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Aunts Fiction Girls Fiction Illegal aliens Fiction Large type books Mexican Americans Fiction Mexicans United States Fiction Mexicans United States Juvenile fiction Palm Springs (Calif.) Fiction United States History 20th century Fiction United States History 20th century Juvenile fictionMartinez, Claudia Guadalupe
Summary: En el primer libro infantil que describe el capítulo olvidado de la historia de los Estados Unidos conocido como la Repatriación Mexicana, un niño y su familia dejan su amado hogar para evitar ser separados por el gobierno. Ante la perspectiva de ser separados, un niño y su familia toman la difícil decisión de dejar su hogar y emprender un viaje lleno de incertidumbre. En el camino, se...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARSalazar, Aida
Summary: Nine-year-old Betita and her parents fled Mexico after her uncle was killed by the cartels, and settled in Los Angeles seeking political asylum and safety in what her father calls Aztlan, the land of the cranes; but now they have been swept up by by the government's Immigration Customs Enforcement, her father deported back to Mexico, and Betita and her mother confined in a family detention...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SALAndrews, V. C. (Virginia C.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ANDSekaran, Shanthi
Summary: "A heart-wrenching novel that gives voice to two mothers: a young undocumented Mexican woman and an Indian-American wife whose love for one lucky boy will bind their fates together Solimar Castro-Valdez is eighteen and drunk on optimism when she embarkson a perilous journey across the US/Mexican border. Weeks later she arrives on her cousin's doorstep in Berkeley, CA, dazed by first love found...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SEKAndrews, V. C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ANDAndrews, V. C. (Virginia C.)
Summary: The second installment of an enthralling new trilogy continues the saga of Delia, a young girl who moves to the U.S. from Mexico to live with her wealthy aunt in Palm Springs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANDUrrea, Luis Alberto.
Summary: Teresita Urrea flees to Arizona with her father after the Tomochic Rebellion but is inundated with visits from pilgrims seeking her skills as a healer until she is chased to New York by assassins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC URRAndrews, V. C. (Virginia C.)
Summary: When Delia Yarberra's parents are tragically killed in a truck accident outside their small Mexican village, Delia, a teenager, goes to live with a wealthy aunt in Palm Springs, California; she finds herself thrust into a modern-day Cinderella story--with a nightmarish twist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008