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Daniel Hernandez helped save the life of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, and his life experience is a source of true inspiration in this heartfelt memoir, “an absorbing eyewitness view of a shocking event wrapped in a fluent, engaging self-portrait” (Kirkus Reviews). “I don’t consider myself a hero,” says Daniel Hernandez. “I did what I thought anyone should have done. Heroes are people who spend a lifetime committed to helping others.” When Daniel Hernandez was twenty years old, he was wor...

Hace más de una década, un gran sueño parecía muy lejano. Rafa, Karen y Lesslie iniciaban una aventura a través de un canal de YouTube, sin imaginar que esas primeras bromas y retos los consolidarían tiempo después como la familia de creadores de contenido más importante en Latinoamérica. En diez años ha sucedido de todo: giras internacionales, sold out a sus eventos en minutos, premios, botones diamante en YouTube, casi 80 millones de followers en total en sus redes sociales, hasta evolucion...

For this striking, stripped-down account of youth immigration, Villalobos interviewed teens at various stages of the immigration process to illustrate their stories-the physical and emotional difficulties of their travels. He then changed certain elements of these stories in order to protect the children's identities. Each chapter brings forth the voice of one young immigrant's experience, from crossing the Mexican desert to gang violence to the "freezers" at ICE detention centers. Together...

A School Library Journal Best Nonfiction Book of 2019! In this powerful companion to her award-winning memoir Enchanted Air, Young People's Poet Laureate Margarita Engle recounts her teenage years during the turbulent 1960s. Margarita Engle's childhood straddled two worlds: the lush, welcoming island of Cuba and the lonely, dream-soaked reality of Los Angeles. But the revolution has transformed Cuba into a mystery of impossibility, no longer reachable in real life. Margarita longs to travel t...

Leaving his home in a migrant community, Francisco sets off for college, carrying memories of years of poverty and prejudice.

Now in paperback, this critically acclaimed book offers readers a rare glimpse into the lives of today's migrant children.

Describes a Guatemalan family's struggle to emigrate from their country to the United States and the adjustments they have made.

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.

A Most Anticipated Book (Refinery29, HipLatina, Publishers Weekly, Latino Book Review, Elle, Al Día, and more)! Edited by The Bronx Is Reading founder Saraciea J. Fennell and featuring an all-star cast of Latinx contributors, Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed is a ground-breaking anthology that will spark dialogue and inspire hope. In Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed, bestselling and award-winning authors as well as up-and-coming voices interrogate the different myths and stereotypes about the Latinx dia...

Margarita is a girl from two worlds. Her heart lies in Cuba, her mother s tropical island country, a place so lush with vibrant life that it seems like a fairy tale kingdom. But most of the time she lives in Los Angeles, lonely in the noisy city and dreaming of the summers when she can take a plane through the enchanted air to her beloved island. Words and images are her constant companions, friendly and comforting when the children at school are not.

Daniel Hernandez ayudo a salvar la vida de la congresista Gabrielle Giffords, y la experiencia de su vida es fuente de verdadera inspiracion en estas sentidas memorias en espanol. "Yo no me considero un heroe", dice Daniel Hernandez. "Hice lo que cualquier otra persona debio haber hecho. Heroes son aquellos que dedican toda su vida a ayudar a otros". Cuando Daniel Hernandez tenia veinte anos trabajaba como pasante con la congresista Gabrielle Giffords. El 8 de enero de 2011, durante un evento...

Gary Soto writes that when he was five "what I knew best was at ground level." In this lively collection of short essays, Soto takes his reader to a ground-level perspective, resreating in vivid detail the sights, sounds, smells, and textures he knew growing up in his Fresno, California, neighborhood. The "things" of his boyhood tie it all together: his Buddha "splotched with gold," the taps of hi...Gary Soto writes that when he was five "what I knew best was at ground level." In this lively col...