New York: Ballantine, (2004) dj. Hardcover first edition - A "love song to his brother, Tso - short for The Smarter One - and the powerful bond that sustained the two of them through the grim reality of their childhood. Born to migrant parents - his father a self proclaimed 'cowboy' and his Navajo mother, tender-hearted and flawed - they were busy surviving the migrant camps in Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, and North Carolina, where despair and death were familiar faces." 209 pp. ISBN: 0-345453913.

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (2000). First edition - The first collection of poems by this writer who was born in a labor camp in the San Joaquin Valley, one which is a "bittersweet look back at the migrant labor camps of California and offers a tribute to the people who toiled there." Includes an introduction by Garcia. A title in the Camino del Sol series. Glossary. 102 pp. ISBN: 0-816520437.

New York: Norton, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Based on two years of traveling through the United States, this discusses the concerns of 'ordinary people' about the problems in American society - including the loss of jobs, schools becoming dumping grounds, crime in the streets, race problems, migrant workers, falling through the 'safety net' and others that reflect the dimming of the American dream. Even more relevant now, perhaps, than when it was first published! SIGNED on the title page. Index. 431 pp. ISBN: 0-393-036294.

New York: Penguin / Blue Rider Press, (2013.) dj. SIGNED first edition - Novel inspired by the lives of photographer Dorothea Lange and the woman who was the subject of her most iconic photograph - Migrant Mother. SIGNED on the title page. 322 pp. ISBN: 978-0399160707.

New York: Scribner, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring San Francisco private investigator John Marshall Tanner novel - one which involves the death of a young Mexican woman whom he met while in the hospital recovering from a gunshot wound, and the plight of migrant workers. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Nominated for the Edgar Award. 318 pp. ISBN: 0-684-815834.

New York: Penguin / Blue Rider Press, (2013.). SIGNED first edition - Novel inspired by the lives of photographer Dorothea Lange and the woman who was the subject of her most iconic photograph - Migrant Mother. SIGNED on the title page. 322 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (2001.). A memoir of one boy's struggle to survive in the California migrant workers camps, A sequel to his award-winning autobiographical novel, 'The Circuit', this has cover praise from Sandra Cisneros, Rudolfo Anaya and more. 195 pp plus photographs. ISBN: 0-618-342486.

London: Arrow Books, (1992.). The last novel featuring Miami homicide detective Hoke Moseley, 245 pp. ISBN: 0-09-9600307.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. A moving story, with no easy answers, inspired by Alvarez's own work with the increasing number of Mexican farm workers and their children in Vermont. The title of the book refers to the name given by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (the ICE or "la migra") to their raids in 2006 - Operation Return to Sender. SIGNED on the title page. Novel written for young adults or older children. 323 pp. ISBN: 0-375-858385.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (2009.). First edition - After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. A moving story, with no easy answers, inspired by Alvarez's own work with the increasing number of Mexican farm workers and their children in Vermont. The title of the book refers to the name given by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (the ICE or "la migra") to their raids in 2006 - Operation Return to Sender. Unlike most ARCs, this advance issue has a very different cover than the design used on the dust jackets of the trade edition. Author's letter to the reader. 302 pp. ISBN: 0-375-858385.

New York: Norton, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on two years of traveling through the United States, this discusses the concerns of 'ordinary people' about the problems in American society - including the loss of jobs, schools becoming dumping grounds, crime in the streets, race problems, migrant workers, falling through the 'safety net' and others that reflect the dimming of the American dream. Even more relevant now, perhaps, than when it was first published! Index. 431 pp. ISBN: 0-393-036294.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979. dj. Hardcover - The author's first novel - the story of a woman who creates a family from fruit-picker's kids abandoned or separated from their parents, and offers them love, a warm home, and freedom from travelling. Winner of the Pacific Northwest Award for a junior novel. Attractive wraparound dust jacket illustration by Les Katz. ISBN: 0-07-0619964.

Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingue, 1999. SIGNED first edition - An autobiographical account of growing up in a family of migrant farm workers. Born in south Texas, Hart spent her childhood moving back and forth between this small segregated southern Texas town and the fields in Minnesota. SIGNED by the author on the half title page and dated in the year of publication. 238 pp. ISBN: 0-927534-819.

Salt Lake City: Hawkes, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - A true story of a family of four in the 1930s. They knew the glory and the sorrow of the full spectrum of life.

Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press, 1996. First edition - The author's first published work - the title refers to a citrus workers' camp built in the early 1900's by the growers' association in Orange County to house migrant workers.