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Skin We're In: Latino/Latina American
...and the Earth Did Not Devour Him / Y No Se Lo Tragó la Tierra
by Tomás Rivera
Work, family, religion, poverty - stories of real life.
Afterlife
by Gary Soto
"When you're an ordinary-looking guy, even feo, you got to suck it up and do your best." Even after death.
Bless Me Ultima /Bendíceme Ultima
by Rudolfo Anaya
"The magical time of childhood stood still, and the pulse of the living earth pressed its mystery into my living blood."
Breaking Through / Senderos Fronterizos
by Francisco Jiménez
One teen's struggle to survive in the California migrant camps and in school. Can he work through the poverty and prejudice to achieve his dreams?
Hole In My Life
by Jack Gantos
Trying to make some much needed money to pay for college, Jack Gantos attempted drug-smuggling. Bad choice. Jack went to prison. But, his life was definitely not over....
House on Mango Street / La Casa en Mango Street
by Sandra Cisneros
Through vignettes, read Esperanza's hope to break free from Mango Street. She explores conflicts of divided cultural loyalties, alienation and the degradation of poverty as she grows more confident during a year in her life.
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
by Julia Alvarez
After they must flee their priviledged life in the Dominican Republic, the four Garcia sisters must adjust to a new life in the United States.
Island Like You
by Judith Ortiz Cofer
"When I was sent to spend the summer at my grandparents' house in Puerto Rico, I knew it was going to be strange, I just didn't know how strange." |
