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2) Disappeared
Author
Series
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Four months ago Sara Zapata's best friend, Linda, disappeared from the streets of Juarez, and ever since Sara has been using her job as a reporter to draw attention to the girls who have been kidnapped by the criminals who control the city, but now she and her family are being threatened--meanwhile her younger brother, Emiliano, is being lured into the narcotics business by the promise of big money, and soon the only way for both of them to escape...
3) Saige
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
©2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Upset that her New Mexico school can only afford music and art teachers in alternate years, fourth-grader Saige works with her grandmother, Mimi, to plan a fundraiser but when Mimi has an accident, Saige relies on new friend Gabi to help.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Painting in her grandmother's studio and riding her favorite horse, Georgia, helps fourth-grader Saige cope with missing Mimi and sparks an idea for funding the school art program, but more creativity will be needed to keep Georgia from being sold.
7) Fated
Author
Series
Publisher
St Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 17
Description
"Strange things are happening to Daire Santos. Crows mock her, glowing people stalk her, time stops without warning, and a beautiful boy with unearthly blue eyes haunts all her dreams. Fearing for her daughter's sanity, Daire's mother sends her to live with the grandmother she's never met, but who recognizes the visions for what they truly are-the call to her destiny as a Soul Seeker-one who can navigate the worlds between the living and dead."--Publisher's...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"Set in New Mexico, this novel explores the complexities of mothers and daughters, the uncertainty of second chances, and the courage to stand on your own two feet"--
As a young girl, Willow watched her mother leave their home in Washington State in a literal blaze of glory: she set the mattress of her cheating husband on fire in her driveway, roasting marshmallow peeps and hot dogs before the fire department arrived. They found a new life in New...
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Josefina and her sisters distrust learning to read and write, as well as other changes their Tía Dolores is bringing to the household, because they fear they will lose their memories of their mother.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Tía Dolores, the beloved aunt who has cared for the Montoya family since the death of their mother, announces that she is planning to leave, Josefina and her sisters try to find a way to change her mind.
15) Un nuevo hogar
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Espero que las cosas no sean tan diferentes en mi nueva ciudad."--Page [4] of cover.
Moving to a new city can be exciting. But what if your new home isn't anything at all like your old home? Will you make friends? What will you eat? Where will you play? In a shared voice, a boy moving from New York City to Mexico City and a girl moving from Mexico City to New York City express their fears about leaving home to live in a new and unfamiliar place....
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Josefina and her sisters are excited when energetic young Aunt Dolores arrives at the rancho, bringing new ideas, new fashions, and new challenges, but they worry the changes will make them forget Mamá, especially as Christmas approaches.
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Formats
Description
He went searching for the truth. Now a killer has found him. The more you know, the more there is to fear Four years ago, fifteen-year-old Ellen Vicksburg went missing in the quiet town of River Remez, New Mexico. Ellen was kind, studious, and universally liked. Her younger brother, Ben, could imagine nothing worse than never knowing what happened to her until, on the first anniversary of her death, he found her body in a shallow grave by the river...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10
Description
It is 1946, and Dewey Kerrigan is now living near the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico with the Gordon family. Dewey and her "sister, " Suze, share secrets, art, and science as they adjust to high school in an isolated desert town. Then, Dewey's long-lost mother, Rita Gallucci, reappears in their lives.
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