Listed below are a few Latino adolescent literature authors and their mission.

Judith Cofer
"My aim as a teacher is to expose students of whatever age to model works of literature that are interesting and accessible, but at the same time I want them to find their own individual voices. My aim is to convince those who want to write that their own lives are the raw material. I show them how they can begin to understand themselves and the world around them by writing about it, as I have done."

Books written:

An Island like You
The Latin Deli
The Line of the Sun
Peregrina
Sleeping with one eye open
Women in Front of the Sun
The year of our Revolution

Esmeralda Santiago
"My characters will always be those people who cant speak for themselves. I was a child who could not find myself in the literature. There was no one telling my story. I dont want that to ever happen to any child or any woman. To really see yourself as nonexistent is the worst kind of insult that a person can have."

You can relate this quote to An Island like you because the characters Doris and Rick felt invisible.

Books written:
Almost a Woman~ a memoir that deals with immigrants. Grade level 8+
Las Christmas~ favorite Latino authors share their holiday memories. Includes exerts from Judith Ortiz Cofer, Gary Soto, Victor Martinez

Gary Soto
"Im a fan of Old Yeller, but wouldnt it be wonderful to discover in books the names of our dogs- Humo, Pecas, Tigre, Macho, Princesa"

Gary Soto has made several films such as : The bike- Rudys Odyssey around the neighborhood, Novio Boy- Rudys 1st date. He was written books such as: Baseball in April, Big Bushy Mustache, Chato and the Party animals, Chatos kitchen and Jesse.