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2) The Wanderer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Sophie and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard the Wanderer, a forty-five foot sailboat, which, along with uncles and another cousin, is en route to visit their grandfather in England.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Early one morning, a little scarecrow whose father warns him that he is not fierce enough to frighten a crow goes out into the cornfield alone.
Author
Publisher
Santillana USA Publishing Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
"En doce distintivos poemas narrativos, las reconocidas autoras Alma Flor Ada y F. Isabel Campoy presentan una crónica de la rica diversidad de los latinos en Estados Unidos. Cada capítulo se complementa con un texto informativo sobre la historia, la cultura, los triunfos yo los retos de los latinos y pone de manifiesto las muchas formas en que celebran su identidad"--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Long ago and far away . . .
There was a castle. But not just any castle. This was a castle that glittered and sparkled and rose majestically above the banks of the winding Winono River: the Castle Corona.
And in this castle lived a family. But not just any family. This was the family of King Guido: rich and royal and . . . spoiled. And King Guido was so spoiled that neither jewels nor gold nor splendid finery could please him, for
...7) Baby Be-Bop
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dirk MacDonald, a sixteen-year-old boy living in Los Angeles, comes to terms with being gay after he receives surreal storytelling visitations from his dead father and great-grandmother.
8) Me, Frida
Author
Language
English
Description
Like a tiny bird in a big city, Frida Kahlo feels lost and lonely when she arrives in San Francisco with her husband, the famous artist Diego Rivera. But as Frida begins to explore San Francisco on her own, she discovers the inspiration she needs to become one of the most celebrated artists of all time. Me, Frida is an exhilarating true story that encourages children to believe in themselves so they can make their own dreams soar.|Amy Novesky is the...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Juanita lives in New York and is Mexican. Felipe lives in Chicago and is Panamanian, Venezuelan, and black. Michiko lives in Los Angeles and is Peruvian and Japanese. Each of them is Latino.
Thirteen young Latinos and Latinas living in America are introduced in this book celebrating the rich diversity of the Latino and Latina experience in the United States. Free-verse fictional narratives from the perspective of each youth provide specific stories...
Thirteen young Latinos and Latinas living in America are introduced in this book celebrating the rich diversity of the Latino and Latina experience in the United States. Free-verse fictional narratives from the perspective of each youth provide specific stories...
10) Baby Be-Bop
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Dirk MacDonald, a sixteen-year-old boy living in Los Angeles, comes to terms with being gay after he receives surreal storytelling visitations from his dead father and great-grandmother.
11) Agonie
Author
Language
Deutsch
Description
A female university student is savagely murdered in Vienna. There is no apparent motive for the crime. Alex is a quiet young man studying law who works at a movie theater. Christian is an aspiring boxer and rapper who just returned from the military. Either could have committed this grisly act of rage and violence, but which one is responsible' Based on actual events.