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1) Lucky boy
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"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 embarks on 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 then lost, and pregnant. This was not the plan. But amid...
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At turns heartbreaking, uplifting, fiercely romantic, and riotously funny, QUEEN OF AMERICA tells the unforgettable story of a young woman coming of age and finding her place in a new world. Beginning where Luis Alberto Urrea's bestselling The Hummingbird's Daughter left off, QUEEN OF AMERICA finds young Teresita Urrea, beloved healer and "Saint of Cabora," with her father in 1892 Arizona. But, besieged by pilgrims in desperate need of her healing...
5) Indivisible
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New York City high school student Mateo dreams of becoming a Broadway star, but his life is transformed after his parents are deported to Mexico.
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"A desperate Mexican family turn to Franky Dast, rather than trust the authorities, to help them track down their daughter's murderer. Franky is an unlikely hero, but his past makes him compelled to help even if it puts him in danger! Can Franky stop this vicious killer and escape his own personal hell before it's too late?"--
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"In Urrea's exuberant new novel of Mexican-American life, 70-year-old patriarch Big Angel de la Cruz is dying, and he wants to have one last birthday blowout. Unfortunately, his 100-year-old mother, America, dies the week of his party, so funeral and birthday are celebrated one day apart. The entire contentious, riotous de la Cruz clan descends on San Diego for the events--"High rollers and college students, prison veternaos and welfare mothers, happy...
10) Delia's heart
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Delia trilogy volume 2
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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.
15) Soccer Sam
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Sam's cousin from Mexico comes for an extended visit and teaches Sam and all the second graders to play soccer.
16) Diablo guardián
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"De Violetta se cuenta que robó a su familia más de 100 mil dólares. Que le sobran los hombres y le faltan escrúpulos. Que tiene mala entraña y cara dura. Que es imposible odiarla sin amarla, y viceversa. Que las puras palabras sincopadas que brotan de su lengua viperina equivalen a un estupefaciente literario. Diablo Guardián, ganadora del VI Premio Alfaguara de Novela, es una historia intensa de principio a fin, donde la sed de vértigo hace...
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Toño has spent his entire life rising hours before dawn to feed the animals and mind the farm of his father Jose Angel. He wants nothing more than a plot of land and a farm of his own. And he knows exactly how to get it: make his way across the Mexican border to the United States of America, where he'll earn enough money to help his family and himself.
18) Lucky boy
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"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 embarks on 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 then lost, and pregnant. This was not the plan. But amid...
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Vanessa lo tiene todo: una familia increíble, grandes amigos y las comodidades propias de una niña consentida. Sin embargo, a sus apenas 26 años se siente agobiada, aburrida y más encerrada que un animal salvaje en la vitrina de un zoológico, por lo que decide dejar México e irse a vivir a Miami en busca de aventuras.
Vanessa has it all: an amazing family, great friends, and the comforts of a spoiled child. However, at just 26 years old, she...
20) Bang: a novel
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"Rafa's first flight, a late-night joy ride with his brother, changes their lives forever when the engine stops and the boys crash land, with "Texas to the right; Mexico to the left." Before the accident, Rafa was a high school track star in Harlingen, Texas, even though he was undocumented like the rest of his family. His mother Araceli spent her time waiting for her husband to return after being deported. His older brother Uli, a former high-school...