Margarita Engle
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Language
English
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It's the Festival of Lights in Nepal, and today is the day to honor dogs! Brothers Alu and Bhalu wander the streets of Kathmandu, passing by twirling kites and bamboo swings, looking for a dog to feed. But as night falls, their task begins to feel hopeless, until they spot a small black dog who is in need of a friend. This sweet story presents an important Hindu holiday through the eyes of two young boys, making it relatable for both those familiar...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"When Destiny was found by the Sloth Institute in Costa Rica, she was sick, thin, and one of her eyes was closed and not working. The Sloth Institute took her in and introduced her to other sloths as she started to recover. She never regained the use of her one eye, but that didn't stop Destiny from hanging out with her new buddies, or getting healthier and stronger. Last August, Destiny was fitted for her tracking collar and released back into the...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
One hundred years ago, the world celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, which connected the world’s two largest oceans and signaled America’s emergence as a global superpower. It was a miracle, this path of water where a mountain had stood—and creating a miracle is no easy thing. Thousands lost their lives, and those who survived worked under the harshest conditions for only a few silver coins a day.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A dog that has just graduated from sniffing school advises readers what to do if they become lost in the woods, and assures them that his smart nose will lead him to where they are. Includes facts about dogs' noses.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
"Cuban-born eleven-year-old Oriol lives in Santa Barbara, California, where she struggles to belong. But most of the time that's okay, because she enjoys helping her parents care for the many injured animals at their veterinary clinic. Then Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American winner of a Nobel Prize in Literature, moves to town, and aspiring writer Oriol finds herself opening up. As she begins to create a world of words for herself, Oriol learns...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A boy helps his father keep their very old car running as they make a trip to Havana for his newborn cousin's zero-year birthday. Includes author's note about cars in Cuba.
Author
Language
English
Description
It is 1896. Cuba has fought three wars for independence and still is not free. People have been rounded up in reconcentration camps with too little food and too much illness. Rosa is a nurse, but she dares not go to the camps. So she turns hidden caves into hospitals for those who know how to find her. Black, white, Cuban, Spanish-Rosa does her best for everyone. Yet who can heal a country so torn apart by war? Using the true story of the folk hero...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
All the orangutans are ready for a nap in the sleepy depths of the afternoon . . . all except one. This little orangutan wants to dance! A hip-hop, cha-cha-cha dance full of somersaults and cartwheels. But who will dance with her?
Written in bold poems in the tanka style, an ancient Japanese form of poetry that is often used as a travel diary, this exuberant orangutan celebration from acclaimed poet Margarita Engle will make readers want to dance,...
11) La selva
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
193 pages ; 22 cm
Language
Español
Description
Sent to Cuba to visit the father he barely knows, Edver is surprised to meet a half-sister, Luza, whose plan to lure their cryptozoologist mother into coming there, too, turns dangerous.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
195 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1920s Cuba, Rima is bullied and shunned for her illegitimacy, but finds solace in riding her horse and forges unexpected friendships with others who share her dreams of freedom and suffrage. Includes historical note.
13) Light for all
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text tell of travelers who have left their homelands to bring their talents, hopes, and determination to a land where Liberty's light shines for all.
Author
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
Español
Description
Bold, graphic portraits and beautiful poems present famous and lesser-known Latinos from varied backgrounds who have faced life's challenges in creative ways.--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
163 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A biographical novel about Antonio Chuffat, a Chinese-African-Cuban messenger boy in 1870s Cuba who became a translator and documented the freedom struggle of indentured Chinese laborers in his country.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
179 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In early 1940s Los Angeles, Mexican Americans Marisela and Lorena work in canneries all day then jitterbug with sailors all night with their zoot suit wearing younger brother, Ray, as escort until the night racial violence leads to murder. Includes historical note.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
144 pages, sequence of unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
Language
Español
Description
"A Spanish-language translation of a novel in verse about the life and work of Ruben Dario, a Nicaraguan poet who started life as an abandoned child and grew to become the father of a new literary movement. Includes historical notes"--
18) Alas salvajes
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
211 pages ; 22 cm
Language
Español
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.
"Los seres alados han de ser libres. Y también lo han de ser los artistas, pero el gobierno cubano ha criminalizado cualquier arte que...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
144 pages, 6 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A novel in verse about the life and work of Rube n Dari o, a Nicaraguan poet who started life as an abandoned child and grew to become the father of a new literary movement. Includes historical notes.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
195 pages, unnumbered sequence of pages ; 22 cm
Language
Español
Description
In 1920s Cuba, Rima is bullied and shunned for her illegitimacy, but finds solace in riding her horse and forges unexpected friendships with others who share her dreams of freedom and suffrage. Includes historical note.