el paso (tex.)

In 1940, 11-year-old Valentina lives in El Paso, Texas, with her Mami, Papi, and two older brothers, Hugo and Kiki. Valentina loves reading and learning, and she hopes to go to college and become a teacher and writer someday. Her brother Hugo was in college, but with World War II looming, and Kiki eager to join the military, Hugo decides to join the National Guard with Kiki. Trying to help her family navigate wartime changes, Valentina takes on a lot more at home. She writes to her brothers, keeps her parents updated on news about the war, and helps with the war effort on the home front, all for a country she's not so sure accepts Mexican American families like her own.

"Three Mexican-Americans--Juan, JD, and Fabi--each try to overcome their individual struggles as they all grapple with how to make a better life for themselves when it seems like brown lives don't matter"--Provided by publisher.

"Three Mexican-Americans--Juan, JD, and Fabi--each try to overcome their individual struggles as they all grapple with how to make a better life for themselves when it seems like brown lives don't matter"--Provided by publisher.

"Beginning at age twelve, Julia keeps a diary of her life in Juarez, Mexico, where life is always dangerous, until she joins her aunt and grandmother in El Paso, Texas, and faces new challenges"--Publisher.

"Beginning at age twelve, Julia keeps a diary of her life in Juarez, Mexico, where life is always dangerous, until she joins her aunt and grandmother in El Paso, Texas, and faces new challenges"--Publisher.

Three Mexican-Americans---Juan, JD, and Fabi---each try to overcome their individual struggles as they all grapple with how to make a better life for themselves when it seems like brown lives don't matter.

In El Paso, Texas, in 1915, fourteen-year-old Rose Solomon seeks her missing brother's return and inadvertently ends up running with Pancho Villa and his revolutionary army.

Armando Salguera is a tight end at El Dorado High School in El Paso, Texas, aiming to make his NFL dreams come true. Things are going well his junior year, until a position change and news from his estranged father threaten to destroy everything.

Mike and his friends embark on a wild journey as a night of skateboarding turns into a trek across the U.S.-Mexico border, where they encounter a violent gang and find their friendship and courage tested.

Reba Adams, a journalist in El Paso Texas, becomes intrigued with the story of Elsie Schmidt, an elderly Jewish baker who was in Germany during the war.