College of San Mateo The Puente Project

Latino Literature Library This is a starting list of books by Latino authors referencing the Latino Experience. These books are available for Puente students through the Puente Project Lending Library. Title Author 1 Family Pictures Carmen Lomas Garza 2 A Piece of My Heart Carmen Lomas Garza 3 Tatooes of the Heart Father Gregory Boyle 4 Enrique’s Journey Sonia Nazario 5 The Making of a Latin King Raymundo Sanchez 6 A Place to Stand Jimmy Santiago Baca 7 The Tattoed Soldier Hector Tobar 8 Growing Up Chicana/o Tiffany Lopez 9 House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros 10 Bless Me Ultima Rudolfo Anaya 11 Rain of Gold Victor Villasenor 12 Burro Genious Victor Villasenor 13 The Devil’s Highway Luis Alberto Urrea 14 I Love You is for White People Luc Su 15 By The Lake of Sleeping Children: The Sec ret Life of the Luis Alberto Urrea Mexican Border 16 Still Water Saints Alex Espinoza 17 Songs of the Hummingbird Graciela Limon 18 And the Earth Did Not Devour Him Tomas Rivera 19 Pocho Jose Antonio Villareal 20 The Future is Mestizo: Life Where Cultures Meet Virgilio Elizondo 21 Latino/a Popular Culture Michelle Hedell, Mary Romero 22 Circle in the Dirt: El Pueblo de East Palo Alto Cherrie Moraga 23 In the Time of Butterflies Julia Alvarez 24 How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent Julia Alvarez 25 I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman In Guatemala Elisabeth Burgos‐Debray 26 De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi‐ Elizabeth Martinez Colored Century 27 500 Years of Chicana Women’s History (Bilingual Edition) Elizabeth Martinez 28 500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures Elizabeth Martinez

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