My Diary from Here to There: Mi Diario de Aqui Hasta Alla (Bilingual English/Spanish)
by Amada Irma Perez (Author) Maya Christina Gonzalez (Illustrator)
One night, young Amada overhears her parents whisper of moving from Mexico to the other side of the border to Los Angeles, where greater opportunity awaits.
As she and her family make their journey north, Amada records her fears, hopes, and dreams for their lives in the United States in her diary. How can she leave her best friend behind? What if she can't learn English? What if her family never returns to Mexico? From Juárez to Mexicali to Tijuana to Los Angeles, Amada learns that with her family's love and her belief in herself, she can make any journey and weather any change, here, there, anywhere.
Una noche, la joven Amada escucha a sus padres susurrar sobre mudarse de México al otro lado de la frontera a Los Ángeles, donde le esperan mayores oportunidades.
Mientras ella y su familia hacen su viaje hacia el norte, Amada registra en su diario sus miedos, esperanzas y sueños para sus vidas en los Estados Unidos. ¿Cómo puede dejar atrás a su mejor amiga? ¿Qué pasa si ella no puede aprender inglés? ¿Qué pasa si su familia nunca regresa a México? De Juárez a Mexicali, de Tijuana a Los Ángeles, Amada aprende que con el amor de su familia y su confianza en sí misma, puede hacer cualquier viaje y sobrellevar cualquier cambio, aquí, allá, en cualquier lugar.
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Amada Irma Pérez is a third-grade teacher in Oxnard, California, and a leading advocate of programs encouraging multicultural understanding. Like many of her students, Amada Irma was born in Mexico and came to the United States as a young child. My Very Own Room is based on her own family story. She lives with her family in Ventura, California.
Maya Christina Gonzalez is a widely exhibited artist renowned for her vivid imagery of strong women and girls. She has illustrated nearly twenty children's books, and her artwork has appeared on the cover of Contemporary Chicano/a Art. My Colors, My World was the first book Maya both wrote and illustrated. Books that Maya illustrated include Laughing Tomatoes, From the Bellybutton of the Moon, and Angels Ride Bikes. She lives and plays in San Francisco, California.
Spanish language materials
Bilingual
Family life
Diaries
Emigration and immigration
Mexican Americans
