A meditative warm story about two Mexican-American teen boys, Aristotle (Ari) and Dante who have different personality types, one is outgoing and sociable, Dante, while Ari is contemplative and enjoys watching and analyzing things from a distance; but on a random day at the local pool in 1987 they start talking and begin a friendship that will last forever.
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Standing on giant's shadows, Zayas offers a valuable account of the Cuban Revolution from below, but still an official one.In my little historical trivia knapsack that I keep just in case I am asked where I grew up, there is one story that never fails me: the Granma ship that took Fidel Castro, Camilo Cienfuegos and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, among other members of the 26th of July movement into Cuba's Sierra Maestra, departed from Tamaulipas. Read Mas!

According to popular speculation, the ancient Mayan calendar indicates the world will end in 2012. Rosalba, a nine-year-old Mayan girl, has never heard of the prophecy, until she meets Alicia whose scientist father is studying frogs in the area. Rosalba doubts Alicia's claims about the prophecy but also witnesses that frogs are dying, the cornfields suffer from lack of rain, and a new road project will forever impact her remote Mexican village. Read Mas!

Starting middle school is hard enough for any kid, but when your closest friends decide to start a gang, it's even more difficult. Manny is torn between his loyalty to his friends that he has known since kindergarten, and his desire to be a good student and have a successful future. Read Mas!

Javier in many ways represents an all too familiar scenario to today's readers a teenage boy in a poor urban household, threatening to succumb to a lifestyle of gangs and drugs. Seeing some of his friends already verging dangerously down this path, Javier wishes for a different life, though he has no idea how to escape. Read Mas!

Fourteen-year-old Angel has had a hard life raising herself and fending off her mother's many boyfriends. When Scotty the latest loser boyfriend kills Angel's mother and Angel discovers the body, Scotty attempts to kill her as well. The teen barely manages to escape with Scotty hot on her trail. Taken in by a community of border Mexicans who endanger themselves by helping her, Angel learns about family unity and trust. Read more!

In this stand alone sequel to Villareal's My Father, the Angel of Death, sixteen-year-old Jesse Barron struggles with relationships and staying on the high school football team although his heart is not in it. His father, “the Angel of Death" professional wrestler and former professional football player has set a high standard for Jesse to follow. Read more!

Caught between that awkward state of boyhood and manhood, fifteen-year-old Ari, a self-proclaimed loner, thinks the long summer ahead of him will be as disorderly and boring as every other day. This changes the minute he meets Dante at the pool. With Mexican heritage as their only commonality, the boys are polar opposites in terms of personality, self-assurance, and outlook on life. Read more!

Seventeen-year-old Rich Dresner leaves Colorado to spend his summer helping old family friends complete their home in thebarrio of Santo Domingo, Mexico.

Sixteen-year-old Diego has a problem managing his anger and this has lead to his latest trouble with the law after he bashes a gay student at his school.

Fifteen-year-old Manz is content to spend his summer working on a cattle ranch with this best friend Jed. Although the work is hot, the job is a great escape from his mother's depression, which seeps into every corner of their house.

The 50 love poems in this book truly capture the intensity with which teenagers often love: an all consuming emotion evoked by an array of experiences ranging from the sudden and exciting realization that you are holding hands for the first time to the devastating understanding that you have just lost a good friend.

Neftali Reyes is a shy Chilean boy who loves to collect mementos, daydream, and write. But, he keeps these passions a secret from his authoritarian and abusive father who constantly ridicules Neftali for being weak.

Inspirational and captivating, this biography chronicles the life of Ellen Ochoa, the first Latina in space.

Visually impressive and culturally respectful, this book highlights the daily life of the Embera people of Panama. To Americanized children, cocooned by technology and virtual environments, the tactile chores and lush sensory culture may be challenging to imagine.

Stork follows his critically-acclaimed Marcelo in the Real World with another powerful, unflinching young adult novel.

Latino teenagers and others interested in Latin music will find this informative title a very fun and enjoyable read.

The life of seventeen-year-old Marcelo Sandoval is about to change forever.

Tomasa watches in horror as her peaceful village in the Highlands of Guatemala is leveled by guerrilla soldiers who burn her home; massacre her Abuela, neighbors, and friends; and steal her hope for survival.