Latino / Latina Writers of Young Adult Literature

I must admit that I have not read many young adult books by latino/latina writers. So, doing research for this blog entry has helped me find some books to add to my "to read" list.

I have read and can recommend Victor Martinez's Parrot in the Oven and Gary Soto's collection of short stories Baseball in April.

Here are two websites I found that may help you add to your "to read" list too:

Pura Belpre Award Winners (American Library Association)
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/belpremedal/belprepast/belprmedalpast.htm

Latino Voices for Young Adults (Evanston Public Library)
http://www.epl.org/library/bibliographies/latino.html