Sylvia & Aki
At the start of World War II, Japanese-American third-grader Aki and her family are sent to an internment camp in Poston, Arizona, while Mexican-American third-grader Sylvia's family leases their Orange County, California, farm and begins a fight to stop school segregation.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 36
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: race relations, segregation in education, japanese americans, mexican americans [X], farm life, orange county (calif.), poston relocation center (ariz.), mexican amreicans, orange county (calif), historical fiction [X]
Sunlight And Shadows
Josefina and her sisters are excited when energetic young Aunt Dolores arrives at the rancho, bringing new ideas, new fashions, and new challenges, but they worry the changes will make them forget Mam?, especially as Christmas approaches.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: ranch life, sisters, aunts, mexican americans [X], new mexico, historical fiction, juvenile fiction / historical / united states / general, historical fiction [X]
Second Chances
Josefina discovers that she has a gift for healing when she tends an orphaned baby goat, finds the courage and creativity to mend her family's broken trust in an americano trader, and seeks to keep her family whole and happy when T?a Dolores plans to leave.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: ranch life, sisters, aunts, healers, trust, new mexico, mexican americans [X], historical fiction, historical fiction [X]
Out Of Darkness
Loosely based on a school explosion that took place in New London, Texas, in 1937, this is the story of two teenagers: Naomi, who is Mexican, and Wash, who is black, and their dealings with race, segregation, love, and the forces that destroy people.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 36
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: explosions, race relations, african americans, mexican americans [X], new london (tex.), schools, historical fiction [X]
All The Stars Denied
When resentment surges during the Great Depression in a Texas border town, Estrella, fifteen, organizes a protest against the treatment of tejanos and soon finds herself witih her mother and baby brother in Mexico.
FIC
year:
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: race relations, mexican americans [X], deportation, depressions, families, family life, texas, historical fiction [X]
United To Strike
"The Delano Grape Strike brings Filipino and Mexican farmworkers together, but threatens Tala Mendoza's relationship with her best friend"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: chavez, cesar, united farm workers, best friends, friendship, agricultural laborers, grape strike, calif., 1965-1970, family life, investigative reporting, filipino americans, mexican americans [X], california, strikes, reporters and reporting, historical fiction [X]
The Miners' Lament
In 1951 Alba, New Mexico, when her father forbids her from pursuing her dream of performing Mexican ballads as a "corridisto" and participating on the picket line because she is a girl, twelve-year-old Ana Maria finds a way to help during the long strike for better working and living conditions for the miners at Empire Zinc.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
Still Dreaming
"A child dreams of a life without borders after he and and his parents are forced to leave their home during the Mexican Repatriation"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: emigration and immigration, mexican americans [X], mexicans, families, family life, spanish language materials, immigration and emigration, bilingual books, united states, historical fiction [X], picture books
Before The Devil Knows You're Here
In 1836 Wisconsin, Catalina's determination to keep her family alive is tested when a bark-covered man abducts her brother, prompting her to delve into a world of strange beasts and tormented spirits as she uncovers the deep-rooted connection between her fate and the Man of Sap.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: magic, siblings, missing children, mexican americans [X], fantasy fiction, folklore fiction, historical fiction, united states, historical fiction [X], fantasy fiction