Pocho
Villarreal illuminates here the world of "pochos," Americans  whose parents come to the United States from Mexico. Set in  Depression-era California, the novel focuses on Richard, a young pocho  who experiences the intense conflict between loyalty to the traditions  of his family's past and attraction to new ideas. Richard's struggle to  achieve adulthood as a young man influenced by two worlds reveals both  the uniqueness of the Mexican-American experiences and its common ties  with the struggles of all Americans -- whatever their past.