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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"A new book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer about the twenty-first-century Latino experience and identity"--
"A new book by the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer about the twenty-first-century Latino experience and identity. "Latino" is the most open-ended and loosely defined of the major race categories in the United States. Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of "Latino" assembles the Pulitzer Prize winner Héctor...
Author
Publisher
Highbridge Audio
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Ray Suarez vividly and candidly tells how the story of Latino Americans is the story of the United States, revealing the personal struggles and successes of immigrants, poets, soldiers, and others who have made an impact on history.
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Although her mother and sisters make fun of her decision to marry a green bird, to Mirabel he is a prince and so when her family's jealousy endangers him, she sets out to save his life and their love.
5) Popped star
Author
Series
Gum Girl volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Gabby Gomez knows she needs to come clean with her family about her secret identity. But just as she works up the courage, trouble pops up again as Ninja-Rina twirls onto the scene! Has Gum Girl finally met her match? Is Ninja-Rina tutu much to handle? Buckle up for more flavored-packed action as Gum Girl takes on someone a little more her size. It's another exciting adventure with the ever-elastic, super-stretchy superhero, Gum Girl!
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This sweet story about a girl named Alma and a stray dog named Lulu shows how a girl and a dog can rescue each other. Lulus ears flap in the wind as the rescue truck rolls into the lot. Lulus tail thumps Everything smells . . . new. Lulu sleeps under the moon, drinking from mud puddles and is covered in ticks until she is rescued. She waits for the Operation Rescue Dog truck, scared and uncertain. Alma misses her Mami, who is far away in Iraq. Alma...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Almost ten years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez and her parents helped end school segregation in California. An American citizen of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage who spoke and wrote perfect English, Mendez was denied enrollment to a whites-only school. Her parents took action by organizing the Hispanic community and filing a lawsuit in federal district court. Their success eventually brought an end to the era of segregated...
11) N is for Navidad
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A rhyming book that outlines the preparations for and celebration of the Christmas season, with Spanish words for each letter of the alphabet translated in a glossary.
12) Harbor me
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Formats
Description
It all starts when six kids have to meet for a weekly chat--by themselves, with no adults to listen inches There, in the room they soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe to talk about what's bothering them--everything from Esteban's father's deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six are together, they...
14) Accidental love
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
After unexpectedly falling in love with a "nerdy" boy, fourteen-year-old Marisa works to change her life by transferring to another school, altering some of her behavior, and losing weight.
16) Me gusta
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A stunning bilingual picture book that celebrates Latinx families by highlighting moments of connection and delight and feelings of safety and home, even through challenges and difficult times. Me gusta your smile, tu sonrisa, and your hugs, tus abrazos. Me gusta when we explore this spectacular world, el mundo, and gaze at all the stars, las estrellas. But most of all, me gusta that no matter where we are, I feel at home, en casa, when I’m...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
" José and his dog play soccer in this fun early reader that uses both Spanish and English! José has been selected for the school soccer team! Finally, he gets to be part of el equipo de fútbol. He starts practicing in his backyard right away. But when he kicks the ball toward the net, his best friend--who is also his dog, Feliz--runs after it! Can José find a way to bring his furry pal to his fútbol games without worrying el perro will chase...
18) Lucero
Author
Publisher
Neal Porter Books/Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
"A nurturing voice reassures the lonely and afraid in difficult times"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"Brisma and Kelly, two young Latinas growing up along Clement Moore Avenue in Queens, would do anything for each other. They keep each other's secrets, hide from their mothers' chancletas, and ward off creepy neighbors. At the beginning of high school, Brisma falls deeply in love with Brian, the local baseball legend. Always the wallflower to the vibrant and alluring Kelly, Brisma is secretly thrilled to be chosen by Brian, to finally have someone...
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