Becoming Naomi Leon, Pam Munoz Ryan: An award-winning book about one girl's search for family and her heritage in California and Oaxaca, Mexico.

Before We Were Free, Julia Alvarez: An award winning book about a family living in the Dominican Republic during the Trujillo dictatorship.

Colibri, Ann Cameron: Set in contemporary Guatemala, this novel depicts an exciting family story of deception and reconciliation.

Crazy Loco, David Talbot Rice: These stories depict the life of young Mexican-Americans in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

Cuba 15, Nancy Osa: An award-winning novel about the familial strains for a 10th grade Americanized Latina preparing for her quinceanero (a traditional celebration of womanhood for 15 year old Hispanic girls).

Esperanza Rising, Pam Munoz Ryan: A story of a young Mexican girl's immigration and assimilation into a different culture and social class in California.

The Tequila Worm, Viola Canales: This novel follows Sofia, a Mexican-American girl living in a close-knit barrio community in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. The book is full of beautiful depictions of the Hispanic holidays and traditions that mark the movement of Sofia's days and years in Texas.

When I was Puerto Rican, Esmeralda Santiago: A memoir about Esmeralda's childhood in Puerto Rico and teenage years in New York.

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