Latino/a Literature   Viola Canales  The Tequila Worm Sofia grows up in the close-knit community of the barrio in McAllen, Texas, then finds that her experiences as a scholarship student at an Episcopal boarding school in Austin only strengthen her ties to family and her "comadres."   Margarita Engle  The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom Cuba has fought three wars for independence, and still she is not free. This history in verse creates a lyrical portrait of Cuba.   Sharon Draper  Romiette and Julio Romiette, an African-American girl, and Julio, a Hispanic boy, discover that they attend the same high school after falling in love on the Internet, but are harassed by a gang whose members object to their interracial dating.   Simone Elkeles  Perfect Chemistry When wealthy, seemingly perfect Brittany and Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, develop a relationship after Alex discovers that Brittany is not exactly who she seems to be, they must face the disapproval of their schoolmates--and others.   Susan Beth Pfeffer  The Dead and the Gone After a meteor hits the moon and sets off a series of horrific climate changes, seventeen-year-old Alex Morales must take care of his sisters alone in the chaos of New York City.   Laura Resau  Red Glass Sixteen-year-old Sophie has been frail and delicate since her premature birth, but discovers her true strength during a journey through Mexico, where the six-year-old orphan her family hopes to adopt was born, and to Guatemala, where her would-be boyfriend hopes to find his mother and plans to remain.   Alex Sanchez  Bait Diego keeps getting into trouble because of his explosive temper until he finally finds a probation officer who helps him get to the root of his anger so that he can stop running from his past.   Alan Lawrence Sitomer  The Secret Story of Sonía Rodriguez  Tenth-grader Sonia reveals secrets about her life and her Hispanic family as she studies hard to become the first Rodriguez to finish high school.   Francisco X. Stork  The Last Summer of the Death Warriors Seventeen-year-old Pancho is bent on avenging the senseless death of his sister, but after he meets D.Q, who is dying of cancer, and Marisol, one of D.Q.'s caregivers, both boys find their lives changed by their interactions.     More Latino Literature... Fiction Isabel Allende City of the Beasts   Forest of the Pygmies   House of the Spirits   Kingdom of the Golden Dragon Rudolfo Anaya Bless Me, Ultima Viola Canales The Tequila Worm Melody Carlson Bitter Rose: Color Me Crushed Sandra Cisneros The House on Mango Street Cynthia DeFelice Under the Same Sky Sharon Draper Romiette and Julio Simone Elkeles Perfect Chemistry   Rules of Attraction Laura Esquivel Like Water for Chocolate Nancy Farmer The House of the Scorpion Caridad Ferrer Adios to My Old Life Donna Freitas The Possibilities of Sainthood Gabriel Garcia Marquez One Hundred Years of Solitude Matt de la Peña Mexican Whiteboy Susan Beth Pfeffer The Dead and the Gone Laura Resau Red Glass Alex Sanchez Bait   So Hard to Say Alan Lawrence Sitomer The Secret Story of Sonía Rodriguez John Steinbeck Tortilla Flat Francisco X. Stork The Last Summer of the Death Warriors Non-Fiction   Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States   Great Hispanic Americans   Hispanic American Biographies Kathy Cano-Murillo Crafty Chica's Art de la Soul: Glittery Ideas to Liven up Your Life Terri Dougherty Salma Hayek Margarita Engle The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom Laurie Collier-Hillstrom Frida Kahlo: Mexican Portrait Artist Nicholas E. Meyer The Biographical Dictionary of Hispanic Americans Calvin Craig Miller Che Guevara: In Search of Revolution Esmeralda Santiago When I Was Puerto Rican Marc Shapiro Carlos Santana: Back on Top Gary Soto A Fire in My Hands: Poems   Nerdlandia: A Play     last updated 02/22/2011