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Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Carlos Santana echaba de menos a su papá cuando este se iba. Echaba de menos el olor a jabón en su piel y la sonrisa en sus ojos, pero más que nada echaba de menos el sonido de su violín. Era un sonido que llenaba el mundo de magia y amor y sentimiento y curación. Era un sonido que hacía reales a los ángeles. Carlos también quería hacer reales a los ángeles. Así que comenzó a tocar música. Carlos probó con el clarinete y con el violín,...
124) Chunky
Author
Series
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, HarperAlley
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Hudi needs to lose weight, according to his doctors. Concerned about the serious medical issue Hudi had when he was younger, his parents push him to try out for sports. Hudi would rather do anything else, but then he meets Chunky, his imaginary friend and mascot. Together, they decide to give baseball a shot. As the only Mexican and Jewish kid in his neighborhood, Hudi has found the cheerleader he never had. Baseball doesn't go well (unless getting...
125) Cesar Chavez
Author
Series
Publisher
Pebble Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
Simple text and photographs depict the life of the Mexican American labor leader who achieved justice for migrant farm workers by creating a union to protect their rights.
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"La cariñosa historia del ritual semanal de un padre y su hijo, una demostración de atención comunitaria y un homenaje a la fluidez, complejidad y vitalidad de la vida en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México."--Publisher's description. "A boy and his father cross the United States-Mexico border every other Saturday, visiting their favorite places, spending time with family and friends, and sharing in the responsibility of community care"--
"A...
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Teen, an imprint of Peachtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"For Jaime, returning to the Vermont town of Saint Juniper means returning to a past he's spent eight years trying to forget. After shuttling between foster homes, he hopes to make something out of this fresh start. But every gossip in town already knows his business, and with reminders of his past everywhere, he seeks out solitude into the nearby woods--Saint Juniper's Folly--and does not return. For Theo, Saint Juniper means being stuck. He knows...
129) Echo
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica. Decades later, as the second World War approaches, the lives of three children -- Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California -- become interwoven when the very same harmonica lands in their lives. All the children face daunting challenges: rescuing a father, protecting...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Description
"Ariana Ruiz wants to be noticed. But as an autistic girl who never talks, she goes largely ignored by her peers--despite her bold fashion choices. So when cute, popular Luis starts to pay attention to her, Ari finally feels seen. Luis's attention soon turns to something more, and they have sex at a party--while Ari didn't say no, she definitely didn't say yes. Before she has a chance to process what happened and decide if she even has the right to...
131) Falling short
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Formats
Description
Best friends Isaac and Marco face various challenges in sixth grade, such as Isaac getting better grades, Marco winning a spot on the basketball team, and both seeing their efforts make a change in their respective family lives. They hope their friendship and support for one another will be enough to help them from falling short.
132) Again, Essie?
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Rafael tries to save his toys from his baby sister, Essie, by building a wall from shoeboxes, toilet paper rolls, and other household objects in this playful exploration of 3-D geometry and spatial reasoning"--
133) My two border towns
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"A boy and his father cross the United States-Mexico border every other Saturday, visiting their favorite places, spending time with family and friends, and sharing in the responsibility of community care"--
134) Cinco de Mayo
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Explains the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo, when and where it is celebrated, the events that take place, and who clebrates it.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
©2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship -- the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves...
137) Manhunters
Author
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Working faithfully for a Texas rancher despite his family's warnings, Chacho Fernandez steals his payment when his dishonest employer refuses to compensate him and is falsely accused of murdering a lawman.
139) Children of the land
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"With beauty, grace, and honesty, Castillo recounts his and his family's encounters with a system that treats them as criminals for seeking safe, simple lives. He writes of the Sunday afternoon when he opened the door to an ICE officer who had one hand on his holster, of the hours he spent making a fake social security card so that he could work to support his family, of his father's deportation and the decade that he spent waiting to return to his...
140) When moon blooms
Author
Series
Publisher
Rise x Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
As a child admires the moon, their mother imparts Mexican Indigenous wisdom of the moon's phases as they relate to our bodies and lives.
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