Growing Up LatinoFrom the mean streets of the barrio to the house on Mango Street, from the Mambo Kings to the Garcia Girls, the authors who contribute to this volume transport us across geographies and through cultures in an attempt to articulate the joys, struggles, defeats, and triumphs of the Latino experience in the United States. Growing Up Latino offers, for the first time, a comprehensive collection of classic and recent Latino writing in English, converging

With poignancy and grace

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and be fitter

for the next bit of excitement

” —National Geographic Traveler

the resourceful and entrepreneurial princess has a perfect (and delightfully unexpected) plan to ensure that everyone—even the dragon—lives happily ever after

this story beautifully illustrates how working together creates friendship

And more about herself than she ever dreamed possible

what James would have called ‘the real thing

our favorite boisterous shark learns that sharing is caring—but sometimes the lesson is a little confusing