Living Beyond Borders, Margarita Longoria
Living Beyond Borders, Margarita Longoria
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Living Beyond Borders
Growing up Mexican in America

Author: Margarita Longoria

Narrator: Alejandro Ruiz, Kyla Garcia, Margarita Longoria

Unabridged: 5 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/10/2022


Synopsis

*"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."--SLC, starred review
 
*"Superlative . . . A memorable collection." --Booklist, starred review

*"Voices reach out from the pages of this anthology . . . It will make a lasting impression on all readers." --SLJ, starred review

Twenty stand-alone short stories, essays, and poems from celebrated and award-winning authors make up this YA anthology that explores the Mexican American experience.
 
With 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.

In this mixed-media collection of short stories, personal essays, and poetry, 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. Living Beyond Borders is at once an eye-opening, heart-wrenching, and hopeful love letter from the Mexican American community to today's young listeners.
 
A powerful exploration of what it means to be Mexican American.

About The Author

Margarita Longoria is 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.


Reviews

I have mixed feelings on this one. I love the concept- bringing together a wide range of authors for a mixed-media anthology for teens celebrating Mexican American life and identity. And some of the essays and stories are touching, thought-provoking, and important. An essay about the too-slow changes......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on July 20, 2021

4.5 Stars Content Warnings at end of review Thank you to Penguin Teen and Netgalley for an arc of this book. This anthology is an exploration about what it means to be Mexican American. It contains stories, memoirs, poems, and comics that explore various parts of the authors' identities. I really loved......more

Goodreads review by Librarian143 on April 27, 2021

I laughed, I cried, I got angry and my heart melted. Such a beautiful and diverse collection of stories all told differently...yet they were my stories, my life, my childhood. For a few precious moments I was able to escape adulthood and relive being a kid growing up Mexican-American. These stories......more

Goodreads review by Anna on February 22, 2025

4.2 ⭐️ Beautiful collection of short stories with my favorite being “La Princesa Mileidy Dominguez” by Ruben Degollado which had me ugly-crying-snot-running-down-my-face-tears-soaking-my-pillow type of way. Not every short story, poem, or comic hit me like that, but all together a great anthology th......more

Goodreads review by Mona on March 14, 2021

"Growing Up Mexican in America" is part of the title of this book. It's important to specify because this is what the anthology is all about. "Twenty stand-alone short stories, essays, poems, and more from celebrated and award-winning authors make up this YA anthology that explores the Mexican Americ......more