All the Stars Denied
Publisher
Tu Books
Publication Year
2018
ISBN
9781620142813
Pages
322 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When resentment surges during the Great Depression in a Texas border town, Estrella, fifteen, organizes a protest against the treatment of tejanos and soon finds herself with her mother and baby brother in Mexico.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Culture/Ethnicity; Racial Diversity; Homelessness; Separation; Bicultural; Biethnic; Race discrimination; separated parents; displaced; refugee; two cultures; cultural heritage; racism; prejudice; segregation; marginalized group of people
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Mexican-American
Keywords
Texas; Great Depression; Mexico; Mexican; Mexican-American; ranch; deportation; citizens; activism; repatriation; abuse; violence; kidnapping; abduction; discrimination; injustice
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
McCall, Guadalupe Garcia, "All the Stars Denied" (2018). Diverse Families. 2157.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2157