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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Banned Books Week
Challenged in Washoe County Libraries
Hispanic Heritage Month for Teens
Historical Fiction Featuring Young Women & Girls
Challenged in Washoe County Libraries
Hispanic Heritage Month for Teens
Historical Fiction Featuring Young Women & Girls
Description
Loosely based on a school explosion that took place in New London, Texas in 1937, this is the story of two teenagers: Naomi, who is Mexican, and Wash, who is black, and their dealings with race, segregation, love, and the forces that destroy people.
A dangerous forbidden romance rocks a Texan oil town in 1937, when segregation was a matter of life and death. A Top Ten Most Challenged Book of the Year "This is East Texas, and there's lines. Lines...
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Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Josefina hopes to become a "curandera" or healer like Tia Magdalena, and she is tested just before her tenth birthday when a friend receives a potentially fatal snakebite.
Author
Publisher
Versify, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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2022 ALA Youth Media Awards
All Together Now - Ages 0-5
Día - El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros
All Together Now - Ages 0-5
Día - El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros
Description
Using their new truck to carry party supplies over the bridge, Little Lobo and his dog Bernabe are stuck in traffic and decide to throw an epic party to pass the time.
Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In Eagle Pass, Texas, Grace struggles to understand the echoes she inherited from her mother--visions which often distort her reality. One morning, as her sister, Mercy, rushes off to work, a disturbing echo takes hold of Grace, and within moments, tragedy strikes. Attending community college for the first time, talking to the boy next door, and working toward her goals all help Grace recover, but her estrangement from Mercy takes a deep toll. And...
Author
Series
Stella Diaz volume 5
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When fifth-grader Stella Daiaz considers going to a different school than her closest friends, sees her big brother Nick receiving mail from colleges far away, and is forced to work on a project with her former bully, she suddenly realizes growing up is not quite as fun as she first thought.
"From award-winning author Angela Dominguez, the fifth and final novel about Stella Díaz, a Mexican-American girl who is now ready to be at the top of her school―fifth...
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