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Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Mateo and other Caribbean islanders face discrimination, segregation, and harsh working conditions when American recruiters lure them to the Panamanian rain forest in 1906 to build the great canal.
2) Mountain dog
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When his mother is sent to jail in Los Angeles, eleven-year-old Tony goes to live with his forest ranger great-uncle in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where Tony experiences unconditional love for the first time through his friendship with a rescue dog.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In free verse, evokes the voice of Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, a book-loving writer, feminist, and abolitionist who courageously fought injustice in nineteenth-century Cuba. Includes historical notes, excerpts from her writings, biographical information, and source notes.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
When a hurricane exposes Soleida's family's secret sculpture garden, the Cuban government arrests her artist parents, forcing her to escape alone to Central America where she meets Dariel, a Cuban American boy, and together they work to protect the environment and bring attention to the imprisoned artists in Cuba.
"This gorgeously romantic contemporary novel-in-verse from award-winning author Margarita Engle tells the inspiring love story of two...
5) La selva
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
A Edver no le hace ninguna gracia que lo envíen a Cuba a ver al padre que apenas conoce. Sin embargo, ahora que las leyes de viaje han cambiado y es mucho más fácil reunir a las familias divididas, su mamá piensa que es hora de que padre e hijo pasen tiempo juntos. Edver no se imagina lo que le depara el verano, ¡pero definitivamente no espera conocer a la hermana que ni siquiera sabía que existía! Luza es un año mayor y está muy entusiasmada...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
Español
Description
Asia, África, Europa: los ancestros de Antonio chocaron y se mezclaron en la hermosa isla de Cuba. El país lucha por independizarse de España. Los esclavos africanos y los chinos bajo servidumbre por endeudamiento son forzados a trabajar largas horas, rompiéndose el lomo en los campos de cultivo. Por eso Antonio se siente afortunado de haber conseguido trabajo como mensajero, haciendo que su rica mezcla cultural sea una ventaja. A traves de su...
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