How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent,
by Julia Alvarez. Family that leaves the Dominican Republic and moves to New York. A vvery nice chapter on the learning of English and going to school in their new country is recommended for reading.
The Latino Experience in U.S. History,
from Globe Publishers, is a Social Studies book at high school level, which discusses the Latino presence in the U.S.A. up to the present time. It will be required reading for this unit.
American Mosaic: Multicultural Readings in Context,
edited by Barbara Roche Rico and Sandra Mano is a Language Arts textbook, high school level. It is available in the New Haven School districts and some of its chapters and selections will be required reading.