19 VARIETIES OF GAZELLE: POEMS OF THE MIDDLE EAST
Author: Maomi Shihab Nye
Origin: Middle East; Jerusalem
Theme: Poems About People and Their Lives
Grades: 9-12

These new and collected poems of the Middle East-sixty in all-appear together for the first time.

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Author: Walter Mosley
Origin: African American
Theme: History, Slavery, Freedom
Grades: 7-12

Walter Mosley ventures into the world of young adult fiction with this historical novel of a young slave bo...

ACCIDENTAL LOVE
Author: Gary Soto
Origin: Mexican American
Theme: Relationships, Life Changes
Grades: 6-9

Marisa unexpectedly falls in love with a "nerdy" type boy. Marisa works to change her life by moving to an...

ACROSS THE GREAT RIVER
Author: Irene Beltran Hernandez
Origin: Mexico
Theme: Immigration
Grades: 7-12

An exciting tale of a young girl maturing and taking on the leadership role in her family while her parents...

AFTERLIFE, THE
Author: Gary Soto
Origin: Fresno, California
Theme: Death, Afterlife
Grades: 9-12

A senior at East Fresno High School lives on as a ghost after his violent murder in a restroom of a club wh...

AMERICA STREET
Author: Edited by Anne Mazer
Origin: USA
Theme: Diversity
Grades: 7-12

A multicultural anthology of stories. Fourteen stories by American authors from diverse racial and cultura...

ANANSI BOYS
Author: Neil Gaiman
Origin: Modern Folktale
Theme: Brothers, Relationships, Legendary Character
Grades: 9-12

Fat Charlie Nancy's normal life ended the moment his father dropped dead on a Florida karaoke state. Charl...

APLAUSO! HISPANIC CHILDREN'S THEATRE
Author: Edited by Joe Rosenberg
Origin: Hispanic-American
Theme: Drama
Grades: 4-12

A collection of plays for children and young adults written in Spanish and English by Hispanic American aut...

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MY DEAD BROTHER
Author: Walter Dean Myers
Origin: African American; Harlem
Theme: Friendship, Drive-bys, Gangs
Grades: 6-12

Jesse fills his sketchbook with drawings and portraits of his blood brother, Rise, and his comic strip "Spo...

BASEBALL IN APRIL AND OTHER STORIES
Author: Gary Soto
Origin: Mexican-American
Theme: Growing up
Grades: 5-9

In this collection of engaging stories, readers will identity with the tough and vulnerable Latino kids wh...

BEFORE WE WERE FREE
Author: Julia Alvarez
Origin: Dominican Republic
Theme: Oppression
Grades: 6-12

Takes place in 1960 when the Trujillo regime is in power in the Dominican Republic. This period of time is ...

BROTHER HOOD
Author: Janet McDonald
Origin: African American
Theme: Gifted Children, Boarding School, Harlem
Grades: 7-12

Sixteen-year-old Nate, an academically gifted student who attends an exclusive boarding school, straddles t...

BURIED ONIONS
Author: Gary Soto
Origin: California
Theme: Violence, Gang Life
Grades: 9-12

Nineteen year old Eddie drops out of college and tries to find a place for himself living in a violence inf...

CAFECITO STORY, A
CAFECITA STORY, A/EL CUENTO DEL CAFECITO
Author: Julia Alvarez
Origin: Dominican Republic, Nebraska
Theme: Organic Agriculture, Coffee Growing
Grades: 9-12

This is a story of Joe, a former Nebraskan farmer, who goes to the Domicican Republic on vacation and ends ...

CALL ME HENRI
Author: Lorraine M. López
Origin: Mexican American
Theme: Family Problems, Gangs, School
Grades: 9-12

Faced with family problems, difficulty in school, and gangs in the barrio, Enrique dreams of reaching the "...

CALL ME MARÍA
Author: Judith Ortiz Cofer
Origin: Puerto Rico/USA
Theme: Immigration
Grades: 9-12

A 15 year old girl has come to New York from Puerto Rico to live with her father. The novel is written in ...

CECILIA'S YEAR
Author: Susan & Denise Gonzales Abraham
Origin: Mexican American
Theme: Family Life, Aspirations, Conflicts
Grades: 9-12

Nearly fourteen and poor, Cecilia Gonzales wants desperately to go to high school and become a teacher. He...

CHILL WIND
Author: Janet McDonald
Origin: African American
Theme: Public Welfare, Teenage Mothers
Grades: 9-12

Afraid that she will have no where to go when her welfare checks are stopped, nineteen-year-old high school...

CHINA'S SON
Author: Da Chen
Origin: China
Theme: Cultural Revolution, Personal Narrative
Grades: 6-12

Da Chen was born in China in 1962. The grandson of a landlord, he found that he and his family were outcas...

CHU JU'S HOUSE
Author: Gloria Whelan
Origin: China
Theme: History, Sex Role, Runaways
Grades: 6-12

In order to save her baby sister, fourteen-year-old, Chu Ju runs away from home. She survives by working on...

CINNAMON GIRL-LETTERS FOUND INSIDE A CEREAL BOX
Author: Juan Felipe Herrera
Origin: Puerto Rican American
Theme: September 11, Terrorist Attacks
Grades: 6-12

Yolanda, a Puerto Rican girl tries to come to terms with her painful past as she waits to see if her uncle ...

CIRCUIT, THE: STORIES FROM THE LIFE OF A MIGRANT CHILD
CAJAS DE CARTÓN: RELATOS DE LA VIDA PEREGRINA DE UN NIÑO CAMPESINO
Author: Francisco Jimenez
Origin: Mexico and California
Theme: Migrant Workers
Grades: 7-12

A collection of short stories that chronicles the life of a migrant child. This book was awarded the 1997 A...

COOL SALSA
Author: Edited by Lori M. Carlson
Origin: USA
Theme: Growing up
Grades: 7-12

An anthology of bilingual poems on growing up Latino in the U.S.

CRAZY LOCO
Author: David Rice
Origin: South Texas; Mexican American
Theme: Life Stories
Grades: 9-12

A collection of nine stories of Mexican American kids growing up along the Rio Grande in South Texas.

CROSSING THE WIRE
Author: Will Hobbs
Origin: Mexico; USA
Theme: Survival, Illegal Aliens
Grades: 6-12

Fifteen-year-old Victor Flores journeys north in a desperate attempt to find work in the United States. At...

CROSSING, THE
Author: Gary Paulsen
Origin: Mexico
Theme: Survival, Immigration
Grades: 7-12

Manny Bustos is an orphan, scrabbling for survival on the streets of Juarez, Mexico. A 1987 copyright, but...

CUBA 15
Author: Nancy Osa
Origin: Cuban American
Theme: Cultural Conflict
Grades: 9-12

Violet Paz, a Chicago high school student, reluctanly prepares for her upcoming "quince,"a Spanish nickname...

CUBANITA
Author: Gaby Triana
Origin: Cuban American
Theme: Family, Relationships, Ancestry
Grades: 7-12

Seventeen-year-old Isabel (Isa) is eager to leave Miami for the University of Michigan and escape her over-...

DARBY
Author: Jonathon Scott Fuqua
Origin: Southern United States
Theme: Race Relations, Prejudices
Grades: 6-12

In 1926, nine-year old Darby Carmichal stirs up trouble in Marlboro County, South Carolina, when she writes...

DEAD MAN'S GOLD AND OTHER STORIES
Author: Paul Yee
Origin: North American Chinese
Theme: Ghost Stories
Grades: 9-12

A series of ghost stories about Chinese immigrants struggling to make new lives for themselves in North Ame...