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The last summer of the Death Warriors
by Francisco X. Stork
Relocated to a boys' home while plotting to kill his sister's murderer, Pancho is unexpectedly assigned to be a companion to brain-cancer patient, D.Q., who regales Pancho with descriptions of the Death Warrior creed and the honorable example of the beautiful Marisol. By the author of Marcelo in the Real World.
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A fire in my hands : poems
by Gary Soto
A revised and expanded collection of poems brings to life themes of growing up, family, friendship, and first love and are drawn from the author's background as a Mexican-American in the San Joaquin Valley.
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Help wanted : stories
by Gary Soto
Offers a collection of stories about a group of teens who, in their own ways, struggle to find their purpose in life and place in the world, such as the constant story-telling liar Veronica and friends Ronnie and Joey who spend their days as "Teenage Chimps" due to their feelings of alienation from everyone at their school.
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Useful fools
by C. A. Schmidt
A fifteen-year-old Peruvian boy named Alonso, whose mother runs a clinic for poor village children, becomes caught up in the war after Senderistas bomb the clinic, killing his mother and throwing his family into turmoil.
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Becoming Naomi León
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Happily living with Gram and her little brother at the Avocado Acres Trailer Rancho, talented soap carver Naomi Soledad Leon Outlaw, labelled by her classmates as "nothing special," finds her life forever changed by the return of her mother, who has been gone for seven years. An ALA Notable Book. Reprint.
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Emily Goldberg learns to salsa
by Micol Ostow
While attending her grandmother's funeral in the Caribbean, pampered Jewish princess Emily Goldberg wants absolutely nothing to do with her Puerto Rican heritage until a special person shows her the value of embracing her culture. Reprint.
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Call me Maria : a novel
by Judith Ortiz Cofer
Fifteen-year-old MarŁa leaves her mother and their Puerto Rican home to live in the barrio of New York with her father, feeling torn between the two cultures in which she has been raised. Reprint.
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What the moon saw : a novel
by Laura Resau
When her father's parents, whom she has never met, invite her to Mexico, Clara Luna, stunned by the way they live, finds her soul embracing their culture, and embarks on a quest to find the spirit waterfall, with the help of a handsome goat herder. Reprint.
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Esperanza rising
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
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
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The House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosThe House on Mango Street tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, whose neighborhood is one of harsh realities and harsh beauty. Esperanza doesn't want to belong - not to her rundown neighborhood, and not to the low expectations the world has for her. Esperanza's story is that of a young girl coming into her power, and inventing for herself what she will become.
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The poet slave of Cuba : a biography of Juan Francisco Manzano
by Margarita Engle
Born a slave, raised by a woman not his mother, and denied an education, Juan overcame all the personal obstacles he faced as a child in order to reach freedom, pursue his natural talents, and become the celebrated poet he was destined to be
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Suckerpunch
by David Hernandez
Wishing he were spending his summer relaxing, drawing, and dating, Marcus worries about where things will end up as he drives along with his brother and a loaded gun on their way to their father's house.
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The Surrender Tree : Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
by Margarita Engle
Poems that explore Cuba's fight for independence follow Rosa, a nurse who turns hidden caves into hospitals for those who know how to find her, and where she does her best to help everyone, with no regard to race or nationality.
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