Mexican/Mexican American
A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son
Age 16 or older
Themes: Bilingual Character, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Multiracial Identity
A Sky Without Lines
Age 03 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status
All the Stars Denied
Age 12 or older
Themes: Citizenship, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Generation: 1st, Historical, Immigrant: Employment, Migrant/Seasonal Worker
Barely Missing Everything
Age 14 or older
Themes: Death of Family or Friend, Family Relationship: Parents, Loss of Childhood, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Between Us and Abuela
Age 03 or older
Themes: Celebration & Commemoration, Family Relationship: Grandparents
Carmen Learns English
Age 06 or older
Themes: Bilingual Character, Discrimination: Language Ability, Family Relationship: Siblings
Casi alcanzar todo (Barely Missing Everything)
Age 14 or older
Themes: Death of Family or Friend, Family Relationship: Parents, Loss of Childhood, Non-English Book: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Come on In
Age 12 or older
Themes: Anthology, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generational Differences: Language, Immigrant: Employment, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Visiting Home Country
Dancing Home
Age 08 or older
Themes: Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Generation: 1st, Immigrant: Education, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Disappeared
Age 12 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Siblings, Immigrant: Undocumented, US/Mexican Border Crossing
Dreamers
Age 05 or older
Themes: Award Winner, Education & Literacy, Educator Resource, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming Library Selection
Efren Divided
Age 08 or older
Themes: Deportation, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Generation: 1st, Immigrant: Undocumented
El diario de Bruno
Age 12 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Dating, Non-English Book: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Estrella en el bosque (Star in the Forest)
Age 09 or older
Themes: Deportation, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Immigrant: Undocumented, Non-English Book: Spanish, US/Mexican Border Crossing
Floating on Mama’s Song / Flotando en la cancion de mama
Age 05 or older
Themes: Bilingual Book: Spanish/English, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, The Arts
From North to South / Del Norte al Sur
Age 05 or older
Themes: Bilingual Book: Spanish/English, Deportation, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces
Age 14 or older
Themes: Bilingual Character, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, LGBTQIA+
Hairs / Pelitos
Age 06 or older
Themes: Bilingual Book: Spanish/English, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Home At Last
Age 06 or older
Themes: Bilingual Character, Family Relationship: Parents, Generational Differences: Language, Immigrant: Education, Multiracial Identity
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Age 10 or older
Themes: Death of Family or Friend, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences: Dating, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, Immigrant: Education, Multiracial Identity
Illegal
Age 12 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Immigrant: Employment, Immigrant: Undocumented, US/Mexican Border Crossing
It’s Not Like It’s A Secret
Age 12 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Dating, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, LGBTQIA+
La Frontera: El viaje con papa / The Border: My Journey with Papa
Age 08 or older
Themes: Bilingual Book: Spanish/English, Historical, Immigrant: Employment, Own Voices/Lived Experience, US/Mexican Border Crossing
La Linea/The Line
Age 12 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Siblings, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Immigrant: Undocumented, Migrant Smuggling, Unaccompanied Minors, US/Mexican Border Crossing
La primera regla del punk (The First Rule of Punk)
Age 09 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Multiracial Identity, Non-English Book: Spanish
Look Both Ways in the Barrio Blanco
Age 09 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences: Language, Immigrant: Undocumented, Multiracial Identity
Lucky Broken Girl
Age 09 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Multiracial Identity, Religious Background: Jewish, The Arts