Describes how Cuban immigrants came to America to escape repression in their homeland, and how they have adapted to life in the U.S. while keeping their old traditions alive.
Discusses the history, culture, and achievements of the Cuban Americans, factors encouraging their emigration, and their acceptance as an ethnic group.
Hector Santinio, the son of Cuban immigrants, grows up in New York City in the 1950s, struggling to understand his cultural identity and to come to terms with his high-living father.
Traces the life of a popular Hispanic American singer, from her childhood in Cuba through her performances with the Miami Sound Machine to her current acclaim.
Seventeen-year-old Isabel, eager to leave Miami to attend the University of Michigan and escape her overprotective Cuban mother, learns some truths about her family's past and makes important decisions about the type of person she wants to be.
Text and accompanying photographs present the biography of the Cuban-American pop singer who is the leader of the popular latin musical group the Miami Sound machine.
Soledad Reyes decides to dance Carmen as part of a drum and bugle corps competition, not knowing if it will help or harm her chance of becoming a professional ballet dancer but eager to pursue new options, including a romance with the boy who invited her to audition.
A biography of Jose Canseco, the major league baseball player who made a comeback despite serious injury, being traded by the Oakland Athletics, divorce, and depression.
