La Luna Mango
Ten-year-old Maricela, her brother Manuel, and mother face many challenges when her father is taken away to face deportation, but love binds them close.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: families, fathers and daughters, separation (psychology) [X], illegal aliens, deportation, hispanic americans, family life, spanish language materials [X], father-daughter relationship, unauthorized immigrants, latinos (u.s.), spanish language, juvenile fiction / social issues / emigration & immigration, juvenile fiction / people & places / united states / hispanic & latino, juvenile fiction / family / general (see also headings under social issues), picture books
Viv? En El Cerro Mariposa
When her beloved country, Chile, is taken over by a militaristic, sadistic government, Celeste is sent to America for her safety and her parents must go into hiding before they "disappear.
FIC
year:
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: refugees, separation (psychology) [X], separation, spanish language materials [X], chile, valpara?so (chile)
El Hijo
Unlike the other birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Clara forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to be adopted by a family unit.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: mother and child, separation (psychology) [X], spanish language materials [X], science fiction, mother-child relationship, spanish language, science fiction