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"A heart-wrenching novel that gives voice to two mothers: a young undocumented Mexican woman and an Indian-American wife whose love for one lucky boy will bind their fates together Solimar Castro-Valdez is eighteen and drunk on optimism when she embarks on a perilous journey across the US/Mexican border. Weeks later she arrives on her cousin's doorstep in Berkeley, CA, dazed by first love found then lost, and pregnant. This was not the plan. But amid...

Santa Barbara, California. Raised by her strict Mexican grandma, Ri Fernández has never been allowed to learn Spanish. She has always been pushed away from the neighborhood they call home and toward her best friend's world of mansions and country clubs in the hopes that it will bring Ri closer to achieving the "American Dream." Her mother disappeared when Ri was young, so when Ri finds an unanswered letter from her mom begging for a visit, Ri decides...

"Mateo's big brother Julian works in the United States. When the family doesn't hear from Julian for a few weeks, Mateo sneaks out and journeys north to find him, crossing the border with the help of a new friend, Angel"-- Provided by publisher.

Taking us into detention centers, immigration courts, and the streets of Agua Prieta, Mexico and Douglas, Arizona, The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez reveals the inner lives of Aida and other daring characters, the history of the borderlands, and the human consequences of militarizing what was once a more forgiving boundary. With emotional force and narrative suspense, Aaron Bobrow-Strain brings us into the heart of a savagely unequal America and...

Nine-year-old Betita and her parents fled Mexico after her uncle was killed by the cartels, and settled in Los Angeles seeking political asylum and safety in what her father calls Aztlan, the land of the cranes; but now they have been swept up by by the government's Immigration Customs Enforcement, her father deported back to Mexico, and Betita and her mother confined in a family detention camp--Betita finds heart in her imagination and the picture...

Mariana is visiting her abuelita and extended family in Mexico for the first time. Her tummy does a flip as she and Mami cross the frontera. There are all new sights, smells, and sounds. And at Abuelita's house, Mariana is overwhelmed by new faces and Spanish phrases she doesn't understand. But with a story, some kindness, and a few new words from Abuelita, Mariana discovers that the love of family knows no cultural divide.

Santiago is fleeing from abusive relatives when he meets María Dolores and her young daughter, Alegría. He decides to accompany them on the dangerous trek from Mexico to the United States, but when he's brought to an immigration detention center, Santiago discovers that the danger isn't over.

Lend an ear and you will know the secrets of the most talented and reckless, curious, rebellious and enterprising women of Mexico, who dared to break the mold. Disobeying can be a good idea. Being ordered is always nice and powerful, of course, but getting out of the huacal makes things interesting when the mandates are boring, when they do not let us move at our leisure, especially when they damage our soul. In those cases you have to invent your...

"An arrestingly beautiful, award-winning novel about separation, migration, and love left behind."-- Page 2 of cover

After his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure, eleven-year-old Tyler befriends the oldest daughter, but when he discovers they may not be in the country legally, he realizes that real friendship knows no borders.