Teen Reads on the Immigrant Experience: OBOC Spring 2009 Further ReadingLike this list

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• Baseball in April and Other Stories

  Soto, Gary

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  Guys and girls and growing up is what these true-to-life tales are all about. (Ages 12 and up)

• Béisbol en abril y otros cuentos

  Soto, Gary

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  For ages 12 and up

• Cool Salsa

  Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States

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  Sandra Cisneros and many other writers contributed to this hot collection. (Ages 13 and up)

• En busca de milagros

  Alvarez, Julia

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  For ages 12 and up

• Esperanza renace

  Ryan, Pam Muñoz

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  For ages 12-14

• Esperanza Rising

  Ryan, Pam Muñoz

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  This story of Esperanza’s journey from Mexico to a new life in the United States is a winner of the Pura Belpré Medal for the book that “best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience.” (Ages 12-14)

• Estrella's Quinceañera

  Alegría, Malín

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  As her family prepares for the big day, Estrella must move back and forth between cultures, and between her damas and Speedy, the guy she really likes. (Ages 12 and up)

• Finding Miracles

  Alvarez, Julia

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  Milly’s high school life is changed forever, and for the better, when Pablo arrives from a troubled country that she discovers to be part of her own history. (Ages 12 and up)

• Parrot in the Oven

  Mi Vida : a Novel

  Martinez, Victor, 1954-2011

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  Life is tough in Manuel Hernandez’s family and neighborhood, but it won’t stop him as he tries to become a man. (Ages 12 and up)

• Taking Sides

  Soto, Gary

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  Sometimes the basketball court is the only place where Lincoln Mendoza feels he belongs. (Ages 12-14)

• Tomando partido

  Soto, Gary

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  For ages 12-14

• Wáchale!

  Poetry and Prose About Growing Up Latino in America

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  Twenty-nine Latino writers have contributed experiences to relate to, learn from and be inspired by. (Ages 14-18)

• La casa en Mango Street

  Cisneros, Sandra

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• The House on Mango Street

  Cisneros, Sandra

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