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  Tortilla Curtain

  by T. Boyle; Coraghessan

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  Return to Sender

  by Julia Alvarez

  After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn’t sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters, particularly Mari, the oldest, who is proud of her Mexican heritage but also increasingly connected her American life. Her family lives in constant fear... (more)
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  Crossers

  by Philip Caputo

  From the acclaimed author of Acts of Faith (“A miracle . . . You can hardly conceive of a more affecting reading experience”— Houston Chronicle ), a blistering new novel about the brutality and beauty of life on the Arizona-Mexico border and about the unyielding power of the past to shape our lives. Taking us from the turn of the twentieth century to our present day, from the impoverished streets of rural Mexico... (more)
• Death Comes For The ArchbishopWilla Cather

  

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  Death Comes For The Archbishop

  by Willa Cather

  "Jean Latour and Joseph Vaillant make their way into the harsh, unexplored, mountainous region of New Mexico in the hope of revivifing there the religion that had been brought by Spanish priests and then left to decay in the hands of an insubordinate and materialistic clergy." From dust jacket synopsis.
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  Death Comes for the Archbishop

  by Willa Cather

  Willa Cather's best known novel; a narrative that recounts a life lived simply in the silence of the southwestern desert.
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  Coyotes: A Journey Through the Secret World of America's Illegal Aliens

  by Ted Conover

  This first title in the Vintage Departures series ("devoted to exploring the vastness of the world, of one's life, or even of one's own backyard") focuses on the world of illegal aliens. Conover, author of Rolling Nowhere, posed as an immigrant, crossing the border twice and learning first-hand about "coyotes"those who sneak Mexicans and other Latin Americans across the border, often under murderous conditions.... (more)
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  Frida Kahlo: Brush of Anguish

  by Martha Zamora

  For the countless admirers of Frida Kahlo's bold and passionate art, here are 75 full-color paintings, numerous historical photographs, and authoritative text detailing significant episodes in the artist's life. Now available in an affordable, beautifully produced paperback edition.
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  Frida Kahlo: Portrait of a Mexican Painter (Hispanic Biographies)

  by Ba?rbara Cruz

  A biography of the Mexican woman painter discussing her work and its international reputation, her political ties, and her relationship with the muralist Diego Rivera.
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  Lupita Manana: With Connections

  by Patricia Beatty

  Crossing over the border is a dangerous business... ...But Lupita must cross from Mexico to America. After her father dies in a fishing boat accident in the seas near their small Mexican village, Lupita's family is left in poverty. Lupita and her big brother, Salvador, must smuggle themselves into the United States to earn money to support their mother and young siblings. America is not the land of opportunity... (more)
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  Crossing the Wire

  by Will Hobbs

  When falling crop prices threaten his family with starvation, fifteen-year-old Victor Flores heads north in an attempt to "cross the wire" from Mexico into the United States so he can find work and send money home. But with no coyote money to pay the smugglers who sneak illegal workers across the border, Victor must struggle to survive as he jumps trains, stows away on trucks, and hikes grueling miles through the... (more)
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  I Remember the Alamo

  by D. Anne Love

  Jessie’s not surprised when her father says they’ll be moving from their Kentucky home to a better life in Texas. But there’s no work for her father in their new small town and Jessie doesn’t know how they’ll go on when tragedy strikes their family. Jessie’s only comfort is her new friend, a Mexican girl named Angelina. Their friendship must stay secret because Jessie’s father is joining other soldiers who are... (more)