Gary Soto
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
1996, c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
To get the "ratoncitos, " little mice, who have moved into the barrio to come to his house, Chato the cat prepares all kinds of good food: fajitas, frijoles, salsa, enchiladas, and more.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Description
At age thirteen, best friends Ronnie and Joey suddenly feel like chimps--long armed, big eared, and gangly--and when the coach humiliates Joey in front of a girl, he climbs up a tree and refuses to come down.
Author
Publisher
Laurel-Leaf Books
Pub. Date
1990
Description
Gary Soto writes that when he was five "what I knew best was at ground level." In this lively collection of short essays, Soto takes his reader to a ground-level perspective, recreating in vivid the sights, sounds, smells, and textures he knew growing up in his Fresno, California, neighborhood. The child's world is made up of small things - small, very important things.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
It all starts when Marisa picks up the wrong cell phone. When she returns it to Rene, she feels curiously drawn to him. But Marisa and Rene aren't exactly a match made in heaven. For one thing, Marisa is a chola, she's a lot of girl, and she's not ashamed of it. Skinny Rene gangles like a sackful of elbows and wears a calculator on his belt. In other words, he's a geek. So why can't Marisa stay away from him? Includes a glossary of Spanish words and...
10) Marisol
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Meet Marisol Luna, a girl who was born to dance. The family is moving to the Chicago suburbs, and Marisol learns that her new neighborhood doesn't have a dance studio. Instead of giving up, resourceful Marisol is determined to keep dancing. With the help of two friends, she figures out a way to combine her old world with a renewed commitment to stretch and try her hardest.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Chato and Novio win a cruise but are disappointed to find that everyone else on board is a dog, and things go from bad to worse when the dogs party themselves sick and it is up to the cats to find help.
13) The cat's meow
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Eight-year-old Graciela, who is half Mexican, is amazed when her cat Pip starts speaking in Spanish.
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Chato's Kitchen: To get the "ratoncitos, " little mice, who have moved into the barrio to come to his house, Chato the cat prepares all kinds of good food: fajitas, frijoles, salsa, enchiladas, and more.
Chato and the Party Animals: Chato's friend, Novio Boy, has never had a birthday party. So Chato decides to throw him one - a "pachanga" - and everyone is invited.
The Pot that Juan Built: Juan Quezada, one of Mexico's most famous potters, used...