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41) Juanita
Author
Language
English
Description
Juanita receives a dove for her fourth birthday and takes him to the Old Mission Church for the blessing of the animals.
Author
Series
Paola Santiago volume 1
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
350 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In Silver Springs, Arizona, her mother's stories of the monstrous La Llorona are thrilling but unbelievable to science-loving Paola until she and her best friends Dante and Emma take a walk through a cactus field near the Gila River.
43) Tumble
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Before she decides whether to accept her stepfather's proposal of adoption, twelve-year-old Adela Ramírez reaches out to her estranged biological father--who is in the midst of a career comeback as a luchador--and the eccentric extended family of wrestlers she has never met, bringing Adela closer to understanding the expansive definition of family.
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
40 pages
Language
English
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"--
Author
Series
Aristotle and Dante volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
528 pagesc22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Aristotle and Dante continue their journey to manhood in this achingly romantic, tender tale set against the backdrop of the AIDS epidemic in 1980s America. In Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, two boys fell in love. Now they must learn what it means to stay in love-and to build their relationship in a world that doesn't seem to want them to exist. In their senior year at two different schools, the boys find ways to spend...
46) Fiesta babies
Author
Publisher
Tricycle Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Babies enjoy the colorful fiesta with singing, dancing, hugs, and kisses.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
viii, 149 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
After eleven-year-old Zitlally's father is deported to Mexico, she takes refuge in her trailer park's forest of rusted car parts, where she befriends a spunky neighbor and finds a stray dog that she nurses back to health and believes she must keep safe so that her father will return.
Author
Publisher
Fondo de Cultura Econoomica
Pub. Date
c1997
Edition
1. ed. en espanol.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
142 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Fourteen-year-old Mexican American Lincoln Mendoza spends a summer with a host family in Japan, encountering new experiences and making new friends.
Author
Publisher
Soho Teen
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
x, 348 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Xochi's life changed when she became governess to precocious twelve-year-old Pallas, but the duo unintentionally summons a pair of ancient creatures determined to right the wrongs of Xochi's adolescence.
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed., [Bilingual ed.].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
One Christmas Eve, Santa Claus asks his cousin Pancho to help him deliver toys to the boys and girls along the Texas-Mexico border, and when he agrees, Santa magically transforms him into Charro Claus.
Author
Publisher
Pinata Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
[Bilingual ed.].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Sabrina's grandmother visits from Mexico, she brings gifts that make Sabrina feel like a Mayan princess.
54) Bouncing back
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Orphaned thirteen year-old Carlos learns what it truly means to be a teammate when he must help save his new wheelchair basketball team's gym from destruction.
Author
Publisher
Dragonfly Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First Dragonfly Books edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A young Mexican American girl celebrates the paleta, an icy fruit popsicle, and the many roles it plays in her lively barrio.
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
[Bilingual ed.].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
While she and her classmates wait for the caterpillars they are raising to be transformed into Monarch butterflies, Julianita's grandfather tells her about the annual migration of these butterflies to his hometown in Mexico.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
166 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mexican-American Stef Soto is hoping to break free from her overprotective parents and embarrassing reputation from her family's taco truck business, but she soon learns that family, friendship, and the taco truck are important and wonderful parts of her life"--
Author
Publisher
Pi?ata Books, an imprint of Arte P?blico Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In this celebration of friendship, best friends Cecilia and Miguel forgive mistakes, share adventures, and--sometimes--even become family"--
60) What can't wait
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda LAB
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Physical Desc
234 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Marooned in a broken-down Houston neighborhood--and in a Mexican immigrant family where making ends meet matters much more than making it to college--smart, talented Marissa seeks comfort elsewhere when her home life becomes unbearable.
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