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1	House on Mango Street more books like this by Sandra Cisneros add to wishlist In this novel about coming of age in Chicago, Esperanza Cordero grows up in its inner-city slums and resolves to transcend her background. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Rain of Gold more books like this by Victor Villasenor (Foreword by) add to wishlist An epic novel about two families and their two countries: Mexico and the U.S. This tale of a bootlegger and his beautiful wife is based on Villaseñor's own family history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.82! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida more books like this by Victor Martinez add to wishlist Manuel Hernandez faces a time of many changes during the year leading up to anticipated initiation into a gang. Manny's alcoholic father calls him "el perico," or parrot, comparing him to the Mexican saying about a parrot that complains about how hot it is in the shade while all along he's sitting inside the oven and doesn't know it. Will Manny ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Bless Me, Ultima more books like this by Rudolfo A Anaya add to wishlist A bildungsroman about a young Mexican-American boy, Antonio, in a New Mexican village during the 1940s. He faces a choice that will determine the course of his entire life: to follow his father's family's nomadic lifestyle, or to settle down to agriculture as his mother's family has done. Anaya draws on the Spanish-American folklore with which he ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Hunger of Memory: An Autobiography more books like this by Richard Rodroquez, Richard Rodriguez add to wishlist Hunger Of Memory is the story of a Mexican-American Richard Rodriguez, who begins his schooling in Sacramento, California, knowing just 50 words of English and concludes his university studies in the stately quiet of the reading room of the British Museum. Here is the poignant journey is a "minority student" who pays the cost of his social ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| SVS
6	Breaking Through more books like this by Francisco Jimenez add to wishlist Fourteen-year-old Francisco Jimenez and his family leave Mexico and arrive at the U.S. and Mexican border in Nogales, Arizona. In the months and years that follow, Francisco, his mother and father, and his seven brothers and sisters not only struggle to keep their family together, but also face crushing poverty, long hours of labor, and blatant ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.10! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Day's Work more books like this by Eve Bunting, Ronald Himler (Illustrator) add to wishlist In this story set in California a boy named Francisco tries to help his grandfather, newly arrived from Mexico, find some day work. Knowing that the family needs money, and knowing his grandfather can't understand him when he speaks English, Francisco assures a man looking for a gardener that he and his grandfather are experts. However, Francisco ... see all copies from $2.20! new only from $2.48! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The People of Paper more books like this by Salvador Plascencia add to wishlist Part memoir, part lies, this imaginative tale is a story about loving a woman made of paper, about the wounds made by first love and sharp objects. see all copies from $2.24! new only from $4.83! \| first editions \| SVS
9	La Casa en Mango Street more books like this by Sandra Cisneros add to wishlist In celebration of the tenth anniversary of its initial publication, and with a new Introduction by the author, here is Sandra Cisneros's greatly admired and bestselling novel of a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. see all copies from $2.45! new only from $5.88! \| SVS
10	So Far from God more books like this by Ana Castillo add to wishlist From the American Book Award-winning author of "The Mixquiahuala Letters" comes the story of a remarkable woman and her four daughters living in New Mexico--a novel shaped by influences as diverse as Mexican mythology, Catholicism, and today's headlines. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Baseball in April and Other Stories more books like this by Gary Soto add to wishlist This collection of 11 short stories features mostly Latino characters facing universal challenges associated with growing up. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Mexicanos: A History of Mexicans in the United States more books like this by Manuel G Gonzales add to wishlist "Mexicanos" tells the rich and vibrant story of Mexicans in the United States. Emerging from the ruins of Aztec civilization and from centuries of Spanish contact with indigenous people, Mexican culture followed the Spanish colonial frontier northward and put its distinctive mark on what became the southwestern United States. Shaped by their ... see all copies from $2.71! new only from $12.95! \| SVS
13 view cover	Circuit more books like this by Francisco Jimenez add to wishlist This autobiographical novel explores the life of a family of migrant workers living in California. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| signed copies \| SVS
14 view cover	Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez more books like this by Richard Rodriguez add to wishlist "Hunger Of Memory" is the first memoir of Mexican-American Rodriguez, who began his schooling in Sacramento, California knowing just 50 words of English. Here is the poignant journey of a "minority student" who pays the cost of his social assimilation and academic success with a painful alienation--from his past, his parents, and his culture. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Under the Feet of Jesus more books like this by Helena Maria Viramontes add to wishlist Helena Maria Viramontes' highly acclaimed first novel is a moving and powerful vision of the lives of the men, women, and children who endure a second-class existence and labor under dangerous conditions in America's fields. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Zoot Suit and Other Plays more books like this by Luis Valdez add to wishlist Here are three of playwright and screenwriter Luis Valdez's most important and recognized plays: Zoot Suit, Bandido! and I Don't Have to Show You No Stinking Badges! The anthology also includes an introduction by noted theater critic Dr. Jorge Huerta of the University of California-San Diego. Luis Valdez, the most recognized and celebrated ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $10.04! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Becoming Naomi Leon more books like this by Pam Munoz Ryan add to wishlist Happily living with Gram and her little brother at the Avocado Acres Trailer Rancho, talented soap carver Naomi Soledad Leon Outlaw, labelled by her classmates as "nothing special," finds her life forever changed by the return of her mother, who has been gone for seven years. An ALA Notable Book. R see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.10! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Occupied America: A History of Chicanos more books like this by Rodolfo F Acuna add to wishlist Occupied America was the first textbook to be published for the growing number of Chicano History courses developing across the country and remains the bestseller. The Fourth Edition has been completely updated, containing a significant amount of new material on Mexican American history. In addition, the Fourth Edition contains a new introductory ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $68.50! \| SVS
19 view cover	The revolt of the cockroach people. more books like this by Oscar Zeta Acosta add to wishlist In this exhilarating sequel to The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo, Acosta takes behind the front lines of the militant Chicano movement of the late sixties and early seventies, a movement he served both in the courtroom and on the barricades. Here are the brazen games of 'chicken' Acosta played against the Anglo legal establishment; battles ... see all copies from $4.02! new only from $8.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Black, Brown, Yellow, and Left: Radical Activism in Los Angeles more books like this by Laura Pulido add to wishlist The first comparative history of black, Asian, and Chicano radicals in 1960s and 1970s Los Angeles, and one that explores how their different racial experiences effected their political thinking. see all copies from $14.85! new only from $17.95! \| SVS
21 view cover	Drink Cultura: Chicanismo more books like this by Josa(c) Antonio Burciaga add to wishlist This book is about the Chicano experience of living within, between and sometimes outside of two cultures -- the damnation and salvation, and the celebration of it all. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez more books like this by Kathleen Krull, Yuyi Morales (Illustrator) add to wishlist This is an introduction to the life of Cesar Chavez, the American civil rights leader who fought for the rights of migrant farm workers. The color illustrations were created with acrylic paints, handmade stamps, and computer-created cutouts. see all copies from $6.13! new only from $8.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past more books like this by William Deverell add to wishlist Chronicling the rise of Los Angeles through shifting ideas of race and ethnicity, William Deverell offers a unique perspective on how the city grew and changed. "Whitewashed Adobe" considers six different developments in the history of the city - including the cementing of the Los Angeles River, the outbreak of bubonic plague in 1924, and the ... see all copies from $12.50! new only from $21.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Cajas de Carton: Relatos de la Vida Peregrina de un Nino Campesino more books like this by Francisco Jimenez add to wishlist Without sentiment or melodrama, this wonderful book perfectly portrays an immigrant child's view of leaving Mexico for California in the 1940s to pursue a better life. see all copies from $3.01! new only from $3.14! \| SVS
25 view cover	Yo, Naomi Leon more books like this by Pam Munoz Ryan add to wishlist Naomi Soledad Leon Outlaw has had a lot to contend with in her young life, her name for a start. Then, there are her clothes (sewn in polyester by Gram), her difficulty speaking up, and her status at school as "nobody special." But according to Gram, most problems can be overcome with positive thinking. And with Gram and her little brother, Owen, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.16! \| SVS

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