A really fabulous book that offers a sampling of the wide variety of backgrounds and circumstances lived by those in the United States who call themselves Latino or Latina. Each of the dozen chapters begins with a first-person (fictional) vignette, written in a free-verse form, sharing one individual’s story, followed by several pages of non-fiction information about one branch of the Latino community, which sets that vignette in context.  Through this book, the reader gains insights into the similarities and differences of the experiences of families whose roots are Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Sephardic, Zapotec, Peruvian, and mixed; who are documented and undocumented; who are first-generation immigrants or who have been here for many generations; pursuing many different careers and dreams and facing different challenges. The pairing of the fictional vignettes with the non-fiction passages allows each to enrich the other, and the voice throughout is one of respect and authenticity.