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Living Beyond Borders: Growing Up Mexican in America

by Margarita Longoria

Many forms of Mexican American experience

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Many forms of Mexican American experience

This anthology brings together twenty stand-alone pieces across short fiction, personal essays, poetry, and comics. Its contributors explore Mexican American identity through borders crossed, challenges faced, and the navigation of two cultures. The varied formats make the collection a mosaic of perspectives rather than a single continuous narrative, with each piece offering its own entry point into the subject. The supplied description frames the book as both a reflection on struggle and an expression of connection to the Mexican American community.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in Mexican American identity and experience
  • Readers who enjoy collections combining fiction, essays, poetry, and comics
  • Those seeking multiple contributors’ perspectives on navigating two cultures

Themes

Mexican American identityCultural navigationBorders and belongingCommunityResilience

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Book overview

Twenty stand-alone short stories, essays, poems, and more from celebrated and award-winning authors make up this young adult anthology that explores what it means to be Mexican American.

"Fresh, funny, and full of authentic [young adult] voices revealing what it means to be Mexican American . . . Not to be missed."--School Library Connection, starred review

"Superlative . . . A memorable collection."--Booklist, starred review

In this mixed-media collection of short stories, personal essays, poetry, and comics, this celebrated group of authors share the borders they have crossed, the struggles they have pushed through, and the two cultures they continue to navigate as Mexican Americans. Living Beyond Borders is at once an eye-opening, heart-wrenching, and hopeful love letter from the Mexican American community to today's young readers.

Contributing Authors Francisco X. Stork, Guadalupe Garcia McCall, David Bowles, Rub
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