mexican americans

Fresh out of high school, Mike Mu?oz works menial jobs but dreams of achieving more for himself. Facing systemic and cultural discrimination, along with his own mistakes Mike wants to find a way to overcome the hardship of a system that seems to want him to fail and discover his own version of the American Dream.

Orphaned thirteen year-old Carlos learns what it truly means to be a teammate when he must help save his new wheelchair basketball team's gym from destruction.

Evan, the nephew of a conservative southern senator, and Alma, who lives with her large, warm Mexican family, fall in love, but when Immigration and Customs Enforcement begins raids on their town, Alma knows she needs to tell Evan her secrets, but how can she tell her country-club boyfriend that she is an undocumented immigrant?.

A novel of about a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago, a neighborhood of harsh realities and harsh beauty.

"Poet Jos? Olivarez explores the story, contradictions, joys, and sorrows that embody life in the spaces between Mexico and America. He paints vivid portraits of good kids, bad kids, families clinging to hope, life after the steel mills, and gentrifying barrios"--Provided by publisher.

Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.

Simple text and photographs provide an introduction to Cinco de Mayo.

Recovering from a shooting and stereotyped as a Chicano gangbanger, fourteen-year-old Victor Reyes loves reading books, has a genius girlfriend and an art teacher who mentors and encourages him to apply to art schools, but Victor cannot seem to overcome society's expectations for him.

Introduces readers to the journeys that Mexican-Americans take to the United States and the ways in which they assimilate to life in America while bringing their cultures and traditions.

"Using his signature illustration style and [Jos? de la] Luz's diary entries from the war, award-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh tells the story of a Mexican American war hero and his fight for equality"--Jacket flap.