Citizen illegal [BreakBeat Poets]by Olivares, Jose 

Paperback(Haymarket Books, 2018)

BTSB #: 688769 Available

Dewey: 811/NAges: 12-16   


Genres:

Subjects: Unauthorized immigrants - Poetry Children of unauthorized immigrants - Poetry Mexicans - United States Family life - Poetry Vulgarity in popular culture

Summary: A revealing portrait of life as a first generation immigrant, a celebration of Chicano joy, and other aspecs of Mexican American life.

Down these mean streets by Thomas, Piri 

Paperback(Vintage, 1997)

BTSB #: 879302 Available

Dewey: 974.7/BAges: 16-18   
Lexile: 820

Genres:

Subjects: Thomas, Piri,|d1928-2011 Puerto Ricans - New York (State) - New York - Biography Vulgarity in popular culture Drug abuse Criminals - Biography Prisons Sexual intercourse Harlem (New York, N.Y.) - Biography New York (N.Y.) - Biography

Summary: As he recounts the journey that took him from adolescence in El Barrio to a lock-up in Sing Sing to the freedom that comes of self-acceptance, faith, and inner confidence, Piri Thomas gives a frank tale of street life and the dream of escaping it.

Punching bag by Ogle, Rex 

BTSB Prebound(Norton Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 686644 Available

Dewey: 362.7/BAges: 13-18   
AR: 3.5 UG Lexile: 490 F&P: Z+

Genres:

Subjects: Ogle, Rex Poor - United States - Biography High school students - United States - Biography Domestic violence Vulgarity in popular culture

Summary: In his follow-up to Free Lunch, the author tells the true story of his high school career defined by poverty and punctuated by outbreaks of domestic abuse as he describes his struggle to survive, reflects on his complex, often paradoxical relationship with his passionate, fierce mother; and charts the trajectory of his stepdad's anger.