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A few of the great books that our listeners recommend for summer reading.

Code Switch Book Club, Summer 2019

For this summer reading list, our listeners suggested a lot of great history, compelling fiction, a few memoirs — and Jane Austen, reimagined with brown people!

Moises, 17, left, and Jaime look down on the patchwork of neighborhoods outside San Pedro Sula, a city in Honduras where gang rivalries play out. The violence is so bad that "no one goes in" the neighborhoods, says photojournalist Tomas Ayuso. "Food delivery trucks, ambulances don't want to go in because they're afraid something will happen."

PHOTOS: It's Hard To Grow Up — And Grow Old — In Honduras

Photographer Tomas Ayuso captures the plight of Honduran youth struggling to survive in a violent country — and thinking about fleeing to stay alive.

Vicki Calvario points to a phrase in Nahuatl that, when translated to English, reads, "Up and down the well, I got used to hell," Dec. 7, 2017.

As Faculty, Students Revive Mascot Debate, SDSU Revives Its Aztec Language Course

San Diego State will soon offer a course on the indigenous language of the Aztecs. The announcement comes a month after an advisory group to the university’s president voted to discontinue use of the Aztec mascot.

My Mother's 10-Year Quest To Feed Me From 5,500 Miles Away

It's a story of poor phone connections, suitcases full of Russian snacks, non-optional love of borsch and a globetrotting meat grinder.

Guest artist Rolando Villazón, renowned operatic tenor, performs and narrates the Christmas Story, as recorded in Luke 2 of the King James Bible, and a retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen story, “The Little Match Girl.”

Christmas With The Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Rolando Villazón (on KPBS 2)

Airs Friday, Dec. 15, 2017 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2

Chief Stanley Charles Grier of the Piikani Nation hands over a declaration to Yellowstone National Park deputy superintendent Pat Kenney.

Native Americans Propose Change To Yellowstone Landmark Names

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names is considering renaming a mountain and a valley in Yellowstone. The park features are named for men whose work was tied to mass killings of Native people.

Aldi Novel Adilang's floating fishing hut was spotted by a passing cargo ship, the MV Arpeggio, after drifting at sea for more than a month.

19-Year-Old Survives 49 Days At Sea After Floating Hut Drifts To Guam

After he ran out of cooking gas, Aldi Novel Adilang started using wood from his craft to cook fish. He drifted from Indonesia to waters around Guam.

Contradictory consumer demands for food labels are making some food companies re-think their alliance with the industry's traditional lobbying group.

Powerful Food Lobby Group Loses Members Amid Industry Culture Clash

Eight large companies have left the Grocery Manufacturers Association, weakening the influential lobbying group. Some companies have dropped out in an effort to shed the industry's "junk food" image.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence announced in 2015 that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had approved the state's waiver to experiment with Medicaid requirements.

Indiana's Brand Of Medicaid Drops 25,000 People For Failure To Pay Premiums

The state built some key conservative policies into its experimental expansion of Medicaid. Lawmakers, health officials and patient advocates across the U.S. are now keenly watching the results.

Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., speaks during an interview at a call center on Santee, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018.

Indicted Re-Elected Congressman Vows 'Business-As-Usual'

California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, who won re-election while facing federal corruption charges, promised constituents Wednesday it will be "business-as-usual" in his deeply red Southern California district, but some wonder whether that will be possible.

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