Reyna Grande
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
From bestselling author Reyna Grande--whose remarkable memoir The Distance Between Us has become required reading in schools across the country--comes an inspiring account of one womans quest to find her place in America as a first-generation Latina university student and aspiring writer determined to build a new life for her family one fearless word at a time. When Reyna Grande was nine-years-old, she walked across the USMexico border in search of...
Author
Publisher
V&R Editoras
Pub. Date
2017
Language
Español
Formats
Description
La galardonada autora Reyna Grande comparte su experiencia de cruzar la frontera mexicana ensu memoria multipremiada:La distancia entre nosotros. Cuando sus padres deciden cruzar ilegalmente la fronteramexicana en busca del sueño americano, Reyna y sus hermanos se ven forzados a vivir con su abuela, mientras esperan que sus padres regresen para comenzar una nueva vida junto a ellos.Pero las cosas no salen como lo planearon, y Reyna debe preparar
...Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Espanol
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Description
The year is 1846. After the controversial annexation of Texas, the US Army marches south to provoke war with Mexico over the disputed Rio Grande boundary. Ximena Salomé is a gifted Mexican healer who dreams of building a family with the man she loves on the coveted land she calls home. But when Texas Rangers storm her ranch and shoot her husband dead, her dreams are burned to ashes. Vowing to honor her husband's memory and defend her country,...
Author
Publisher
Atria Español
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
Reyna Grande tenía nueve años cuando cruzó la frontera de México y los Estados Unidos buscando un hogar y el reencuentro con sus padres, quienes la habían dejado en su tierra natal para migrar a Los Ángeles en busca de una mejor vida. Sin embargo, lo que encontró fue a una madre indiferente y a un padre alcohólico y violento, en un país cuyo sistema educativo menospreciaba sus raíces. Reyna se refugió en las palabras. Su amor por la lectura...
7) Spare parts: the true story of four undocumented teenagers, one ugly robot, and an impossible dream
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The young readers' edition of the bestselling adult book of the same name"--
In 2004, four undocumented Mexican teenagers arrived at the national underwater robotics championship at the University of California, Santa Barbara. No one had ever told Oscar, Cristian, Luis, or Lorenzo that they would amount to much -- until two inspiring high school science teachers convinced the boys to enter the competition. Up against some of the best collegiate...
Author
Publisher
Atria Español
Pub. Date
2013
Language
Español
Description
Autobiografía único autorizado El amado mexicana de la cantante estadounidense publicada póstumamente después de su muerte en un trágico accidente aéreo en diciembre de 2012.
The beloved Mexican American singer's only authorized autobiography published posthumously after her death in a tragic plane crash in December 2012.
Publisher
HarperCollins Español
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"Introducción del autor ganador del premio Pulitzer, Viet Thanh Nguyen: una colección única de 44 ensayos, poemas y obras de arte innovadores de inmigrantes, refugiados y soñadores, incluidos escritores, artistas y activistas galardonados, que ilustran cómo es vivir indocumentados hoy. Una colección única de 44 ensayos, poemas y obras de arte innovadores de inmigrantes, refugiados y soñadores, incluidos escritores, artistas y activistas galardonados,...
Publisher
HarperVia
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen-- A unique collection of 44 groundbreaking essays, poems, and artwork by migrants, refugees and Dreamers-including award-winning writers, artists, and activists-that illuminate what it is like living undocumented today. A unique collection of 44 groundbreaking essays, poems, and artwork by migrants, refugees and Dreamers-including award-winning writers, artists, and activists-that illuminate...