7. Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young & Latino in the United States by Laurie Marie Carlson, Henry Holt and Co., 2010.
In this compilation, poets write about what it´s like to be a young Latino growing up in America. Kids will enjoy reading about the authors´ dreams, their struggles and environment.
8. Hermanas/ Sisters by Gary Paulsen, Gulliver Books, 1994.
This is a bilingual book about two young girls, Rosa and Traci, one of them an undocumented immigrant from Mexico City, the other from the suburbs in Houston. The differences between both cultures is discussed and bicultural readers will enjoy seeing their own struggles voiced in this enchanting tale.
