Yes! We are Latinos: Poems and Prose About the Latino by Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy

Monica is from El Salvador, when she was little her father left her and her mother to work in Texas.  They moved to Mexico to be closer to her father but it would be 3 years till she saw him again.  Her Aunt, Tia Vicky would travel back and forth across the border since she had married an American and was now a citizen.  She worked for Mrs. Randall cooking and cleaning.  One day Mrs. Randall and her niece came to take her across the border.  She had to cut off her long braids and wear a dress Mrs. Randall brought for her.  When the border patrol looked in the car Mrs. Randall said “My nieces” and they waved us through.  She lived for several weeks with Mrs. Randall and her mom wrote to her every week promising they would be a family again.  One day a woman came to the house looking just like her Tia Vicky, but different.  She had the same clothes and same hair color but was different.  Then Monica realized it was her mom!  Yes! We are Latinos introduces us to 13 children each from a different Spanish country.  Written as a poem is their story of where they were born, how they migrated to the United States and their experiences.  Each chapter starts off explaining the history and culture of each country.  Very moving stories about these children and the hardships they endured as immigrants and assimilating into American society.