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Living Beyond Borders: Growing Up Mexican in America is an anthology that compiles twenty short stories, essays, poems, and comics exploring the Mexican American experience. The collection features works from various celebrated and award-winning authors that examine what it means to grow up Mexican in America. The book addresses themes of identity, culture, family, and the challenges faced by Mexican American youth. This anthology is designed for readers in upper grades 9-12.
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This anthology bursts onto the page with short stories, essays, poetry, and comics all exploring what it means to grow up Mexican American. Readers will gobble up the diverse voices, laugh at the humor, feel the heart, and recognize their own experiences in these unfiltered stories about family, identity, and navigating two cultures. If your kid loved "The House on Mango Street" or enjoys "The Absolutely True Diary of Sarah Gillespie: A Pioneer Farm Girl (First-Person Histories) a Part-Time Indian," they'll find a new favorite here. Perfect for ages 14 and up in grades 9-12.