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2) Warrior girl
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A novel in verse about the joys and struggles of a Chicana girl who is a warrior for her name, her history, and her right to choose what she celebrates in life"--
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
89 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the 1950s, fourteen-year-old Elena Padilla and her father move into a haunted house in Duston, Arizona, where only Elena can see and help the ghost of the young girl who died there.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
241 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Stan and Elpidia find hope in an unexpected friendship as they navigate challenging family circumstances and a dangerous local gang in the desolate Southern California desert.
Author
Series
Stella Díaz volume 5
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
182 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When fifth-grader Stella Díaz 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.
Author
Publisher
Dragonfly Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
Español
Description
While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tomas finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library.
9) Tumbos
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
381 pages ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
Before she decides whether to accept her stepfather's proposal of adoption, twelve-year-old Adela Ramírez reaches out to her estranged biological father--who is in the midst of a career comeback as a luchador--and the eccentric extended family of wrestlers she has never met, bringing Adela closer to understanding the expansive definition of family.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Corina's Abuela helps her select flowers that mean something to Corina from the garden for her Mexican flower crown that she will wear on her birthday, and explains the symbolic meaning of a birthday crown.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and text follow a girl's journey to overcome her fear of the special dessert she loves so much: La Rosca de Reyes, a sweet bread with a baby Jesus figurine baked into it and eaten on Three Kings Day.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
When she and her best friend--and trusty squire--discover the town mayor is secretly a shapeshifting beast of Mexican lore, Lucia Castillo, obsessed with becoming a modern-day knight, uses her grandfather's magical helmet to thwart this supernatural evil.
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"Rafael tries to save his toys from his baby sister, Essie, by building a wall from shoeboxes, toilet paper rolls, and other household objects in this playful exploration of spatial sense and geometry."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Little Lobo and his friends are excited for the out-of-this-world book festival that the Guadalupian Library hosts every year! Everyone has a special book they're looking for, but there's so much to see and do first"--
15) Lola protesta
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Language
Español
Description
Publisher Annotation: A powerful and inspiring imagined story about real-life civil rights activist and labor leader, Dolores Huerta, that reminds us even our biggest heroes started out small. Her grandpa calls her "Lolita Siete Lenguas"-Little Lola, Seven Tongues, all fighting to be heard. Lola is trying not to make so much noise, but when she witnesses injustices in her neighborhood, she knows she can't keep quiet. Can Lola find a way to use her...
16) The cursed moon
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
211 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Rafael Fuentes isn't easily scared. He loves writing ghost stories, reading scary books, and entertaining his friends with terrifying tales he creates on the spot. Rafa has come up against enough real-life scary situations that fictional hauntings seem like no big deal. Rafa's incarcerated mom is being released from jail soon, and will be coming to live with him, his sister, and their grandparents. For the first time in a while, Rafa feels a pit...
Author
Publisher
Harpercollins Español
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
172 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
Mexican-American Stef Soto is hoping to break free from her overprotective parents and embarrassing reputation from her family's taco truck business, but she soon learns that family, friendship, and the taco truck are important and wonderful parts of her life.
Estefania "Stef" Soto, sólo quiere ser una típica chica de séptimo grado. Quiere tener amigos, ser aceptada, y tener un poco de independencia de sus sobreprotectores padres inmigrantes....
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
235 pages ; 20 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Puedes ser mi novio". Sólo se necesitan esas cuatro palabras para cambiar la vida de Güero al terminar séptimo grado. El verano se torna más ocupado a medida que aprende a equilibrar su tiempo entre las nuevas prácticas con su antiguo grupo, Los Bobbys, y ser el novio de Joanna Padilla. La llaman "fregona" porque es fuerte, siempre defiende a su familia y mantiene a raya al bully de la escuela. Pero el Güero ve su dulzura interior. Juntos cocinan...
19) Efren dividido
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, un sello de HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 20 cm
Language
Español
Description
"While his father works two jobs, seventh-grader Efren Nava must take care of his twin siblings, kindergartners Max and Mia, after their mother is deported to Mexico"--Provided by publisher.
20) When Moon blooms
Author
Series
Publisher
Rise x Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 16 x 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As a child admires the moon, their mother imparts Mexican Indigenous wisdom of the moon's phases as they relate to our bodies and lives.
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