mexican american families

Portrays the plight of workers dispossessed of their heritage and struggling to survive in an alien culture in New Mexico.

Presents a collection of poems, in Spanish and English, celebrating family, community, and the power of imagination.

Chronicles the experiences of one Mexican family which attempted to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.

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.

Describes the way of life of Mexican American families and their children who work as migrant agricultural laborers in Texas.

Sixteen-year-old Robert Lomos, living with his grandmother in San Antonio since his father abandoned the family and his mother suffered a breakdown and moved with his little brother to California, struggles to earn the money to follow her and put his family back together.

Francisco Jimenez chronicles the experiences he had after his family left Mexico for California when he was just a child.

A bilingual story in English and Spanish in which the author recalls his childhood in the mountains and valleys of California with his Mexican-American migrant farmworker parents who inspired him with poetry and song.

A memoir of the author's Mexican-American family in El Paso, Texas, told through the voices of several generations of relatives, both living and dead, with photographs and genealogical charts.

Explores a migrant family's experiences moving through labor camps, facing poverty and impermanence, and discusses how they endure through faith, hope, and back-breaking work.