Kyla Garcia
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Formats
Description
To prove that she belongs in a place where only the smartest and most useful are welcomed, twelve-year-old Yolanda learns that her survival rests on the rediscovery of a long-extinct beehive that could be the answer to everything.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
Description
"Seventh grader Estefania "Stef" Soto is itching to shake off the onion-and-cilantro embrace of Tia Perla, her family's taco truck. She wants nothing more than for her dad to get a normal job and for Tia Perla to be put out to pasture. It's no fun being known as the "Taco Queen" at school. But just when it looks like Stef is going to get exactly what she wants, and her family's livelihood is threatened, she will have to become the truck's unlikely...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Twelve-year-old Flor faces problems at home while spending a summer working at her parents' store, partnering with former friend Candice for a pageant, and volunteering with a reclusive beekeeper.
Author
Series
Love sugar magic volume 3
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
"It's spring break in Rose Hill, Texas, but Leo Logroño has a lot of work to do if she's going to become a full-fledged bruja like the rest of her family. She still hasn't discovered the true nature of her magical abilities, and that isn't the only bit of trouble in her life: Her family's baking heirlooms have begun to go missing, and a new bakery called Honeybees has opened across town, threatening to run Amor y Azúcar right out of business. What's...
Author
Series
Dragon girls volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Azmina, Willa, and Naomi are thrilled to learn they're Glitter Dragon Girls. Summoned to the Magic Forest by its magnificent ruler, the Tree Queen, the girls quickly find out their dragon-selves have unbelievable abilities ... As Dragon Girls, they are sworn protectors of the forest and must help keep it safe from the troublesome Shadow Sprites, who are determined to take the forest's magic for their own"--
Author
Series
Dragon girls volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Willa and her friends have a powerful magic inside of them-they each have the ability to transform into a Glitter Dragon Girl ... The troublesome Shadow Sprites are after the Tree Queen's magic again, and it can only be saved by a special potion. The Dragon Girls must work together to gather all of the ingredients. Willa is leading their quest, but she's scared of what might happen if they don't succeed"--
7) Refugee
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
Author
Series
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Description
"When Celia and Tyrus discover the four lost diaries of Charles Dodgson (a.k.a. Lewis Carroll), they are pulled into Wonderland and must solve riddles and puzzles to stop the Queen of Hearts from opening a door and taking over our world"--