mexico

Amparo relates the story of her mother's family and their life in Mexico and then their new life in California.

A collection of stories dealing with the southern part of the Jalisco province in Mexico and thestruggle of the people in the region for subsistence.

A teenager from Mexico shares his everyday life, discussing his favorite music, what he does with his friends, and what he thinks of his future in Mexico. Additional information is provided about Mexico's history, politics, and economy.

Contains facts and figures that provide information about modern-day Mexico, the history of the country, and its states.

Presents Mexico's many festivals and holidays, which may be religious, national, local, or personal, and describes how they are celebrated.

An exploration of Mexico, covering its history, economy, people, towns, food customs, and more.

Sixteen-year-old Sophie has been frail and delicate since her premature birth, but discovers her true strength during a journey through Mexico, where the six-year-old orphan her family hopes to adopt was born, and to Guatemala, where her would-be boyfriend hopes to find his mother and plans to remain.

Fourteen-year-old Clara Luna spends the summer with her grandparents in the tiny, remote village of Yucuyoo, Mexico, learning about her grandmother's life as a healer, her father's decision to leave home for the United States, and her own place in the world.

Sixteen-year-old Sonia Ocampo, having been born on a night of a very bad storm that suddenly stopped when she came into the world, struggles with the belief of others that she has protective powers, so when she gets the opportunity to move to the city and work for a wealthy family, she takes the chance to escape the expectations of those around her, but with the disappearance of her brother, she is forced to face the fact she can never leave her past or family behind.

Rosalba, a nine-year-old Mayan girl living in a rural Mexican village, watches as people destroy the environment around her, and when she hears that the Mayan calendar predicts the end of the world in 2012, Rosalba dreams of an ancient Mayan boy who hints at a way she can help.