Independent Reading Suggested Books for Friendship Across Boundaries: Return to Sender
See our Independent Reading for Elementary Students Teacher Tool for guidance on how to use the suggested texts below.
Additional Texts by the Author
- Tia Lola Stories series by Julia Alvarez (810-850L)
Informational Texts to Build Content Knowledge
- César Chávez by Ilan Stavans (1030L)
- La Causa by Dana Catharine de Ruiz and Richard Larios
- National Geographic Countries of the World: Mexico by Beth Gruber (1180L) **
- The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child by Francisco Jiménez (880L)
Texts with Connecting Topics and Themes
Migrant workers
- Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Muñoz Ryan (830L) *
- Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan (750L)
- Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye (850L)
- My Name Is María Isabel by Alma Flor Ada (860L)
- Sylvia & Aki by Winifred Conkling (760L)
- The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz (830L)
- The Tequila Worm by Viola Canales (830L) **
- The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye (700L)
- What the Moon Saw by Laura Resau (750L) **
* lower Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.
** higher Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.
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