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by our published writers. To order a book, click on the book's
title, then add it to your shopping basket. Orders are filled
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price.
Jesse
Mass Market Paperback
(June 1996), Point Publishers
Coming of age in the shadow of the Vietnam War, Jesse, a young Mexican American, and his older brother, Abel, work long hours in the fields in order to save money for college in the hope that education will help them escape poverty. |
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Taking Sides
Paperback
(October 1992), Harcourt Publishers
Fourteen-year-old Lincoln Mendoza, an aspiring basketball player, must come to terms with his divided loyalties when he moves from the Hispanic inner city to a white suburban neighborhood.
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Snapshots from the Wedding
Paperback - 32 pages
(December 1998), Paper Star
Maya attends a family wedding and captures it all on film, from her cousin getting rice in his eye to the cake that tasted as delicious as it looked, in a beautifully illustrated tale of a special family day. |
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Buried Onions
Paperback - 160 pages
(April 1999), HarperTrophy
When 19-year-old Eddie drops out of college, he struggles to find a place forhimself as a Mexican American living in a violence-infested barrio in Fresno. |
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Chato's Kitchen
Paperback - 32 pages
(September 1997), Paper Star
Chato is so happy to see that a family of mice has moved into the area, he decides to invite them over for dinner, but the mice know he has something else in mind and so bring one additional guest along. |
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