mexican american families

Twelve stories tell of the almost unendurable journey most migrant campesinos undertake to find the American Dream.

Presents life in a barrio in San Francisco, describing the school, recreation, holidays, and family life of an eight-year-old boy who lives there.

Presents several intertwined stories of a family of Mexican American farm workers as they move from camp to camp, adding members to their family along the way.

Explores a migrant family's experiences moving through labor camps, facing poverty and impermanence, and discusses how they endure through faith, hope, and back-breaking work.

Mexican Americans journeyed to the United States to make a new life for themselves and made many contributions to our country's culture.

Celaya "Lala" Reyes, traveling from Chicago to Mexico City each summer, draws together stories of her Mexican-American family of shawl-makers, including her papa and Awful Grandmother.

Tells the story of two decades in the life of a Mexican-American family in Tome, New Mexico, led by Sofia, who raises four daughters while coping with the disappearance of her gambling husband.

Contains seven related fiction stories that focus on the life of Roc?o Esquibel as she grows from girl to woman in a small southern New Mexico town.

Yolanda Sahagun can hardly wait for her brother, Chuy, to return from Vietnam, but as soon as he arrives, the entire family realizes how much the war has changed him, and they must all readjust to his new attitude.