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My Abuelita—Tony Johnston
With great gusto, a child's grandmother performs deep knee bends, consumes a breakfast of "huevos estrellados," and practices vocal exercises before going to work as a storyteller. Ages 4 to 8. |
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What Can You Do with a Paleta?—Carmen Tafolla
A young Mexican American girl celebrates the paleta, an icy fruit popsicle, and the many roles it plays in her lively barrio. Also available in a bilingual edition. Ages 4 to 8. |
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For the Love of Soccer! — Pele
What does the world’s greatest soccer player love about the game? The same things that we do! Speed, teamwork, dribbling, passing, taking your best shot—and making a G-O-O-A-A-A-L! Also available in Spanish. Ages 5 to 8. |
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The Dreamer—Pam Munoz Ryan
While his father strives to make him a doctor, shy and frail young Neftali leads a solitary life immersed in books and collecting small treasures while witnessing painful injustices taking place in his native Chile. Ages 8 to 12. |
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Return to Sender—Julia Alvarez
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. Ages 8 to 12. |
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Heat—Mike Lupica
Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof. Ages 9 to 11. |
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I Am a Taxi—Deborah Ellis
Living with his family in a prison in Bolivia due to his parents' convictions for drug trafficking, twelve-year-old Diego does his best to live a normal life by going to school and running errands for the other prisoners. Ages 10 to 14. |
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Red Glass— Laura Resau
Sixteen-year-old Sophie has been frail and delicate since her premature birth, but discovers her true strength during a journey through Mexico, where the six-year-old orphan her family hopes to adopt was born, and to Guatemala, where her would-be boyfriend hopes to find his mother. Ages 12 to 16. |
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Marcelo in the Real World—Francisco X. Stork
Marcelo Sandoval, a seventeen-year-old boy on the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, faces new challenges, including romance and injustice, when he goes to work for his father in the mailroom of a corporate law firm. Also available in Spanish. Ages 12 to 16. |
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The Brothers Torres—Coert Voorhees
Sophomore Frankie finally finds the courage to ask his long-term friend, Julianne, to the Homecoming dance, which ultimately leads to a face-off between a tough senior whose family owns most of their small, New Mexico town, and Frankie's soccer-star older brother and his gang-member friends. Ages 14 and up. |
