Children of the Land
By: Marcelo Hernández Castillo
3.99
Format: 384 pages, ebook
This unforgettable memoir from a prize-winning poet about growing up undocumented in the United Sta…
Want to Read $ 11.39"It was strange to see that the U.S. still feared the spread of communism. The legacy of that law is what persisted. It assumed that the U.S. was clean, not to be soiled by the ilk of the world."-Marcelo Hernández Castillo, Children of the Land
"It was strange to see that the U.S. still feared the spread of communism. The legacy of that law is what persisted. It assumed that the U.S. was clean, not to be soiled by the ilk of the world."-Marcelo Hernández Castillo, Children of the Land
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1. Night at the Fiestas
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With intensity and emotional precision, Kirstin Valdez Quade's unforgettable stories plunge us into… read more
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2. Madness
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Brooke Danvers is pretending to be fine. She's gotten so good at pretending that they're letting he… read more
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3. Down These Mean Streets
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Format: None pages, Paperback
Memoir, coming of age on the streets of Spanish Harlem by Puerto Rican. Dark-skinned morenito had f… read more
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4. The Distance Between Us
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From an award-winning novelist and sought-after public speaker, an eye-opening memoir about life be… read more
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5. Solito
By: Javier Zamora
4.48
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A young poet tells the story of his harrowing migration from El Salvador to the United States at th… read more
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"We nod, and I notice stars beginning to pop behind his head."-Javier Zamora, Solito
"Puedo sentir El Viaje en las plantas de mis pies. Lo veo en mis sueños."-Javier Zamora, Solito
"My chest like hummingbirds fighting for the hibiscus in Abuelita's garden."-Javier Zamora, Solito
"Mom to my left, Dad to my right, a mosquito net like a crown covering all of us."-Javier Zamora, Solito
6. Crying in the Bathroom
By: Erika L. Sánchez
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Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, an utterly or… read more
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7. The Undocumented Americans
By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
4.39
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
One of the first undocumented immigrants to graduate from Harvard reveals the hidden lives of her f… read more
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"I am a one-trick pony, unable to comfort with anything other than grades."-Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, The Undocumented Americans
"I respect the role of God in the lives of people who suffer, but basically only in the lives of people who suffer."-Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, The Undocumented Americans
"I think every immigrant in this country knows that you can eat English and digest it so well that you shit it out, and to some people, you will still not speak English."-Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, The Undocumented Americans
"There are white moms who threw stones at the little girls in Little Rock and there are white moms who wish Andres and Omar and Elias and Greta's mom will be deported too."-Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, The Undocumented Americans
8. Everyone Knows You Go Home
By: Natalia Sylvester
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Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
An International Latino Book Award winner. The first time Isabel meets her father-in-law, Omar, … read more
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"He recognized his own fear in them, and now that he knows what it looks like he sees it everywhere — in the man who pumps gas across the street, in the teenage girls who stumble down the sidewalk, in…"-Natalia Sylvester, Everyone Knows You Go Home
"there was a time when this home was her domain. Sometimes she felt proud of it, sometimes she felt tied to it, but whether it was a burden or a blessing, it was hers to keep. She’d known better than …"-Natalia Sylvester, Everyone Knows You Go Home
9. First Gen: A Memoir
By: Alejandra Campoverdi
4.26
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An unflinching memoir about navigating social mobility as a first gen Latina — offering both a rive… read more
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10. Gordo
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The first ever collection of short stories by Jaime Cortez, Gordo is set in a migrant workers camp … read more
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11. Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life
By: Alice Wong
4.25
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
From the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, and the editor of the acclaimed… read more
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12. Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora
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13. Another Word for Love: A Memoir
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4.35
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A transformative memoir that reimagines the conventions of love and posits a radical vision for hea… read more
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14. Ordinary Girls
By: Jaquira Díaz
4.03
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“There is more life packed on each page of Ordinary Girls than some lives hold in a lifetime.” —Jul… read more
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"I was there a couple of years ago. It wasn't a pleasant experience. I hadn't been there in a very long time, because everyone who's ever lived there who has been lucky enough to get out knows that yo…"-Jaquira Díaz, Ordinary Girls
"Every time I leave Miami, I tell myself I'm never coming back, only to end up right back where I started. I leave and come back again and again. Miami, like my family, is a place you learn to love an…"-Jaquira Díaz, Ordinary Girls
"All these years later, I'll be back on that dance floor. I will be swaying and the music will fill me and I will be a girl again. My friends will be there, and we'll dance all night, one song after a…"-Jaquira Díaz, Ordinary Girls
15. The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels
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4.08
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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16. God Themselves
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Let this book be a celebration of queerness, Blackness, and love. Let these words be a modern churc… read more
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17. Decolonizing Wellness
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18. Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival, and New Beginnings
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19. Children of the Land
By: Marcelo Hernández Castillo
3.99
Format: 384 pages, ebook
This unforgettable memoir from a prize-winning poet about growing up undocumented in the United Sta… read more
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"It was strange to see that the U.S. still feared the spread of communism. The legacy of that law is what persisted. It assumed that the U.S. was clean, not to be soiled by the ilk of the world."-Marcelo Hernández Castillo, Children of the Land
20. It Wasn't Roaring, It Was Weeping: Interpreting the Language of Our Fathers Without Repeating Their Stories
By: Lisa-Jo Baker
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Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An honest and lyrical coming-of-age memoir of growing up in South Africa at the height of apartheid… read more
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21. Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl
By: Hyeseung Song
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Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition
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