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Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this adaptation of the folk song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," friends exchange such gifts as a piñata and "cuatro luminarias." Includes pronunciation and glossary of Spanish words and a description of Christmas foods and other holiday traditions from different Latin American countries.
5) Mamut lanudo
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Learn about the physical characteristics, the eating habits, and the extinction of the wooly mammoth.
Author
Series
Marisol McDonald volume 1
Publisher
Children's Book Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Marisol McDonald, a biracial, nonconformist, soccer-playing pirate-princess with brown skin and red hair, celebrates her uniqueness.
Author
Series
Publisher
Salamandra
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 48
Language
Español
Description
Harry Potter, now a fifth-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, struggles with a threatening teacher, problematic house elf, the dread of upcoming final exams, and haunting dreams that hint toward his mysterious past.
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ninety-two-year-old Octavio Rivera has been visited by some very interesting dreamms--dreams about pinatas that spill their treasures before him revealing kissing turtles, winged pigs, hitchhiking armadillos and many more fantastic thins.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 42
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A swashbuckling epic of chivalry, honor, and derring-do, it is set in France during the 1620s and richly populated with romantic heroes, unattainable heroines, kings, queens, cavaliers, and criminals in a whirl of adventure, espionage, conspiracy, murder, vengeance, love, scandal, and suspense. Dumas transforms major and minor historical figures into larger-than-life characters: the brave d'Artagnan, an impetuous young man in pursuit of glory; the...
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She is a smart girl, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah decides to participate in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from...
18) Ghost fever
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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.
19) The Bakery Lady
Author
Publisher
Pinata Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Monica, who wants to be a baker like her grandmother, finds the doll hidden in the bread on the feast for the Three Kings and thus gets to bake cookies for the next fiesta.