List of YA Novels by Latino authors

Recommended titles for teens:  (based on a list compiled by Alma Ramos-McDermott)
 (Books about themes other than crossing the border or life in a foreign country):*= Characters surviving or overcoming poverty

Araña: The Heart of the Spider (a graphic novel series), Fiona Avery, Marvel Comics
Marcelo in the Real World, & *The Last Summer of the Death Warrior, both by Francisco Stork!

B as in Beauty, Alberto Ferreras

We Were Here, & Mexican Whiteboy, Matt de la Pena or any book by this author!

Return to Sender, Julia Alvarez
Last Night I Sang to the Monster
*Dope Sick, Walter Dean Myers & many books by Myers deals with low SES teens overcoming.
 * Trino's Choice, Diane Gonzales Bertrand
*The Tequila Worm, Viola Canales
*Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida, Victor Martinez
*Republic of East L.A.: Stories, Luis Rodriguez, HarperCollins
*Breaking Through, Francisco Jiménez, Houghton Mifflin
Under the Mesquite, Guadalupe Garcia McCall, Lee & Low Books
Dark Dude, Oscar Hijuelos, Antheneum Books for Young Readers
Confetti Girl, Diana Lopez
The Brothers Torres, Coert Voorhees
Desert Passage, P.S. Carrillo, Pinata Books
Historia De Carlito, Max Benavides & Katherine Del Monte, Lectura Books
 Esperanza Rising, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Scholastic
Behind the Eyes, Francisco X. Stork, Dutton Juvenile  (Setting in S.A.)
Graffiti Girl, Kelly Parra, MTV
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, Julia Alvarez 
 Once Upon a Quinceañera: Coming of Age in the U.S.A., Julia Alvarez
Estrellas Quinceañera, Malin Alegria, Simon Pulse
Bless Me Ultima, Rudolfo Anaya
Adios to My Old Life, Caridad Ferrer, MTB Pocket Books
Heat, Mike Lupica
Chasing the Jaguar, Michele Domínguez Greene, Harper Teen
Lorenzo's Secret Mission, Lila Guzman and Rick Guzman, Arte Público Press
White Bread Competition, Jo Ann Yolanda Hernández, Arte Público Press
Crash Boom Love: A Novel in Verse, Juan Felipe Herrera, University of New Mexico Press
And Now Miguel, Joseph Krumgold, Houghton Mifflin
Call Me Henri, Lorraine M. Lopez, Curbstone Press
Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood, Benjamin Alire Saenz
Drift: A Novel, Manuel Luis Martinez, Picador
Finding Our Way, René Saldaña Jr., Wendy Lamb Books
    (A collection of short stories depicting Ufe growing up Hispanic in America)
How to Be a Chicana Role Model, Michèle M. Serros, Penguin
So Hard to Say, Alex Sanchez, Simon & Schuster   (Gay characters)
Tommy Stands Alone, Gloria Velazquez, Arte Público Press  (Gay characters)
Hard Love, Ellen Wittlinger, Simon $ Schuster   (Gay characters)
Accidental Love, Gary Soto, Harcourt
The Afterlife, Gary Soto, Harcourt,
Help Wanted: Stories, Gary Soto, Harcourt Children's Books
    (Ten short stories portray some of the struggles and hopes of young Mexican Americans)
Crazy Loco, David Talbot Rice, Puffin
Haters, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Litde, Brown Young Readers
Hiding Low on the Streets of Gold, Judith Ortiz Cofer
Things I Have to Tell You: Poems and Writings by Teenage Girls, Betsy Franco

Non-fiction/memoirAlways Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A., Luis Rodriguez, Curbstone Press
Every Human Has Rights, A photographic declaration for kids, National Geographic

Denied, Detained, Deported by Ann Bausum

Marching Freedom  -helps teach tolerance (integrated lesson @ http://www.tolerance.org)  & photo
                                 essay for reluctant readers