Estrella's Quinceañera1 review
Malin Alegria

Simon Pulse, 2007

A page turner...

This is truly a page turner...my kids love'd it and read it in one day...'fur real! Now only if they can make school text books as a fun...humm, now there's a thought... Keep reading - readers are leaders!! "Big Dave" Burleigh.
  
  











  



  
Honey Blonde Chica8 reviews
Michele Serros

Simon Pulse, 2007

Fun read for young adults (or the young adult inside you)

+ Flojos Unite!!! This is a MUST read for the youth in you!
+ Buy this book!
+ A great example of being true to yourself
+ Hispanic Girls Will Love This Book!!!!
  
  











  



  
Prizefighter en Mi Casa6 reviews
E.E. Charlton-Trujillo

Yearling, 2007

With my head full of glass.

+ This tender and sympathetic story will awaken your inner prizefighter.
+ Courtesy of Teens Read Too
+ I'll teach this novel!
+ Remember when...
  
  











  



  
Enrique's Journey49 reviews
Sonia Nazario

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007

Enlightening and eye/opening experience

+ Enrique's Journey
+ An Enlightenment

This book greatly impressed me and I read it straight through in one sitting. The author's knowledge and perspective of this issue really helps to illustrate all angles of the immigration debate. Enrique's harrowing journey tugs at the heart and the outcome of the book builds an reaction of ...
  
  











  



  
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano (Pura Belpre Medal Book Author (Awards))3 reviews
Margarita Engle

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2006

Soy Cuba

+ Fabulous read
+ HI MR. COSBY

The verse novel is a tricky fickle thing. Though no one to the best of my knowledge has ever put down the rules that govern the creation of a verse novel, there are always a couple unwritten understandings. No verse novel should tell its tale through poetry when it would make more sense to tell ...
  
  











  



  
Getting It8 reviews
Alex Sanchez

Simon Pulse, 2007

Great book with a great moral

+ Pop song worth listening to
+ Get It
+ Best gay writer for gay Young Adults
  
  











  



  
What the Moon Saw6 reviews
Laura Resau

Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2006

An unbelievable novel from a amazing new writer!

+ An Enchanting Book for All Ages
+ Beautiful writing and hard to stop reading until the very end!
+ The aftermath of a journey.
+ Future Classic Alert!
  
  











  



  
Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa2 reviews
Micol Ostow

Razorbill, 2007

Courtesy of Teens Read Too

+ Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa

It's the summer after her senior year, right before she and her friends split up for college, and Emily Goldberg has plans. A road trip across the country with her best friends, Izzy and Adrienne. Hanging out with her boyfriend, Nate, and maybe figuring out what they're going to do at the end of ...
  
  











  



  
Crossing the Wire4 reviews
Will Hobbs

HarperTrophy, 2007

Loved it

+ Good book for adults to read as well as teens
+ A very realistic book (coming from me)
+ A Good Read And You Might Learn Something
  
  











  



  
Sister Chicas9 reviews
Lisa Alvarado, Ann Hagman Cardinal, ...

NAL Trade, 2006

Loved This Book!!

+ A Sweet, Smart Story for Sweet, Smart Girls
+ Absolutely Fascinating

The friendship shared between Taina, Graciela and Leni is absolutely spectacular. Every teenage girl deserves to have at least one friendship like this. I (almost) wanted to be a teenager again! Reminds me of what I have to look forward to when my daughter gets a little older. I've already ...
  
  











  



  
The Making Of A Civil Rights Leader (Hispanic Civil Rights)
Jose Angel Gutierrez

Arte Publico Press, 2005

Born in 1944, José Angel Gutiérrez grew up in a time when Mexicans and Mexican Americans in Texas and the Southwest attended separate schools and avoided public facilities and restaurants that were designated "Whites Only." Despite the limits of segregation and rural culture in Texas, the passion to learn and to educate others, as well as to undo injustice, burned in his belly from an early age. ...
  
  











  



  
La Linea4 reviews
Ann Jaramillo

Roaring Brook Press, 2006

Insightful look at immigrants

+ A Fascinating and Gripping Look at Undocumented Immigration from a New Perepective
+ Exciting story, important topic

The author has written a book that is both fast paced and heartbreaking as it tells the story of two young people who take the risk of illegally crossing the border. Leaving their grandma's Mexican home to make the dangerous journey north to be reunited with their parents, the two experience the ...
  
  











  



  
What the Moon Saw6 reviews
Laura Resau

Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2006

An unbelievable novel from a amazing new writer!

+ An Enchanting Book for All Ages
+ Beautiful writing and hard to stop reading until the very end!
+ The aftermath of a journey.
+ Future Classic Alert!
  
  











  



  
La Linea4 reviews
Ann Jaramillo

Roaring Brook Press, 2006

Insightful look at immigrants

+ A Fascinating and Gripping Look at Undocumented Immigration from a New Perepective
+ Exciting story, important topic

The author has written a book that is both fast paced and heartbreaking as it tells the story of two young people who take the risk of illegally crossing the border. Leaving their grandma's Mexican home to make the dangerous journey north to be reunited with their parents, the two experience the ...
  
  











  



  
The Making Of A Civil Rights Leader (Hispanic Civil Rights)
Jose Angel Gutierrez

Arte Publico Press, 2005

Born in 1944, José Angel Gutiérrez grew up in a time when Mexicans and Mexican Americans in Texas and the Southwest attended separate schools and avoided public facilities and restaurants that were designated "Whites Only." Despite the limits of segregation and rural culture in Texas, the passion to learn and to educate others, as well as to undo injustice, burned in his belly from an early age. ...
  
  











  



  
Honey Blonde Chica8 reviews
Michele Serros

Simon Pulse, 2007

Fun read for young adults (or the young adult inside you)

+ Flojos Unite!!! This is a MUST read for the youth in you!
+ Buy this book!
+ A great example of being true to yourself
+ Hispanic Girls Will Love This Book!!!!
  
  











  



  
Enrique's Journey49 reviews
Sonia Nazario

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007

Enlightening and eye/opening experience

+ Enrique's Journey
+ An Enlightenment

This book greatly impressed me and I read it straight through in one sitting. The author's knowledge and perspective of this issue really helps to illustrate all angles of the immigration debate. Enrique's harrowing journey tugs at the heart and the outcome of the book builds an reaction of ...
  
  











  



  
Crossing the Wire4 reviews
Will Hobbs

HarperTrophy, 2007

Loved it

+ Good book for adults to read as well as teens
+ A very realistic book (coming from me)
+ A Good Read And You Might Learn Something
  
  











  



  
Getting It8 reviews
Alex Sanchez

Simon Pulse, 2007

Great book with a great moral

+ Pop song worth listening to
+ Get It
+ Best gay writer for gay Young Adults
  
  











  



  
Sister Chicas9 reviews
Lisa Alvarado, Ann Hagman Cardinal, ...

NAL Trade, 2006

Loved This Book!!

+ A Sweet, Smart Story for Sweet, Smart Girls
+ Absolutely Fascinating

The friendship shared between Taina, Graciela and Leni is absolutely spectacular. Every teenage girl deserves to have at least one friendship like this. I (almost) wanted to be a teenager again! Reminds me of what I have to look forward to when my daughter gets a little older. I've already ...