hispanic americans

Describes the history of the civil rights movement among Latinos in the United States and Latinos’ political efforts for equal rights and education.

Gabi isn t just allergic to peanuts, she s allergic to attention of any kind and would prefer to stay on the sidelines. But when her artistic talent is needed on a project to save her school, Gabi knows she has to step up. Suddenly, with the help of a new boy and a maybe-magical baker, Gabi s quiet world gets a sugar rush!.

Emma and her friends in the Las Palomas dance troop are asked to perform in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, but first Emma needs to solve the mystery of their special drum that went missing.

Marisol McDonald, a biracial, nonconformist, soccer-playing pirate-princess with brown skin and red hair, celebrates her uniqueness.

A concerned woman priest known as la Maestra describes how she works with and attempts to help teenagers who are in violent gangs.

Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946 in California.

A collection of over fifty short essays written by Latino youth in which they reflect on growing up in the United States.

Xavier is unhappy when his mother remarries and he suddenly has a new stepbrother, as well as a stepfather, in his home.

"When Emma finds an old note in a lost library book, she knows she has her next case. But when the clues lead to an off-limits tower in a New York City library, she has to learn an extra-special reporter trick, how to go undercover!"--Dust jacket.

Explores the history of discrimination toward Hispanics in the United States, what is being done today to fight prejudice, personal stories of those affected, and more.