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…at once an eye-opening, heart-wrenching, and hopeful love letter from the Mexican American community to today’s young readers.

Living Beyond Borders: Growing up Mexican in America

Written by Margarita Longoria
Published by Penguin Young Readers Group

In this mixed-media collection of short stories, personal essays, poetry, and comics, this celebrated group of authors share the borders they have crossed, the struggles they have pushed through, and the two cultures they continue to navigate as Mexican American. Living Beyond Borders is at once an eye-opening, heart-wrenching, and hopeful love letter from the Mexican American community to today’s young readers.

Primary ISBN: 9780593204979
Available As: Hardcover
Mixed Media, Age 12 or older

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Setting: United States

Character’s New Arrival/New American Status: Unknown Arrival

Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience

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