Fiction:
Alvarez, Julia. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.
Bertrand, Diane. Trino's Time.
Buss, Fran. Journey of the Sparrows.
Castillo, Ana. So Far From God.
Cisneros, Sandra.
Esquivel, Laura. Like Water for Chocolate.
Ewing, Lynn. Party Girl.
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Growing Up Latino: Memoirs and Stories.
Herrera, Juan Felipe. Crash Boom Love: A Novel in Verse.
Jiminez, Francisco. The Circuit: Stories From the Life of a Migrant Child.
Martinez, Victor. Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida.
Mikaelsen, Ben. Sparrow Hawk Red.
Ortiz, Cofer, Judith. An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio.*
Ostow, Micol. Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa.
Paulsen, Gary. Sisters = Hermanas.
Soto, Gary.
Non-Fiction:
Alicea, Gil. The Air Down Here: True Tales From A South Bronx Boyhood. YA BIO ALI
Cockcroft, James. Latino Visions: Contemporary Chicano, Puerto Rican and Cuban American Artists. YA 704.03 COC
Cool Salsa. YA 811.08 COO
Cortez, Sarah. Windows into My World: Latino Youth Write Their Lives. YA 305.235 WIN
Delgado, Jane L. The Latina Guide to Health: Consejos and Caring Answers. 613.089 DEL
De Varona, Frank. Latino Literacy. 973.046 DEV
Gac-Artigas, Alejandro. Yo Alejandro: The Story of a Young Latino Boy Struggling Through Life. YA 973.049 GAC
Herrera, Juan Felipe. Laughing Out Loud I Fly: Poems in English and Spanish. YA 811 HER
Kanellos, Nicolas. The Hispanic American Almanac. REF 973.046 KAN
Mora, Pat. My Own True Name. YA 811 MOR
Soto, Gary.
* Available through InterLibrary Loan
Internet Resources:
LANIC: Latin American Network Information Center: has links to information on art, culture, health, gender & sexuality and more.
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