One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude is about seven generations of the Buendía family in the mythical town of Macondo. Winner of the Nobel Prize.
Echo: A Novel by Pam Muñoz Ryan
A story about three young people during WWII united by a Marine Band harmonica: A German boy, Friedrich Schmidt, and two Americans, Mike Flannery in Philadelphia and Ivy Maria Lopez in Southern California. A Newbery Honor Book.
El Bronx Remembered by Nicholasa Mohr
Brings to life El Bronx (the South Bronx) and its immigrant residents. Set between 1946-1956.
About seventh-grader Teresa and her life in Puerto Rico.
Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh by Uma Krishnaswami
Set during WWII the story follows nine-year-old Maria Singh and her desire to play softball on a new girl's team despite facing prejudice and discrimination.
A novel about ten-year-old Nilda set among the beginning of WWII and animosity with the local police.
In the Shade of the Nispero Tree by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
The story is set in Puerto Rico in 1961 with a focus Teresa Giraux and her struggles with issues of race, class, and discrimination.
Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba by Margarita Engle; Illustrated by: Raúl Colón
A WWII novel about a boy named Daniel who escaped Nazi Germany and ends up in Cuba and being refused entry into the United States.