Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya

Set in a small New Mexican community during World War II, Antonio speaks of the dignity, traditions, and mythology of Chicano life.

So Far From God by Ana Castillo

Tells the story of two decades in the life of a Mexican-American family in Tome, New Mexico. Sofia, raises four daughters while coping with the disappearance of her gambling husband.

Face of an Angel by Denise Chavez

The story of Soveida Dosamantes, a waitress who has worked for thirty years in a Mexican restaurant in the rural Southwest.

Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros

Celaya "Lala" Reyes, traveling from Chicago to Mexico City each summer, draws together stories of her Mexican-American family of shawl-makers, including her papa and Awful Grandmother.

Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez

Breaking Through chronicles the author's teenage years. At the age of 14, Francisco and his family are caught by la migra (immigration officers) and forced to leave their California home, but soon find their way back.

Parrot in the Oven by Victor Martinez

Manny relates his coming of age experiences as a member of a poor Mexican American family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone's struggle.

Buried Onions by Gary Soto

When nineteen-year-old Eddie drops out of college, he struggles to find a place for himself as a Mexican American living in a violence-infested neighborhood of Fresno, California.

Jesse by Gary Soto

Two Mexican American brothers hope that junior college will help them escape their heritage of tedious physical labor.

Rain of Gold by Victor Villasenor

Weaves the parallel stories of two Mexican-American families and two countries. Describes the volatile bootlegger who would become the author's father and the beautiful Lupe, his mother.

The Brothers Torres by Coet Voorhees

Sophomore Frankie finally finds the courage to ask his long-term friend, Julianne, to the Homecoming dance, which ultimately leads to a face-off between a tough senior whose family owns most of their small, New Mexico town, and Frankie's soccer-star older brother and his gang-member friends.

Mexican White Boy by Matt de la Pena

Danny, who is tall and skinny but has a talent for pitching a fastball, cannot seem to fit in at school in San Diego, where his Mexican and white heritage causes people to judge him before he even speaks.

Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories by Sandra Cisneros

A collection of short stories giving voice to the vigorous and varied life on both sides of the United States-Mexican border.

Junior College by Gary Soto

A collection of poems by Chicano poet Gary Soto that chronicle the experiences he had from childhood through college.

Baseball in April and Other Stories by Gary Soto

A collection of eleven short stories focusing on the everyday adventures of Hispanic young people growing up in Fresno, California.

This War Called Love by Alejandro Murguia

This collection of nine stories depicts a world as treacherous as it is tender, as hilarious as it is heartbreaking.

Crash Boom Love by Juan Felipe Herrera

After his father leaves home, sixteen-year-old Cesar Garcia lives with his mother and struggles through the painful experiences of growing up as a Mexican American high school student.

Sofi Mendoza's Guide to GettingLost in Mexico by Malin Alegria

When Southern California high school senior Sofi Mendoza lies to her parents and crosses the border for a weekend party, she has no idea that she will get stuck in a Mexican village with family she has never met before.

(Book Descriptions from the AHS Library Online Catalog)