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• I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

  Sánchez, Erika L.

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  "Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was Olga's role. Then a tragic accident on the busiest street in Chicago leaves Olga dead and Julia left behind to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family." (publisher's website)

• Yo no soy tu perfecta hija mexicana

  Sánchez, Erika L.

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  "Julia no es la hija mexicana perfecta que Olga era. Pero Julia pronto descubre que Olga puede haber tenido secretos, también." (publisher's website)

• Caramelo, Or, Puro Cuento

  a Novel

  Cisneros, Sandra

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  "During her family's annual car trip from Chicago to Mexico City, Lala Reyes listens to stories about her family, including her grandmother, the descendant of a renowned dynasty of shawl makers, whose magnificent striped shawl has come into Lala's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A House of My Own

  Stories From My Life

  Cisneros, Sandra

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  "Cisneros blends family stories from Chicago and Mexico with lively storytelling, rich details, and good humor."(Library Journal)

• 15

  a Quinceañera Story

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  "The films follows five Latina girls from different cultural, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds as they transition to adulthood, all observing the traditional rite of passage of the quinceañera, a celebration of their 15th birthdays." (Hollywood…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Living Beyond Borders

  Growing Up Mexican in America

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  "Featuring a diverse array of short stories, personal essays, poems, and comics from 19 creators of Mexican American descent, the collection invites readers to 'see a side of life, inside culture, that is not often portrayed in the media.'"…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hola and Goodbye

  Una Familia in Stories

  Miscolta, Donna, 1953-

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  "Seattle writer Donna Miscolta’s story collection 'Hola and Goodbye' pays tribute to themes of heritage, immigration and identity in its portrait of a multigenerational Southern California family." (Seattle Times)

• For Brown Girls With Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts

  a Love Letter to Women of Color

  Mojica Rodríguez, Prisca Dorcas, 1985-

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  "Latinx activist Rodríguez debuts with an impassioned and accessible guide to dismantling the “systemic oppressions” that hold back women of color." (Publisher's Weekly)

• Funeral for Flaca

  Essays

  Prado, Emilly

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  "Emilly Prado retraces her experience coming of age as a prep-turned-chola-turned-punk in this collection that is one-part memoir-in-essays, and one-part playlist." (publisher's website)

• Finding Latinx

  in Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity

  Ramos, Paola, 1987-

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  "In her first book, VICE journalist and progressive activist Ramos champions the term Latinx as an empowering collective identity—a grassroots banner inclusive of all Hispanics and Latino/as, be they undocumented, poor, queer, indigenous, or…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Real Women Have Curves

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  Based on the play of the same name by Josefina López, this 2002 film stars America Ferrera in her debut role as Ana Garcia, a young Chicana woman seeking to balance her family's needs with her own hopes and dreams for her future.

• Crying in the Bathroom

  a Memoir

  Sánchez, Erika L.

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  "Poet and essayist Sánchez tallies the 'triumphs, disappointments, delights, and resurrections' of her life in this raw and sensuous memoir in essays." (Publishers Weekly)

• Lessons on Expulsion

  Poems

  Sánchez, Erika L.

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  "Poet, novelist, and essayist Erika L. Sánchez's powerful debut poetry collection explores what it means to live on both sides of the border--the border between countries, languages, despair and possibility, and the living and the dead." (author's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

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  As she grieves the death of her older sister, Julia Reyes faces pressure to put her own dreams of becoming a writer on hold. She finds herself caught between her family’s expectations and the less than perfect life she grapples with every day as a…Read moreRead more of this annotation