Author

Title

Call #

Summary

Bernardo

Loves Me, Loves Me Not

While trying to win the attention of a high school basketball star who already has a girlfriend, Maggie, a Cuban American, learns painful lessons about romantic young love.

Bertrand

Sweet Fifteen

When seamstress Rita Navarro makes a quinceañera dress for fourteen-year-old Stefanie, she finds herself becoming involved with the girl's family and attracted to her uncle.

Bledsoe

Cougar Canyon

After hearing that people are planning to kill a mountain lion in the wilds near her neighborhood, twelve-year-old Izzie decides that it is her duty to protect the animal.

Carlson

Where Angels Glide at Dawn: New Stories from Latin America

SC Whe

A collection of short stories by a variety of Latin American authors.

Chambers

Quinceanera Means Sweet 15

Eagerly anticipating her Quinceañera, the fifteenth birthday celebration that will signify her adulthood, Marisol is troubled by a lack of money, her mother's new boyfriend, changes in her best friend, and the absence of the father she never knew.

Delacre

Salsa Stories

A collection of stories within the story of a family celebration where the guests relate their memories of growing up in various Latin American countries. Also contains recipes.

Fiske

The Twaining of America

In 1836 sixteen-year-old Ramón Clemente leaves his family's ranch in the California section of Mexico to attend Yale University. Later he marries a girl from Saint Louis, becomes an American citizen, travels frequently as an employee of the Department of State, and gains a unique perspective on American growth and events such as the Mexican, Civil, and Spanish-American wars.

Harper

Delfino’s Journey

Delfino and his cousin Salvador leave their Aztec village in Mexico to search for work in the United States, where they endure dangerous and brutal conditions before ultimately finding success beyond all their dreams. Includes related explanatory notes and bibliography.

Hernandez

The Secret of Two Brothers

Herrera

CrashBoomLove

After his father leaves home, sixteen-year-old Cesar Garcia lives with his mother and struggles through the painful experiences of growing up as a Mexican American high school student.

Jimenez

The Circuit: Stories from the life of a migrant child

SC Jim

Jimenez

Breaking Through

Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Francisco is still working in the fields but fighting to improve his life and complete his education.

Jimenez

The Christmas Gift

E Jim

When his family has to move again a few days before Christmas in order to find work, Panchito worries that he will not get the ball he has been wanting.

Lachtman

The Girl from Playa Blanca

When Elena and her little brother, Carlos, leave their Mexican seaside village to search for their immigrant father in Los Angeles, they encounter intrigue, crime, mystery, friendship, and love.

Martinez

Parrot in the Oven: mi vida

Manny relates his coming of age experiences as a member of a poor Mexican American family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone's struggle.

Martinez

Spirits of the High Mesa

The book is set in a small village in Northern New Mexico where a Hispanic boy is torn between the lure of modern U.S. life and deep hispanic cultural values held by El Grande, his mountain man grandfather.

Mikaelsen

Sparrow Hawk Red

Thirteen-year-old Ricky, the Mexican American son of a former Drug Enforcement Agency man, tries to avenge his mother's murder by crossing over into Mexico to steal a high-tech radar plane from drug smugglers.

Mohr

Going Home

Feeling like an outsider when she visits her relatives in Puerto Rico for the first time, eleven-year-old Felita tries to come to terms with the heritage she always took for granted.

Montes

Something Wicked’s in those Woods

When their parents are killed in an accident, eleven-year-old Javier and his younger brother leave their home in Puerto Rico to go live with their aunt in Northern California, where a ghost from an unsolved crime and Javi's new-found psychokinetic powers make their adjustment all the harder.

Ortiz

An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio

SC Ort

Twelve stories about young people caught between their Puerto Rican heritage and their American surroundings.

Pomerantz

The Outside Dog

Marisol, who lives in Puerto Rico, wants a dog very much but her grandfather will not let her have one, until a skinny mutt wins him over.

Rice

Crazy Loco

SC Ric

A collection of nine stories about Mexican American kids growing up in the Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas.

Rodriguez

It Doesn’t Have to be This Way: A Barrio Story

E Rod

Reluctantly a young boy becomes more and more involved in the activities of a local gang, until a tragic event involving his cousin forces him to make a choice about the course of his life.

Ryan

Esperanza Rising

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.

Saldena

The Jumping Tree

Rey, a Mexican American living with his close-knit family in a Texas town near the Mexican border, describes his transition from boy to young man.

Soto

Crazy Weekend

After their photograph of a robbery is published in the newspaper, Hector and Mando find themselves pursued by two goofy thieves.

Soto

Local News

A collection of thirteen short stories about the everyday lives of Mexican American young people in California's Central Valley.

Soto

Snapshots from the Wedding

E Sot

Maya, the flower girl, describes a Mexican American wedding through snapshots of the day's events, beginning with the procession to the altar and ending with her sleeping after the dance.

Soto

Summer on Wheels

Hector and his best friend Mondo enjoy many exciting adventures when they take a six-day bike trip from their East Los Angeles neighborhood to the Santa Monica beach during summer vacation.

Tamar

Alphabet City Ballet

Living in a poor Puerto Rican family complicates life for ten-year-old Marisol when she realizes that pursuing her love for ballet may expose her brother to danger.

Author

Title

Call #

Ada

Gathering the Sun

E

Babbit

Tuck para siempre

Berenstain

Y el cuarto desordenado

E

Bridwell

Clifford Books in Spanish

E

Dahl

El Superzorro

Dickens

Oliver Twist

Doros

Radio Man = Don Radio

LMS

Ehlert

Un Lazo al la luna

E

Jeffers

Los Cisnes salvajes

Leaf

El cuento de Ferdinando

MachLachlan

Sarah, sencilla y alta

McCullers

El corazon es un cazador solitario

O’Dell

La perla negra

Paterson

Lyddie

Paulsen

El hacha

Piper

La pequena locomotora que si pudo

E

Potter

El Conejo Travieso

E

Potter

El cuento de Pedro, el conejo

E

Rey

Jorge el Curioso

E

Sperry

Esto es coraje

Stevenson

La isla del tesoro

Taylor

Lloro por la tierra

Tripp

Una sopresa para Josefina

Twain

Tom Sawyer

Verne

La vuelta al mundo en 80 dias

Wilder

En las orillas del lago de Plata

Wright

Un fantasma en las casa