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1) The crossing
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Fourteen-year-old Manny, a street kid fighting for survival in a Mexican border town, develops a strange friendship with an emotionally disturbed American soldier who decides to help him get across the border.
5) Hill of fire
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Language
English
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Description
"Brian Amador's narration and Spanish intonations add authenticity to the tale and bring the setting and the characters to life. ....Listeners will be drawn into the story."-School Library Journal
6) The Pearl
Author
Language
English
Description
"For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of better life for his impoverished family. His dream blinds him to the greed and suspicions the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors, and even his loving wife cannot temper his obsession or stem the events leading to tragedy. Kino and his wife illustrate the fall from innocence of people who believe that wealth erases all problems" -- P. 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English
Description
When his best friend Eddie Chavez disappears after they have spent the day together in the mountains of New Mexico, fifteen-year-old Alex cannot get anyone to believe his story and is even suspected of murdering the missing boy.
14) Soccer cousins
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
When David visits his cousin in Mexico, he not only celebrates the Day of the Dead but he also plays a big part in Miguel's soccer tournament.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
A collection of connected stories about a fictitious group of seventh graders from Native American, Hispanic, African-American, and Anglo cultures in Albuquerque who develop a better understanding of their city and of each other when they write and sell a book about their individual heritages.