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Living Beyond Borders: Growing Up Mexican in America
Margarita Longoria, Ed.
Ages: 14+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Philomel Books/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-593-20497-9
Keywords: Discrimination, Latinx, prejudice, mixed-media, multi-genre
A varied selection of fiction stories, poems, graphic format pieces, and personal essays about life as a Mexican-American. Many take place in the Rio Grande Valley.