{"product_id":"living-beyond-borders-isbn-9780593204986","title":"Living Beyond Borders","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\"This superb anthology of short stories, comics, and poems is fresh, funny, and full of authentic YA voices revealing what it means to be Mexican American . . . Not to be missed.\"--\u003ci\u003eSLC\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\"Superlative . . . A memorable collection.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e*\"\u003cb\u003eVoices reach out from the pages of this anthology . . . It will make a lasting impression on all readers.\" --SLJ, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwenty stand-alone short stories, essays, poems, and more from celebrated and award-winning authors make up this YA anthology that explores the Mexican American experience. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith works by Francisco X. Stork, Guadalupe Garcia McCall, David Bowles, Rubén Degollado, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, Diana López, Xavier Garza,  Trinidad Gonzales, Alex Temblador, Aida Salazar, Guadalupe Ruiz-Flores, Sylvia Sánchez Garza, Dominic Carrillo, Angela Cervantes, Carolyn Dee Flores, René Saldaña Jr., Justine Narro, Daniel García Ordáz, and Anna Meriano. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this mixed-media collection of short stories, personal essays, poetry, and comics, this celebrated group of authors share the borders they have crossed, the struggles they have pushed through, and the two cultures they continue to navigate as Mexican Americans. \u003ci\u003eLiving Beyond Borders \u003c\/i\u003eis at once an eye-opening, heart-wrenching, and hopeful love letter from the Mexican American community to today's young readers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA powerful exploration of what it means to be Mexican American.\u003cb\u003eMargarita Longoria \u003c\/b\u003eis a lifelong bookworm, book blogger, and an award-winning high school librarian in South Texas. She is the founder of Border Book Bash: Celebrating Teens and Tweens of the Rio Grande Valley and served on state reading committees for the Texas Library Association. She grew up on the Texas\/Mexico border known as the Rio Grande Valley. She lives with her family in Texas. You can visit Margie online at margiesmustreads.com and follow her on Instagram at @MargiesMustReads.\u003cb\u003eI Want to Go Home\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJustine Narro\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI want to go home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I can still see it, still feel it\u003cbr\u003e The cuts and bruises on my knees,\u003cbr\u003e the dirt under my fingernails,\u003cbr\u003e and the sweat in my hair\u003cbr\u003e from countless days and nights\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e of picking naranjas from my backyard tree\u003cbr\u003e BBQs where I would go outside\u003cbr\u003e to pick the chile piquín for the pico de gallo\u003cbr\u003e and my tíos sat outside drinking Tecate and Modelo\u003cbr\u003e while my dad cooked the fajita\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e of chasing light bugs\u003cbr\u003e fireflies\u003cbr\u003e lightning bugs\u003cbr\u003e o luciérnagas, como dice mi abuelo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI want to go home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A place you have never stepped foot on\u003cbr\u003e but call it your land\u003cbr\u003e A place you know nothing about\u003cbr\u003e but say you have more right to\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A piece of paper\u003cbr\u003e And it is yours?\u003cbr\u003e Because it is now “technically” legal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The gringos trick us\u003cbr\u003e Promise us better\u003cbr\u003e All for what?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To kill mi abuelo’s abuelo\u003cbr\u003e For a price\u003cbr\u003e Because it is fair\u003cbr\u003e Because it is now yours?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI want to go home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The barrio where I was raised\u003cbr\u003e A stucco home\u003cbr\u003e with three bedrooms and one bath\u003cbr\u003e Chickens and cabritos in the back\u003cbr\u003e Our own natural lawn mowers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At five years old\u003cbr\u003e when I helped place the now cracked tiles\u003cbr\u003e in our new house\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Where I swept the dirt off the concrete porch\u003cbr\u003e not two inches above the ground\u003cbr\u003e and played in the six-inch puddle of water on the edge of the house,\u003cbr\u003e where the land indented from years of our makeshift driveway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI want to go home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e You say it is yours\u003cbr\u003e because it is America’s land\u003cbr\u003e because it is on dirt\u003cbr\u003e that is exactly the same on the other side of the river\u003cbr\u003e with a different name\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The cactus plants that housed the tortoises\u003cbr\u003e The aloe vera that I would cut for sunburns\u003cbr\u003e The leaves from the Mexican olive trees that I would collect\u003cbr\u003e None of which you know how to use\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI want to go home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The place where I met every friend\u003cbr\u003e My first day of school\u003cbr\u003e and the boy next to me gave me a toothy grin\u003cbr\u003e and ten years later asked me to prom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e You say I don’t belong\u003cbr\u003e because it is your choice to make\u003cbr\u003e where every memory is\u003cbr\u003e where all my love is\u003cbr\u003e where my life waits\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI want to go home.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Viking Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300127494373,"sku":"NP9780593204986","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780593204986.jpg?v=1767731591","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/living-beyond-borders-isbn-9780593204986","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}