When Chico starts the third grade after his migrant worker family moves to begin harvesting California grapes, he finds that self confidence and math skills help him cope with the first day of school.	OL19645033W
At the core and in the margins	Julia Albarracín	"Beardstown and Monmouth, Illinois, two rural Midwestern towns, have been transformed by immigration in the last three decades. This book examines how Mexican immigrants who have made these towns the…	OL19735954W
Democratizing Texas politics	Benjamin Márquez	"In 1940 there were virtually no Mexican American elected officials in Texas at any level of government. By the turn of the century that was no longer true. In fact, Mexican Americans in Texas had ef…	OL23299357W
Looking for La Única	Ofelia Dumas Lachtman	When a mysterious and valuable guitar is stolen from the shop belonging to old friends of her family, Monica determines to find out what really happened and to uncover the guitar's well-kept secret.	OL2687712W
Richard "Pancho" Gonzalez, tennis champion	Doreen Gonzales	Details the life and career of the Mexican American who became a brilliant success as a tennis champion, examining his dedication as a player and a competitor.	OL2733945W