| Living Beyond Borders: Growing Up Mexican in America Contributor(s): Longoria, Margarita (Author) |
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ISBN: 0593204972 ISBN-13: 9780593204979 Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Emigration & Immigration - Young Adult Fiction | Diversity & Multicultural |
| Dewey: 810.986 |
| LCCN: 2021015489 |
| Lexile Measure: 880 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.75 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: *This superb anthology of short stories, comics, and poems is fresh, funny, and full of authentic YA voices revealing what it means to be Mexican American . . . Not to be missed.--SLC, starred review *Superlative . . . A memorable collection. --Booklist, starred review *Voices reach out from the pages of this anthology . . . It will make a lasting impression on all readers. --SLJ, starred review Twenty stand-alone short stories, essays, poems, and more from celebrated and award-winning authors make up this YA anthology that explores the Mexican American experience. With works by Francisco X. Stork, Guadalupe Garcia McCall, David Bowles, Rubén Degollado, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, Diana López, Xavier Garza, Trinidad Gonzales, Alex Temblador, Aida Salazar, Guadalupe Ruiz-Flores, Sylvia Sánchez Garza, Dominic Carrillo, Angela Cervantes, Carolyn Dee Flores, René Saldaña Jr., Justine Narro, Daniel García Ordáz, and Anna Meriano. In this mixed-media collection of short stories, personal essays, poetry, and comics, this celebrated group of authors share the borders they have crossed, the struggles they have pushed through, and the two cultures they continue to navigate as Mexican Americans. Living Beyond Borders is at once an eye-opening, heart-wrenching, and hopeful love letter from the Mexican American community to today's young readers. A powerful exploration of what it means to be Mexican American. |