Wow! What a great response! Thanks to everyone who replied!
My original request was for novels for a 7th grader who is interested in Hispanic
characters, especially those who cross the US border. The overwhelming majority
recommended La Linea by Jaramillo and Crossing the Wire by Hobbs. The other
recommended books are listed below.
DISCLAIMER: I included all titles that were sent to me, even those that are not
novels and those that are not middle school age appropriate, because I figured
someone else might be able to use them. Please be sure you check this list before
just handing it to a student!
Across a Hundred Mountains-Grande
Across the Wire-Urrea
Alamo Wars-Villareal
All the Pretty Horses-McCarthy
Always Running-Rodriguez
Antonio’s Gun and Delfino’s Dream-Quinones
Ask a Mexican-Arellano
Becoming Naomi Leon-Ryan
Between Two Worlds-Gutierrez
Border Games-Andreas
Borderlands-Anzaldua
Breaking Through-Jimenez
Caramelo-Cisneros
The Circuit-Jimenez
The Crossing-Paulsen
Crossing Over-Martinez
Crossings-Suarez-Orozco
Dia de los Muertos-Harrington
Enrique’s Journey-Nazario
Erotic Journeys: Mexican Immigrants and Their Sex Lives-Gonzalez-Lopez
Esperanza Rising-Ryan
Facts of Life-Soto
Family Pictures-Garza
The Frugal Gourmet on Our Immigrant Ancestors-Smith
Gendered Transitions-Hondagneu-Sotelo
The Girl from Playa Blanca-Lachtman
Going Home-Bunting
Grab Hands and Run-Temple
The House on Mango Street-Cisnero
Into the Beautiful North-Urrea
Journey of the Sparrows-Buss
The Jumping Tree-Saldana
Libertad-Fullerton
Living Up the Street-Soto
Lone Star-Fehrenbach
Lupita Manana-Beatty
The Maldonado Miracle-Taylor
Mexican Americans-Garcia
Mexican Americans, American Mexicans-Meier
Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans, and Vagabonds-Rodriguez
My Very Own Room-Perez
Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation-Santos
Rain of Gold-Villasenor
The Rainbow Tulip-Mora
Red Glass-Resau
Red Midnight-Mikaelsen
Return to Sender-Alvarez
Sparrow Hawk Red-Mikaelsen
Tequila Worm-Canales
Tomas and the Library Lady-Mora
The Tortilla Curtain-Boyle
The House of the Scorpion-Farmer
Any titles by Gary Soto
Megan Earley
Library Media Specialist
Roosevelt Middle School
574-583-5552 ext. 3348
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