Pam Muǫz Ryan
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2001].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
327 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After her overprotective grandmother has a stroke, Maya, an orphan, leaves her extremely restricted life in California to stay with her mother's family on a remote Wyoming ranch, where she discovers a love of horses and encounters a wild mare that her mother once rode.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
39 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Tony Baloney wants to stand out from the crowd during his school's Halloween parade, but he has to make sure to keep his costume intact until then.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A very rare pitacohi bird falls in love with a swallow and plucks his colorful feathers to transform dry, barren San Juan Capistrano into a haven of flowers and flowing water, which the swallows can easily find when returning from their annual migration.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
39 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When his school celebrates Pen Pal Month, Tony and his pen pal have so much in common that Tony considers his new pal the long-lost brother he always wanted, but when the day arrives to meet his new friend, Tony is in for a big surprise.