mexican american families

Chronicles the experiences of members of the extended Ch?vez family as they cross the border from Mexico into the U.S. and settle in California, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Arkansas.

A collection of short stories by Viola Canales which feature magical characters.

The Salcido family, immigrants to the United States from Mexico, struggle to reconcile their need for jobs at the mighty Nazareth steel mill in Southern California with the low pay, back-breaking labor, and harsh treatment they receive--a situation that weighs most heavily on twenty-year-old Johnny, a second-generation mill worker.

Presents life in a barrio in San Francisco, describing the school, recreation, holidays, and family life of an eight-year-old boy who lives there.

A collection of autobiographical stories about growing up as the son of Mexican immigrants in California and his family's perseverance and courage in the face of hunger, stress, and persecution.

Two young Mexican American migrant workers in California find hope in love, despite the poverty and social conditions in which they live.

Offers a look at a migrant family, detailing their daily life and the struggles they endured to build an existence on the small opportunities they were given.

Twelve stories tell of the almost unendurable journey most migrant campesinos undertake to find the American Dream.

Presents life in a barrio in San Francisco, describing the school, recreation, holidays, and family life of an eight-year-old boy who lives there.