Wáchale! : poetry and prose about growing up Latino in America

This groundbreaking bilingual anthology, carefully designed for middle readers, is a mosaic of voices demonstrating the energy, creativity, and diversity of the fastest-growing minority group in America. Wachale! (Spanglish for "watch out!") includes folk tales, stories, and poems in both English and Spanish, and brief autobiographical essays by both well-established and emerging writers representing all shades of Latinos, such as Chicanos in the Southwest, Puerto Ricans in New York, and Cubans in Florida, as well as Dominicans, Guatemalans, and other subgroups. Geared toward ten- to thirteen-year-olds, this is a window to Latino experiences north of the Rio Grande.

Rapido, rapido: Jac$in$the$bag / Rosaura Sanchez -- Kennedy in the barrio / Judith Ortiz Cofer -- My Cuban body / Carolina Hospital -- Talking to the Rio Grande / Cecilio Garcia-Camarillo -- Mexicans begin jogging / Gary Soto -- La Llorona / Alcina Lubitch Domecq -- Rootas: Simple verses / Jose Marti -- Deportee / Martin Hoffman and Woody Guthrie -- Black dance / Luis Pales Matos -- Tio patricio / Jovita Gonzalez -- Kipling and I / Jesus Colon -- Life, trial, and death of Aurelio Pompa / Manuel Gamio -- P'atras y p'alante: Frutas / Ricardo Pau-Llosa -- Ricochet / Virgil Suarez -- Coca-Cola and coco frio / Martin Espada -- The Jewish cemetery in Guanabacoa / Ruth Behar -- Corazon del corrido / Pat Mora -- Starfish / Dionisio D. Martinez -- Oy! What a holiday! / Ilan Stavans -- Sweet fifteen / Rolando Hinojosa-Smith -- Speakin' la voz: Harlem River kiss / Willie Perdomo -- Mi problema / Michele Serros -- La vida loca / Luis J. Rodriguez -- Sugarcane / Achy Obejas -- The lemon story / Alberto Alvaro Rios -- 'Twas the night / Maria Eugenia Morales -- Dear Rosita / Nash Candelaria -- Child of the Americas / Aurora Levins Morales -- Fragmentos / Demetria Martinez.