Salvadoran/Salvadoran American

A Season for Building Houses
Age 12 or older
Themes: Anthology, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Parents, Genre: Poetry, Multilingual: Various, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Camp, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Unspecified, Refugee: War/Conflict
Caravan to the North: Misael’s Long Walk
Age 09 or older
Themes: Discrimination: Racial, Immigrant: Economic, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Economic Crisis, Refugee: Gang Violence, US/Mexican Border Crossing
Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From
Age 14 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Multilingual Character, Multiracial Identity
Hear My Voice/Escucha mi voz
Age 08 or older
Themes: Anthology, Bilingual Book: Spanish/English, Family Separation: On Journey, Immigrant: Undocumented, Own Voices/Lived Experience, US/Mexican Border Crossing
Illegal Cargo
Age 12 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: On Journey, Graphic Novel, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Own Voices/Lived Experience, US/Mexican Border Crossing
Mama the Alien/Mama la extraterrestre
Age 06 or older
Themes: Bilingual Book: Spanish/English, Citizenship, Educator Resource, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience
My Shoes and I: Crossing Three Borders / Mis Zapatos Y Yo: Cruzando Tres Fronteras
Age 08 or older
Themes: Bilingual Book: Spanish/English, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Own Voices/Lived Experience, US/Mexican Border Crossing
Solito: A Memoir (English Edition)
Age 12 or older
Themes: Award Winner: Youth Media Awards 2023, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: On Journey, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Loss of Childhood, Migrant Smuggling, Multilingual Character, Own Voices/Lived Experience, US/Mexican Border Crossing, Welcoming by Community
Solito: A Memoir (Spanish Edition)
Age 12 or older
Themes: Award Winner: Youth Media Awards 2023, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: On Journey, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Loss of Childhood, Migrant Smuggling, Multilingual Character, Non-English Book: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience, US/Mexican Border Crossing, Welcoming by Community
Stella Diaz Dreams Big
Age 06 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Stella Diaz Never Gives Up
Age 06 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience
The Far Away Brothers
Age 12 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Migrant Smuggling, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Gang Violence, Unaccompanied Minors, US/Mexican Border Crossing
The Grief Keeper
Age 12 or older
Themes: Discrimination: Immigration Status, Family Relationship: Siblings, LGBTQIA+, Refugee: Asylee, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
The Radius Of Us
Age 15 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Dating, Detention, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: By Detention, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Asylee, Refugee: Gang Violence, Unaccompanied Minors
Xochitl and the Flowers / Xochitl, la Nina de las Flores
Age 08 or older
Themes: Bilingual Book: Spanish/English, Community Action, Immigrant: Economic, Welcoming by Community