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Chicano / by Vasquez, Richard.(CARDINAL)751702;
El matn Sandoval del patriarca trabaja los campos y lucha para prever su familia incluso como l hace frente a la discriminacin y a la injusticia. De sus nios, solamente Pete Sandoval puede crear una existencia ms brillante, por lo menos por una poca. Pero cuando la hija Mariana de Pete cae en amor con David, un estudiante anglo, fija en el movimiento un choque de culturas. David rechaza casar Mariana, temiendo la reaccin de su familia y amigos. Mariana, embarazada con el nio de David, se atrapa entre dos mundos y es evitada por ambos debido a el hombre que ella ama. Las complicaciones de su relacin hablan volmenes -- incluso hoy -- sobre las arenas que cambian de puesto de polticas raciales en Amrica.
Subjects: Fiction.; Americanos Mexicanos; Mexican Americans; Spanish language materials.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Más allá de la frontera : crecer como Mexicano en Estados Unidos / by Longoria, Margarita,editor.;
"Veinte cuentos, ensayos, poemas y cómics de autores célebres y galardonados componen esta antología juvenil que explora la experiencia mexicoamericana. En esta colección que mezcla diferentes géneros: cuentos, ensayos personales, poesía y cómics, este grupo célebre de autores comparte las fronteras que han cruzado, los obstáculos que han atravesado y las dos culturas por las que continúan navegando como mexicoamericanos. Más allá de la frontera es a la vez una carta de amor reveladora, desgarradora y esperanzadora de la comunidad mexicoamericana a los lectores jóvenes de hoy. Incluye obras de Francisco X. Stork, Guadalupe García McCall, David Bowles, Rubén Degollado, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, Diana López, Xavier Garza, Trinidad Gonzales, Alex Temblador, Aida Salazar, Guadalupe Ruiz-Flores, Sylvia Sánchez Garza, Dominic Carrillo, Angela Cervantes, Carolyn Dee Flores, René Saldaña Jr., Justine Narro, Daniel García Ordáz, y Anna Meriano."--"An anthology of short stories, essays, poetry, and comics about the Mexican American experience"--Ages 12 up.Grades 7-9.
Subjects: Cuentos.; Poesía.; Ensayos.; Short stories.; Essays.; Poetry.; Literature.; Ficción para adultos jóvenes.; Young adult fiction.; Mexican Americans; Mexican Americans; Mexicano-americanos; Mexicano-americanos;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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What can you do with a paleta? = ¿Qué puedes hacer con una paleta? / by Tafolla, Carmen,1951-author.(CARDINAL)354196; Morales, Magaly,illustrator.(CARDINAL)492204;
A young Mexican American girl celebrates the paleta, an icy fruit popsicle, and the many roles it plays in her lively barrio.AD960LAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader ARTomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award, 2010
Subjects: Spanish language materials.; Fiction.; City and town life; Ice pops; Mexican Americans; Mexicano-americanos; Mexicano-americanos; Postres congelados; Vida urbana;
Available copies: 24 / Total copies: 28
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Bless me, Ultima [videorecording] / by Beaton, Jesse.; DiLeo, Sarah.; Johnson, Mark.(CARDINAL)367320; Franklin, Carl,1949-; Martinez, Benito,1971-; Cosío, Joaquín.; Heredia, Dolores.; Ganalon, Luke.; Colon, Miriam.; Guerra, Castulo.; Anaya, Rudolfo A.(CARDINAL)275361; Gran Via Productions,production company.(CARDINAL)849636; Monarch Pictures (Firm),production company.; Franklin, Carl,1949-screenwriter,film director.; Johnson, Mark,1945 December 27-film producer.(CARDINAL)787734; DiLeo, Sarah,film producer; Beaton, Jesse,film producer.; Walton, Christy,film producer.; Reidy, Kevin,film producer.; Colon, Miriam,actor.; Ganalon, Luke,actor.; Heredia, Dolores,actor.; Martinez, Benito,1971-actor.; Guerra, Castulo,actor.; Cosío, Joaquín,actor.; Castillo, Raul,actor.; Garcia-Rulfo, Manuel,1981-actor.(CARDINAL)867505; Miró-Rivera, Diego,1999-actor.; Gomez, Miguel,actor.; Molina, Alfred,1953-voice actor.(CARDINAL)348900; Huidobro, Paula,director of photography.; Bomba, David J.,production designer.; Heim, Alan,film editor.(CARDINAL)848538; Yates, Toby,film editor.; Kilian, Mark,composer (expression)(CARDINAL)356871; Zakowska, Donna,1954-costume designer.(CARDINAL)848372; Anaya, Rudolfo A.Bless me, Ultima.(CARDINAL)800971; Monkey Hill Films,production company.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.(CARDINAL)282399; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)282399; Tenaja Productions (Firm); Tenaja Productions,production company,film distributor.;
Director of photography, Paula Huidobro ; editors, Alan Heim, Toby Yates ; music, Mark Kilian.Benito Martinez, Joaquin Cosio, Dolores Heredia, Luke Ganalon, Miriam Colon, Castulo Guerra.A turbulent coming of age story about a young boy growing up in New Mexico during World War II. When a curandera named Ultima moves in with his family, Antonio experiences a series of unusual and terrifying events, which causes him to fight with questions about his own destiny and the powers of this mystical woman.MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violence and sexual references.DVD, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1).
Subjects: Feature films.; Coming-of-age films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Coming-of-age films.; Film adaptations.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Feature films; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Anaya, Rudolfo A.; Mexican American children; Mexican Americans; Healers; Women shamans; Anaya, Rudolfo A.; Niños mexicano-americanos; Mexicano-americanos; Curanderos (Medicina folklórica);
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 14
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Su nombre era Dolores : la Jenn que yo conocí / by Salgado, Pete.(CARDINAL)630962; Salgado, Pete.Her name was Dolores.; Vázquez, Gabriel(Music producer)(CARDINAL)630963;
La historia jamás contada del ícono musical, Jenni Rivera, relatada a través de la perspectiva de dos exmánagers, Pete Salgado y Gabriel Vazquez. Este libro nos lleva al ojo del huracán y ofrece una perspectiva a las estrategias y momentos que llevaron a Jenni a los titulares nacionales. Salgado comparte quién era Dolores realmente, la que sus seguidores no conocían y nunca vieron en el escenario. Salgado y Vazquez ofrecen una mejor perspectiva de la vida de la diva de la banda por las dos personas involucradas más profundamente en su carrera y que la conocían como nadie más.Told through the perspectives of her two managers, the story of Banda singing sensation Jenni Rivera not only offers a behind-the-scenes look at her stardom in the music business but also reveals a gentle woman often filled with doubt, a spiritual woman who lived in faith, a woman who gave of herself deeply to the community, and a woman who wanted nothing more than to be loved, but who could only find it onstage.
Subjects: Spanish language materials.; Biographies.; Rivera, Jenni.; Biografía.; Cantantes; Mexican American musicians; Mexican Americans; Mexicano-americanos;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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--y no se lo tragó la tierra / by Rivera, Tomás,1935-1984.(CARDINAL)754057; Vigil-Piñón, Evangelina,translator.(CARDINAL)720519;
Examines in English and Spanish the lives of migrant workers moving from south Texas up through the Plains, and the experiences of all ages and sexes.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Migrant agricultural laborers; Mexican Americans; Trabajadores migratorios agrícolas; Mexicano-americanos;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 5
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Maximilian & the Lucha Libre Club : a bilingual lucha libre thriller / by Garza, Xavier,author,illustrator.(CARDINAL)538487;
Max seems like any other kid until he is asked to join the Lucha Libre Club, but because of strict secrecy he cannot tell anyone of his royal wrestling blood, his uncle the king of lucha libre, The Guardian Angel.670LAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader ARA Junior Library Guild selection (JLG.)Sequel to: Maximilian & the bingo rematch.
Subjects: Spanish language materials.; Thrillers (Fiction); Families; Mexican Americans; Wrestling; Lucha deportiva; Mexicano-americanos;
Available copies: 15 / Total copies: 17
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Ghost fever = Mal de fantasma / by Hayes, Joe.(CARDINAL)725356;
In the 1950s, fourteen-year-old Elena Padilla and her father move into a haunted house in Duston, Arizona, where only Elena can see and help the ghost of the young girl who died there.920LAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Ghost stories.; Haunted houses; Mexican Americans; Fantasmas; Mexicano-americanos;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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A mummy in her backpack = Una momia en su mochila / James Luna ; Spanish translation by Gabriela Baeza Ventura = por James Luna ; traducción al español de Gabriela Baeza Ventura. by Luna, James(James G.),1962-(CARDINAL)397891; Ventura, Gabriela Baeza.(CARDINAL)349835;
Flor returns to school from a vacation in Mexico, only to find she brought back a small man with dark yellow skin and thin, stringy hair, who emerges from her backpack and introduces himself as Rafa, a mummy from the famous museum in Guanajuato.580LAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Mexican Americans; Mummies; Spanish language materials; Libros bilingües.; Mexicano-americanos; Momias;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The empanadas that abuela made = Empanadas que hacía la abuela / by Bertrand, Diane Gonzales.(CARDINAL)376695; DeLange, Alex Pardo.(CARDINAL)390641; Ventura, Gabriela Baeza.(CARDINAL)349835;
Se cuenta al estilo de una canción folklórica cómo hace empanadas la abuela para su familia. Receta incluida.Told in the style of a cumulative folk song, a grandmother makes empanadas, a traditional Hispanic treat, for her family. Includes recipe.
Subjects: Fiction.; Empanadas; Grandmothers; Mexican Americans; Spanish language materials; Abuelas; Mexicano-americanos;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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