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Ada, Alma Flor
Under the Royal Palms : a Childhood in Cuba
The author recalls her life and impressions growing up in Cuba. [2000 Winner]
85 p. 1998
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Alvarez, Julia
Return to Sender
After his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure, eleven-year-old Tyler befriends the oldest daughter, but when he discovers they may not be in the country legally, he realizes that real friendship knows no borders. [2010 Winner]
325 p. 2009
Children's Fiction Book
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Bernier-Grand, Carmen T.
Diego : Bigger Than Life
The life and work of the artist Diego Rivera is told through chronological poems that capture salient points in his life. [2010 Honor Book]
64 p. 2009
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Bernier-Grand, Carmen T.
Frida : Viva La Vida = Long Live Life
Biographical poems about the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. [2008 Honor Book]
64 p. 2007
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Bernier-Grand, Carmen T.
César : Sí, Se Puede! = Yes, We Can!
Explore the life of Cesar Chavez, hero of Mexican migrant workers, in this story poem. [2006 Honor Book]
48 p. 2004
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Canales, Viola
The Tequila Worm
Sofia grows up in the close-knit community of the barrio in McAllen, Texas, then finds that her experiences as a scholarship student at an Episcopal boarding school in Austin only strengthen her ties to family and her compadres. [2006 Winner]
199 p. 2005
Teen Fiction Book
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Cofer, Judith Ortiz
An Island Like You : Stories of the Barrio
Twelve stories about young people caught between their Puerto Rican heritage and their American surroundings. [1996 Winner]
165 p. 1995
Teen Fiction Book
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Engle, Margarita
The Surrender Tree : Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
Poems that explore Cuba's fight for independence follow Rosa, a nurse who turns hidden caves into hospitals for those who know how to find her, and where she does her best to help everyone, with no regard to race or nationality. [2009 Winner]
169 p. 2008
Teen Nonfiction Book
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Engle, Margarita
Hurricane Dancers : the First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck
Quebrado has been a slave on Captain Bernadino de Talavera's pirate ship for years, but when a hurricane sinks the ship and kills most of the crew, Quebrado escapes to safety and finds acceptance and refuge in a nearby village. [2012 Honor Book]
145 p. 2011
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Engle, Margarita
The Poet Slave of Cuba : a Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano
Juan Francisco Manzano was born in 1797 into the household of wealthy slaveowners in Cuba. He spent his early years at the side of his owner's wife, entertaining her friends. His poetry was his outlet, reflecting the beauty and cruelty of his world. Written in verse. [2008 Winner]
183 p. 2006
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Engle, Margarita
The Firefly Letters : a Suffragette's Journey to Cuba
Draws on little-known Cuban history to tell a stirring story in poetry. Based on the diaries and letters of Swedish suffragist Fredrika Bremer, who spent three months in Cuba in 1851, the story focuses on oppressed women, the privileged as well as the enslaved, in three alternating free-verse narratives. [2011 Honor Book]
151 p. 2010
Children's Fiction Book
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Flores-Galbis, Enrique
90 Miles to Havana
When unrest hits the streets of Havana, Cuba, Julian's parents must make the heartbreaking decision to send him and his two brothers away to Miami via the Pedro Pan operation. But when the boys get to Miami, they are thrust into a world where bullies seem to run rampant and it's not always clear how best to protect themselves. [2011 Honor Book]
292 p. 2010
Children's Fiction Book
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Garza, Xavier
Maximilian & the Mystery of the Guardian Angel : a Bilingual Lucha Libre Thriller
RESUMEN: Maximilian, de 11 an~os, es fana´tico por la lucha libre, y despue´s de un encuentro con su luchador favorito, El Angel de La Guardia, empieza a sospechar que tiene una connexio´n i´ntima con El Angel. [2012 Honor Book]
207 p. 2011
Spanish Children's Fiction Book
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Jiménez, Francisco
Reaching Out
The first member of his family to go to college, Jimenez talks about coping with poverty, guilt over leaving his family, his loneliness and his self-doubt. [2009 Honor Book]
196 p. 2008
Teen Fiction Book
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Jiménez, Francisco
Breaking Through
Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Francisco is still working in the fields but fighting to improve his life and complete his education. [2002 Honor Book]
195 p. 2001
Teen Fiction Book
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Lázaro León, Georgina
Federico García Lorca
RESUMEN: La poesi´a li´rica en espan~ol de Georgina La´zaro evoca el espi´ritu y estilo de Federico Garci´a Lorca, el querido poeta y dramaturgo del siglo XX. La´zaro les proporciona a los nin~os una experiencia personal cercana con la literatura espan~ola cla´sica, en una biografi´a ilustrada. La escritora usa la cadencia y estilo de Lorca para crear un retrato del artista como un joven fra´gil y sensible que encuentra su fuerza vital en narraciones, canciones, juegos y libros. [2010 Honor Book]
1 v. 2009
Spanish Children's Nonfiction Book
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Manzano, Sonia.
The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano
It is 1969 in Spanish Harlem, and fourteen-year-old Evelyn Serrano is trying hard to break free from her conservative Puerto Rican surroundings, but when her activist grandmother comes to stay and the neighborhood protests start, things get a lot more complicated--and dangerous. [2013 honor book]
205 p. 2012
Teen Fiction Book
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Martinez, Victor
Parrot in the Oven : Mi Vida
Manny relates his coming of age experiences as a member of a poor Chicano family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone's struggle. [1998 Winner]
216 p. 1996
Teen Fiction Book
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McCall, Guadalupe Garcia
Under the Mesquite
Throughout her high school years, as her mother battles cancer, Lupita takes on more responsibility for her house and seven younger siblings, while finding refuge in acting and writing poetry. [2012 Winner]
224 p. 2011
Teen Fiction Book
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Osa, Nancy
Cuba 15
Violet Paz, a Chicago high school student, reluctantly prepares for her upcoming quince, a Spanish nickname for the celebration of an Hispanic girl's fifteenth birthday. Includes the supplemental materials, Cuba 15: a readers guide, and In her own words: a conversation with Nancy Osa, at the end of the book. [2004 Honor Book]
277 p. 2005
Teen Fiction Book
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