Jesus Montaño is an associate professor of English at Hope College. His primary teaching interests include Latinx young adult literature and Latinx / Latin American literary confluences. Regan Postma-Montaño is an assistant professor of English and Spanish at Hope College. She teaches a variety of courses that focus on Latinx and Latin American literary and cultural production, children's and young adult literature, and peace and justice studies.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One. Reading for Conocimiento Mirrors in Farmworker Kid Lit: Roots of Transformation and ActivismChapter Two. Border Kids in the Land of NepantlaChapter Three. The Cultural Wealth of Diasporic YouthChapter Four. Kids' Agency and Empowerment in an Era of Family DeportationChapter Five. The Role of the Border ArtistaAfterwordNotesWorks CitedIndex

This is a valuable and outstanding study of Latinx children's and YA literature that enables powerful understanding and appreciation for this literature, what it does, and what literature can do." - Phillip Serrato, associate professor of English and comparative literature, San Diego State University