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2) El Rinche
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Volume 1: A novel, set in South Texas, that challenges the Lone Ranger story with a Chicano Superhero in the early 20th century. Mexican Tejano families have been living in South Texas for hundreds of years. The completed railroad has brought another wave of Anglo settlers seeking new lands by any means necessary. Chonnie's family has been murdered and Mexican Tejanos are being terrorized in the name of progress by a ruthless organization known as...
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A collection exploring issues surrounding Mexican-American life. The title story is on two cousins who have a fight over a dead pig, but come to a sincere reconciliation, in Tina La Tinaca a woman grieving the death of her son grows so fat that when she dies an emergency crew must widen a door to remove the body, while The Circumstances Surrounding My Penis is on a boy's embarrassment in discovering a physical difference from others his age.
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Lupita, the oldest of eight siblings, is used to taking the lead - and staying busy behind the scenes to help keep everyone together. But when she discover Mami has been diagnosed with cancer, Lupita is terrified by the possibility of losing her mother, the anchor of their close-knit Mexican American family. Suddenly Lupita must face a whole new set of challenges, with must face a whole new set of challenges, with new roles to play, and no one is...
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