Christopher,
Matt
Centerfield
Ballhawk
J BEG
José
Mendez
worries
that he
isn’t
good
enough
at
baseball
to
please
his
father,
a former
minor
league
player.
Hurwitz,
Johanna
Class
President
J FIC
Julio
Sanchez
runs for
President
of his
fifth-grade
class,
and
discovers
he is
more
than an
athlete.
Marzollo,
Jean
Soccer
Sam
J BEG
When
Sam’s
cousin
visits
from
Mexico,
he
teaches
Sam’s
classmates
how to
play
soccer.
Mora,
Pat
Tomás
and the
Library
Lady
J BEG / Tomás
y La
Señora
de la
Biblioteca
E SP
During a
summer
in Iowa,
a
librarian
introduces
a
migrant
worker’s
child to
the
magic of
books.
Soto,
Gary
The
Skirt
J FIC
Miata
Ramirez
leaves
her
folklorico
dance
skirt on
the
school
bus, and
she
needs to
find a
way to
get it
back.
Stanek,
Muriel
I
Speak
English
for My
Mom
J BEG
Sometimes
Lupe
gets
tired of
playing
translator
for her
mother,
who
doesn’t
speak
English.
Tripp,
Valerie
Meet
Josefina:
An
American
Girl
J FIC / Así
es
Josefina:
Una Niña
Americana
J SP
Josefina,
a
nine-year-old
motherless
girl,
lives
with her
family
on a
ranch in
New
Mexico
in 1824.
5th - 6th GRADE
Alvarez,
Julia
How Tia
Lola
Came to
(Visit)
Stay
J FIC
Miguel
is not
happy
when he
has to
move
from New
York to
Vermont.
But Tía
Lola
comes
from the
Dominican
Republic
to help
out, and
things
change
for the
better.
Cameron,
Ann
Colibrí
J FIC
Twelve-year-old
Rosa
travels
around
Guatemala
with a
man who
claims
to be
her
uncle.
But she
isn’t
sure he
really
is her
uncle,
and she
doesn’t
like
some of
the
dishonest
things
he makes
her do.
Castañeda,
Omar S.
Among
the
Volcanoes
J FIC
Isabel,
a Mayan
girl
living
in
Guatemala,
may have
to give
up her
dream of
becoming
a
teacher
when her
mother
becomes
ill.
Delacre,
Lulu
Salsa
Stories
J FIC
Carmen’s
relatives
tell her
stories
of their
childhoods
in Latin
countries;
and all
the
stories
are
about
food.
Johnston,
Tony
Any
Small
Goodness:
A Novel
of the
Barrio
J FIC
A
heart-warming
look at
Arturo
and his
life in
the
barrio
of East
Los
Angeles.
Krumgold,
Joseph
...And
Now
Miguel
J FIC
Twelve-year-old
Miguel
wishes
he could
accompany
the men
on their
annual
sheep
drive
into the
mountains.
Mohr,
Nicholasa
Felita
J FIC
Felita
has a
lot to
deal
with
when her
family
moves
from
their
predominantly
Puerto
Rican
neighborhood
to a
“better”
area.
Ochoa,
George
The
New York
Pulbic
Library
Amazing
Hispanic-American
History:
A Book
of
Answers
for Kids
J
973.046O
Organized
geographically,
this
book is
great
for
browsing
and
learning
interesting
facts
about
Hispanic-American
history.
Perera,
Hilda
Kiki:
A Cuban
Boy's
Adventures
in
America
J PBK
Kiki is
from
Cuba,
but his
funny
and
touching
story is
like
that of
any
immigrant
child.
Ryan,
Pam
Muñoz
Becoming
Naomi
León
J FIC
Naomi,
her
brother
and her
great-grandmother
visit
Oaxaca,
Mexico,
to find
Naomi’s
father,
and save
Naomi
from her
flamboyant
mother
and her
mother’s
new
boyfriend.
7th - 8th GRADE
Alvarez,
Julia
Before
We Weere
Free
TEEN
Some of
Anita’s
family
have
fled;
others
are
involved
in a
plot to
overthrow
the
country’s
dictator,
and
Anita
and her
mother
have to
go into
hiding.
Carlson,
Lori,
editor
Cool
Salsa:
Bilingual
Poems on
Growing
Up
Latino
in the
United
States J
821.08C
Cool
Salsa is
a
contradiction
(salsa
is hot);
so is
the
experience
of a
Latino(a)
in the
United
States.
Cisneros,
Sandra
The
House on
Mango
Street
FIC
In a
series
of
vignettes,
Esperanza
tells
about
her life
on Mango
Street,
in a
predominantly
Spanish-speaking
part of
Chicago.
Jiménez,
Francisco
Breaking
Through
J FIC
A vivid
portrayal
of the
life of
a poor
adolescent
from
Mexico
living
in
California
in the
1950’s
and
60’s.
Joseph,
Lynn
The
Color of
My Words
J FIC
and
TEEN
13-year-old
Ana Rosa
dreams
of being
a
writer;
and she
writes
about
life in
her
island
home,
the
Dominican
Republic.
Ortiz
Cofer,
Judith
An
Island
Like
You:
Stories
of the
Barrio
J FIC
and TEEN
/
Una Isla
Como Tú
J SP
A series
of
loosely
connected
stories
describe
the life
of
Puerto-Rican
immigrants
in
Paterson,
New
Jersey.
Osa,
Nancy
Cuba
15
TEEN
Violet
isn’t
sure she
wants to
have a
quinceañera
party
for her
15th
birthday,
but her
Cuban
grandmother
really
wants
her to
have a
big
traditional
celebration.
Ryan,
Pam
Muñoz
Esperanza
Rising
TEEN
After
her
father
is
murdered,
Esperanza
and her
mother
flee
their
Mexican
home,
moving
from a
world of
luxury
into the
life of
poor
migrant
workers
in
California.
Soto,
Gary
Local
News
J FIC
In a
collection
of 13
stories,
Soto
describes
the life
of
Chicano
adolescents
living
in San
Diego.
Stavans,
Ilan,
editor
Wachale!
Poetry
and
Prose
About
Growing
Up
Latino
in
America
TEEN
This
anthology
features
works by
and
biographies
of 29
authors;
many of
the
stories
contain
Spanish
words
and the
poems
are in
both
Spanish
and
English.
Tashlik:
Phyllis,
editor
Hispanic,
Female
and
Young:
An
Anthology
J SC H
A
collection
of
poems,
stories
and
essays
written
by
eighth-grade
Hispanic
girls
who live
in New
York
City.
