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FIRST DAY IN GRAPES
L. King Pérez; Robert Casilla (ill.)
New York: Lee & Low Books Inc., 2002
ISBN 978-1584300458
+ 6
Chico’s father is a migrant
worker; his family moves
up and down California
following the fruit harvest.
Today is Chico’s first day in
grapes and first day in third
grade. He encounters a
grumpy bus driver, a new
friend, and bullies, who he
has to stand up to.
FLIGHT TO FREEDOM
Ana Veciana-Suárez
New York: Scholastic, 2002
ISBN 0-439-38200-9
+ 12
Written in diary form, Flight
to Freedom tells the story of
Yara García’s family’s 1967
emigration from Cuba to the
United States, where they
had to deal with living in
exile and adapting to a new
country. This book for young teens portrays the often
difficult immigrant experience from the point of view of
a thirteen year old girl whose life changes dramatically
after Castro comes to power.
GRINGOLANDIA
Lynn Miller-Lachmann
Willimantic: Curbstone Press, 2009
ISBN 978-1-931896-49-8
+ 15
Chilean Daniel Aguilar, a
senior student that lives in
exile with his mother and
sister in a small apartment
in Madison, tells the story
of his father Marcelo
Aguilar, tortured under
Pinochet’s dictatorship in
the 1980s. This poignant
and essential novel
illuminates too-often
ignored political aspects of
many South.
I WANNA BE YOUR SHOEBOX
Cristina García
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2008
ISBN 9781416939283
+ 12
Thirteen year old Yumi Ruíz-
Hirsch is part American, part
Japanese, part Cuban, and
part confused. She wonders
why things have to change,
why she has to like her
mom’s new boyfriend, why
her school is losing their
orchestra and, worse yet,
why her Jewish grandpa
Saul is dying.
respeting and appreciating
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