Helen Plum Library

"Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez reveals her experience as the U.S. born daughter of immigrants and what happened when, at fifteen, her parents were forced back to Mexico in this galvanizing yet tender memoir. Born to Mexican immigrants south of the Rillito River in Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth had the world at her fingertips as she entered her freshman year of high school as the number one student. But suddenly, Elizabeth's own country took away the...

In a twenty-four-hour span, Rafael Alvarez led North Amistad High School's Mariachi Alma de la Frontera to their eleventh consecutive first-place win in the Mariachi Extravaganza de Nacional; and met, made out with, and almost hooked up with one of the cutest guys he's ever met. Now eight months later, Rafie's ready for one final win. What he didn't plan for is his family moving to San Antonio before his senior year, forcing him to leave behind his...

Illustrations and text follow a girl's journey to overcome her fear of the special dessert she loves so much: La Rosca de Reyes, a sweet bread with a baby Jesus figurine baked into it and eaten on Three Kings' Day

"Pedro/Peter Mar̕tn es un Mexikid, o un nįo que nac̤i en Estados Unidos de padres mexicanos: un nįo que no pertenece a ninguno de los dos lugares. A̕s que no sabe qǔ pensar cuando su padre anuncia que toda la familia (¡11 personas!) se apretàr dentro del Winnebago para manejar 2,000 millas hasta ̌Mxico con una mis̤in: traer a su misterioso abuelito de la era de la Revoluc̤in Mexicana a vivir con ellos. Esta diverti̕dsima memoria g̀rfica...

Now a powerful graphic novel, this award-winning memoir is an honest and evocative account of a family's journey from Mexico to the fields of California as seen through the eyes of a boy who longs for education and the right to call one place home