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Mak's extraordinary oil paintings, richly atmospheric and full of color and detail, are as stunning as his spare, precise poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a wonderful choice for students because it beautifully captures the immigrant experience — the grief of leaving home, the struggle to find belonging, and the joy of discovering a new one — through poetry and art that honors Chinese American culture with depth and beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books del Sur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43837552984182,"sku":"9780064437325","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1752\/6773\/files\/My_CHinatown.png?v=1783017744"},{"product_id":"they-call-me-guero","title":"They Call Me Güero","description":"\u003cp\u003eThey Call Me Güero is an award-winning novel in verse that follows twelve-year-old Güero — a red-headed, freckle-faced Mexican American boy who is puro mexicano to his core — as he navigates the start of seventh grade on the Texas-Mexico border, guided by his loyal squad Los Bobbys, his family's traditions, his trusty accordion, and his new English teacher who shows him that poetry is the perfect way to make sense of his expanding world. David Bowles's vibrant, funny, and deeply felt verse captures the bilingual, bicultural rhythms of border life with authenticity and joy. This is a wonderful choice for students because it celebrates Hispanic heritage, bilingualism, and the power of poetry and community, while showing young readers that their language, their culture, and their story are worth writing about.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books del Sur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43837568024694,"sku":"9780593462553","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1752\/6773\/files\/They_call_me_Guero.png?v=1783017760"},{"product_id":"aniana-del-mar-jumps-in","title":"Aniana del Mar Jumps In","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwelve-year-old competitive swimmer Aniana del Mar keeps her swim practices secret from her mother, who has never recovered from losing someone to the water, until sudden stiffness and swollen joints reveal a diagnosis of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. As her mother forbids her from swimming, Ani must grieve who she once was to become who she's meant to be. This novel in verse is a moving choice for students because it explores chronic illness, family secrets, and resilience with honesty and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books del Sur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43851461034102,"sku":"9780593531839","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1752\/6773\/files\/aniana_del_mar_jumps_in.png?v=1783524296"},{"product_id":"once-in-a-blue-moon","title":"Once in a Blue Moon","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter a traumatic night at the lighthouse, James Henry can barely leave his house or speak to anyone besides his fiercely protective twin sister, Hattie, until a rare blue moon offers the possibility that everything, even his own courage, might be set right again. Told in verse, this intergenerational story unfolds in the Jim Crow South. This is a compelling choice for students because it handles anxiety, guilt, and healing with warmth rather than melodrama.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books del Sur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43851461066870,"sku":"9780593480984","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1752\/6773\/files\/once_in_a_blue_moon.png?v=1783524293"},{"product_id":"under-the-mambo-moon","title":"Under the Mambo Moon","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn summer nights, Marisol helps her father in his music store, where customers share memories of Latin music and dance from their homelands in poems that swivel and sizzle with merengue, salsa, vallenatos, and samba. Back matter explains the origins of each musical style along with a map of Latin America. This is a lively choice for students because it introduces the diversity of Latin American music and culture through poetry rather than a straight history lesson.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books del Sur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43851461099638,"sku":"9781570917240","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1752\/6773\/files\/under_the_mambo_moon.png?v=1783524297"},{"product_id":"wings-to-soar","title":"Wings to Soar","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's 1972, and ten-year-old Viva's Indian family has been expelled from Uganda and sent to a resettlement camp in England, waiting for a father who never arrives to meet them. As Viva and her family face open hostility in their new London neighborhood, she is determined to reunite her family and find a way to the new life they were promised. Told in verse, this is an eye-opening choice for students because it brings an underexplored refugee crisis to life through a resilient, memorable narrator.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books del Sur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43851461132406,"sku":"9781623544317","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1752\/6773\/files\/wings_to_sour.png?v=1783524296"},{"product_id":"singing-with-elephants","title":"Singing with Elephants","description":"\u003cp\u003eCuban-born Oriol struggles to belong in 1947 Santa Barbara until poet Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American Nobel laureate in literature, moves to town and teaches her to express herself through words. When a baby elephant at her parents' veterinary clinic is threatened, Oriol must find the courage to speak up for it. This novel in verse is a lovely choice for students because it weaves real history, animal rescue, and the discovery of a writer's voice into one story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books del Sur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43851461394550,"sku":"9780593206706","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1752\/6773\/files\/singing_with_elephants.png?v=1783524290"},{"product_id":"a-seed-in-the-sun","title":"A Seed in the Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003eLula Viramontes dreams of joining a traveling circus, but between working the grape harvest in Delano, California, and caring for her siblings and ailing mother, her dreams feel out of reach until she meets labor activist Dolores Huerta during the 1965 farmworkers' strike. Told in verse, the novel blends the historical Delano grape strike with one girl's coming of age. 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