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Living beyond borders : growing up Mexican in America

Longoria, Margarita, (editor.).

Summary: "An anthology of short stories, essays, poetry, and comics about the Mexican American experience"--

Item details

ISBN: 9780593204979
ISBN: 0593204972
ISBN: 9780593204993
Physical Description: print
xiii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Publisher: New York : Philomel Books, an imprint of Random House LLC, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:

Ghetto Is Not an Adjective / by Dominic Carrillo -- Yoli Calderon and Principal Hayes / by Angela Cervantes -- Warning bells / by Anna Meriano -- I want to go home / by Justine Marie Narro -- How to exist in a city of ghosts / by Carolyn Dee Flores -- Filiberto's final visit / by Francisco X. Stork -- CoCo Chamoy y Chango / by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo -- Tell me a story = Dime un cuento / by Xavier Garza -- My name is Dolores / by Guadalupe Ruiz-Flores -- "There are Mexicans in Texas?" : how family stories shaped me / by Trinidad Gonzales -- Morning people / by Diana López -- Ode to my Papi / by Guadalupe García McCall -- The body by the canal / by David Bowles -- Is half Mexican-American, Mexican enough? / by Alex Temblador -- Sunflower by Aida Salazar -- La migra / by René Saldaña Jr. -- La princesa Mileidy Dominguez / by Rubén Degollado -- Ojo / by Sylvia Sánchez Garza -- La Llorona isn't real / by Xavier Garza -- This Rio Grande Valley / by Daniel García Ordaz.

Target Audience Note:

Ages 12 up. Philomel Books.

Grades 7-9. Philomel Books.