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Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
Español
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
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
Español
Description
After his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their farm from foreclosure, Tyler befriends the oldest daughter, but when he discovers that they may not be in the country legally, he realizes that real friendship knows no borders.
La familia de Mari se encuentra a la deriva, con una gran necesidad de trabajo, pero se ve forzada a esconderse por miedo a que las autoridades los devuelvan a México y a la pobreza.La familia de Tyler lucha...
Author
Publisher
Libros Tigrillo
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
Español
Description
A young African Cuban girl is sent to live with her aunt and cousins after the death of her mother and begins to write letters to her deceased mother telling of the misery, racial prejudice, and mistreatment at the hands of those around her.
Author
Series
Publisher
Beech Tree Paperback Books
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
Español
Description
A series of letters from Leigh Botts to an author, Mr. Henshaw, dealing with Leigh's aspirations of becoming an author, as well as excerpts from his diary showing the concerns of a bright young boy.
14) La reina roja
Author
Series
Publisher
Editorial Ocǎno de Mx̌ico
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Español
Description
When her supernatural powers manifest in front of a noble court, Mare, a thief in a world divided between commoners and superhumans, is forced to assume the role of lost princess before risking everything to help a growing rebellion.
Author
Series
Publisher
Salamandra
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
Español
Description
Sixth-year Hogwarts student Harry Potter gains valuable insights into the boy Voldemort once was, even as his own world is transformed by maturing friendships, schoolwork assistance from an unexpected source, and devastating losses.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2007, c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
Español
Description
Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they have found shelter with--and protection from--Venice's "Thief Lord."