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Crazy Loco Love מאת Victor Villasenor From one of America's most beloved writers comes this compelling memoir of his adolescent search for meaning and identity. When Victor Villaseñor turned sixteen, his father's gift of a brand-new, turquoise pick-up truck was accompanied by another gift: words of wisdom that would guide him on his ...

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Rene Has Two Last Names / Rene Tiene Dos Apellidos מאת Rene Colato Lainez ''On the first day at my new school, my teacher, Miss Soria, gave me a sticker that said Rene Colato. The sticker was missing my second last name. Maybe Miss Soria's pen ran out of ink. I took my pencil and added it. Now it looked right: Rene Colato Lainez.'' Young Rene is from El Salvador, and he ...

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Rudy's Memory Walk (Roosevelt High School) (Roosevelt High School Series Books) מאת Gloria Velasquez Rudy can't believe it when his dad says he will have to watch his abuela while his parents go out. He shouldn't have to babysit his own grandmother! And he had plans to go out with his girlfriend, Juanita. His brother Manuel isn't happy either, and won't even consider watching Abuela alone. Nothing...

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The River Flows North מאת Graciela Limon ''There is a pathway traveled by migrants that cuts away from the Mexican border as it slithers north through the Arizona desert up to Interstate 8. Migrants know this highway as la Ocho, the road that takes them to a better life, but the trail that leads to that highway is ruthless and unfor...

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Baseball on Mars / Beisbol En Marte מאת Rafael Roberto's dad speaks in Spanish when he gets upset, and boy, is he unhappy today! His lucky chair, the one he sits in to watch his beloved New York Yankees play, is missing. And he needs it for the afternoon game against the Red Sox! Roberto is excited, too. He's about to take off to Mars on his hom...

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Survival Supervivencia מאת Miguel Algarin In this affecting collection of poetry and prose, Nuyorican poet Miguel Algarin crafts beautifully angry, sad pieces about injustice and loss. While warning his compatriots about the unreality of the American Dream, he acknowledges that "we are the pistons that / move the roughage through Uncle / Sa...

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Latinos and the Nation's Future מאת Henry G. Cisneros Whether the predominant ethnic group in baseball, the ''swing vote'' in various elections, or the people who introduced one of the country's most popular condiments, salsa, it is clear that the influence of Latinos is widespread and growing each year. The Census Bureau estimates that Latinos will gr...

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Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage, Volume VII (Recovering the Us Hispanic Literary Heritage) מאת Gerald Poyo This volume of essays is the seventh in the series produced under the auspices of the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project at the University of Houston. This ongoing and comprehensive program seeks to locate, identify, preserve, and disseminate the literary contributions of U.S. La...

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Death at Solstice: A Gloria Damasco Mystery מאת Lucha Corpi Chicana detective Gloria Damasco has a ''dark gift,'' an extrasensory prescience that underscores her investigations and compels her to solve numerous cases. This time, the recurring vision haunting her dreams contains two pairs of dark eyes watching her in the night, a phantom horse and rider, and ...

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Sundays on Fourth Street / Los Domingos En La Calle Cuatro מאת Amy Costales ''My cousin Pepe combs my hair back just like his, and Aunt Pilar laughs. Then she slides her red lipstick across my lips, but Mama wipes it off because I'm too young. Mama puts on her new jeans, and Aunt Pilar polishes her high heels. Uncle Armando finishes washing his old car.'' And then, a young ...

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Cut & Run: The Misadventures of Alex Perez מאת Alberto A. Arcia Alex Perez is an aspiring writer living with his girlfriend Ramona, who feeds him, washes and irons his clothes, and gives him nice and useful gifts. All that is expected of him in return is to satisfy her unquenchable sexual urges. Her mother Charlene is paying Ramona's bills until she graduates fr...

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Absolute Equality: An Early Feminist Perspective/ Influencias De Las Ideas Modernas (Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage) מאת Luisa Capetillo In Luisa Capetillo's three-act play written in 1907, "Influences of Modern Ideas," Angelina, the daughter of a rich Puerto Rican businessman and landowner, educates herself by reading the works of European writers, philosophers, and anarchists. After reading Tolstoy's The Slavery of Our Times...