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Alfonso appears in Broken Chain

This character meets a girl and plans to go on a bike ride with her the day after they meet.

Jesse and Michael appears in Baseball in April

These characters are nine and eleven years old, respectively. They go to Little League tryouts and perform for the assembled coaches.

Luis appears in Two Dreamers

This person is born in Jalapa, Mexico, and emigrates to the United States in his late twenties, presumably circa 1958.

Veronica Solisappears in Barbie

This person lives with her little sister and their parents in a typical Hispanic family neighborhood and is given a Barbie doll by an uncle.

Faustoappears in The No-Guitar Blues

After seeing Los Lobos perform, this person decides he wants to be a guitar player in a rock and roll band.

Victorappears in Seventh Grade

This person spent his summer picking grapes to save money for...

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