"Young Latinos across the United States are redefining their identities, pushing boundaries, and awakening politically in powerful and surprising ways. Many of them--Afrolatino, indigenous, Muslim, queer and undocumented, living in large cities and small towns--are voices who have been chronically overlooked in how the diverse population of almost sixty million Latinos in the U.S. has been represented. No longer. In this empowering cross-country travelogue,...

Published to coincide with the Anchor Books edition of Peel My Love Like an Onion, this Spanish translation is a major addition to the Vintage Español list. Equal parts soap opera, tragicomedy, and rhapsody, Carmen la coja is Ana Castillo's imaginative variation on the themes of Bizet's Carmen, set in the Latin community of Chicago and the seductive world of flamenco. Carmen "La Coja" Santos is a renowned local dancer who has long maintained an affair...

Two hamsters, one named Tip and the other Tucker, one fearful and one fearless, are purchased from a pet store by Mr. Lopez for his classroom.

J.B., Ram�on, and Trey, students of the Urban Promise Prep School, must follow the school's strict rules, but when their principal is murdered, the three boys must band together to track down the real killer before they are arersted.

A girl describes how each person in the family has hair that looks and acts different, Papa's like a broom, Kiki's like fur, and Mama's with the sweet smell of bread before it's baked.

When her Aunt Juanita needs someone to run errands before the birth of her baby, Ruthie is excited to be able to help but she is distracted by a surprise in the store and almost misses the big event.

"A new girl has joined Lola Levine's second-grade class. When they get off on the wrong foot, they are forced to spend time together...and learn they have more in common than they thought"-- Second-grader Lola clashes with Bella, a ballet-loving, pink-clad newcomer, before learning that ballet is every bit as challenging as soccer.

Los jovenes latinos en los Estados Unidos estan redefiniendo su identidad, rompiendo moldes establecidos, y despertando politicamente de maneras sorprendentes y poderosas. Muchos de ellos--afrolatinos, indigenas, musulmanes, queer e indocumentados tanto en zonas urbanas como rurales--representan voces historicamente ignoradas en el modo en que la diversa poblacion de casi seis millones de latinos en los Estados Unidos ha sido representada. Hasta ahora....

"Santiago "Saint" Vega gets a second shot at love with Lola Leon, but when duty to his family forces him to do something she'll never forgive, will everything he's built come crumbling down?"----

In rhyming text, Hispanic children count the things, like pinatas and maracas, that can be seen in their neighborhood.