Crossing the wire by Hobbs, Will 

Paperback(HarperTrophy, 2007)

BTSB #: 449011 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.3 MG RC: 4.4 6-8 Lexile: 670

Genres:

Subjects: Voyages and travels - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Illegal aliens - Fiction Mexicans - United States - Fiction Friendship - Fiction

Summary: Fifteen-year-old Victor Flores journeys north in a desperate attempt to cross the Arizona border and find work in the United States to support his family in central Mexico.

Heat by Lupica, Mike 

Paperback(Puffin Books, 2012)

BTSB #: 590898 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.3 MG RC: 5.5 6-8 Lexile: 940 F&P: V

Genres:

Subjects: Brothers - Fiction Orphans - Fiction Illegal aliens - Fiction Cubans - Fiction Little League baseball - Fiction Social work - Fiction

Summary: Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.

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.

Picture us in the light by Gilbert, Kelly Loy 

Paperback(Hyperion, 2018)

BTSB #: 378512 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
Lexile: 890

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Family life - California - Fiction Artists - Fiction Illegal aliens - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Chinese Americans - Fiction Gay teenagers - Fiction California - Fiction

Summary: Daniel, a Chinese-American teen, must grapple with his plans for the future, his feelings for his best friend Harry, and his discovery of a family secret that could shatter everything.

Tierra de las grullas by Salazar, Aida 

PaperbackSPANISH(Scholastic, 2021)

BTSB #: 774642 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.8 MG Lexile: 820

Genres: Spanish Language Multicultural

Subjects: Novels in verse Mexicans - United States - Fiction Families - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Illegal aliens - Fiction Deportation - Fiction Detention of persons - Fiction Spanish language - Reading materials 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. In Spanish.