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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
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As they prepare to make the traditional Christmas cookies known as bizcochitos, Christina's grandmother tells her the story of how a magical butterfly first introduced these sweet treats to her great-grandfather, a shepherd in the hills of New Mexico.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
Español
Description
"Antonio Marez tiene seis años cuando Última viene a quedarse con su familia. Última es una curandera, una persona que cura con hierbas y magia. Bajo su protección, Antonio va a eclporar las ataduras de la familia que le rasgan y comprometen, y se va a descrubrir a si mismo en los secretos mágicos y el pasado pagaon--legado mítico tan palpable como el catolicismo de América Latina"--Container of audiobook version.
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As they prepare to make the traditional, pillowy bread called sopaipilla, Christina's grandmother tells about the time her great-grandfather, aided by a scarecrow, brought an end to a drought and, in the process, helped make the first sopaipilla.
Author
Publisher
Océano Gran Travesía
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
Description
"Secuela de Los vivientes, Los perseguidos es una apasionante historia de supervivencia, llena de la acción del mejor estilo. Luego de que un megaterremoto sacudiera la tierra bajo el océano del crucero en el que trabajaba, Shy jamás imaginó ser uno de los pocos sobrevivientes del naufragio. Tras los acontecimientos narrados en Los vivientes, y luego de perder la compañía de Addie en circunstancias por demás extrañas, Shy consuela su frustración...
9) Family
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A reluctant participant in the González family reunion, Daniel has some pleasant surprises and discovers the meaning of family.
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Juanito accompanies his grandmother to a flea market in southern California, where he helps her and the other vendors and where they enjoy seeing old friends from their Mexican-American community.
12) Lluvia de oro
Author
Publisher
Delta Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1996
Language
Español
Description
Victor Villaseñor entrelaza las historias paralelas de dos familias in dos países..trayendonos el romance eterno entre el explosivo contrabandista el cual sería su padre y la bella Lupe, su madre
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Random House Mondadori
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Language
Español
Description
Presents the author's life, from her childhood in Mexico to becoming a television presenter in the United States, and describes how she used the power of positive thinking to achieve her dreams and discover her true vocation.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
Español
Description
When Margie's cousin Lupe comes from Mexico to live in California with Margie's family, Lupe must adapt to America, while Margie, who thought it would be fun to have her cousin there, finds that she is embarrassed by her in school and jealous of her at home.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As he travels with his family of migrant farmworkers, Diego relies on his radio to provide him with companionship and help connect him to all the different places in which he lives.
Cuando �l viaja con su familia de los trabajadores migratorios del campo, Diego se f�a de su radio para proporcionarlo con compa�erismo y ayuda lo conecta a todos los lugares diferentes en que �l vive.
Author
Publisher
Fondo de Cultura Económica
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
Español
Description
Nineteen-year-old Eddie wants to forget his violent past, keep his job, and stay out of trouble, but when his cousin is murdered, his aunt urges him to seek out and punish the person responsible.
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Everybody is fighting in sixth-grader Maximilian's world as his elderly aunts battle for the Queen Bingo trophy, his masked uncles wrestle for the tag-team title of the world, and his sweetheart and the "new girl" battle for Max's heart.