Efren divided by Cisneros, Ernesto 

Paperback(Harper, 2021)

BTSB #: 215588 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.5 MG Lexile: 710

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Deportation - Fiction Unauthorized immigrants - Fiction School stories Siblings - Fiction Twins - Fiction Mexican Americans - Fiction

Summary: While his father works two jobs, seventh-grader Efren Nava must take care of his twin siblings, kindergartners Max and Mia, after their mother is deported to Mexico.

Efren divided by Cisneros, Ernesto 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2020)

BTSB #: 215591 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.5 MG Lexile: 710

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Deportation - Fiction Unauthorized immigrants - Fiction School stories Siblings - Fiction Twins - Fiction Mexican Americans - Fiction

Summary: While his father works two jobs, seventh-grader Efren Nava must take care of his twin siblings, kindergartners Max and Mia, after their mother is deported to Mexico.

Land of the cranes by Salazar, Aida 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 774628 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.1 MG Lexile: 890 F&P: Z

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Novels in verse Mexicans - United States - Fiction Families - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Illegal aliens - Fiction Deportation - Fiction Detention of persons - Fiction Los Angeles (Calif.) - Fiction

Summary: 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 in what her father calls Aztlan, the land of the cranes; but now they have been swept up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, her father deported back to Mexico, and Betita and her mother confined in a family detention camp.

Luna mango by De Anda, Diane 

BTSB PreboundSPANISH(Whitman, 2019)

BTSB #: 264790 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Spanish Bilingual Family Life

Subjects: Family life - Fiction Father-daughter relationship - Fiction Separation (Psychology) - Fiction Unauthorized immigrants - Fiction Deportation - Fiction Latinos (U.S.) - Fiction Spanish language - Reading materials

Summary: Ten-year-old Maricela, her brother Manuel, and mother face many challenges when her father is taken away to face deportation, but love binds them close. In Spanish.

Mango moon by De Anda, Diane 

BTSB Prebound(Whitman, 2019)

BTSB #: 264810 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.3 LG

Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Family life - Fiction Father-daughter relationship - Fiction Separation (Psychology) - Fiction Unauthorized immigrants - Fiction Deportation - Fiction Latinos (U.S.) - Fiction

Summary: Ten-year-old Maricela, her brother Manuel, and mother face many challenges when her father is taken away to face deportation, but love binds them close.