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B As in beauty
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Alberto Ferreras |
Everyone in the world, it seems, is either prettier or thinner (or both) than Beauty Marie Zavala. And the only thing "B" resents more than her name is the way others judge her for the extra 40 pound… |
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Goodbye, Havana! Hola, New York!
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Edie Colón |
When Fidel Castro's government takes over their restaurant in 1960, six-year-old Gabriella and her parents move from Cuba to New York City. |
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Cuba 15
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Nancy Osa |
Violet Paz, a Chicago high school student, reluctantly prepares for her upcoming "quince," a Spanish nickname for the celebration of an Hispanic girl's fifteenth birthday |
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La Noche Buena
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Antonio Sacre |
While spending Christmas with her Cuban American grandmother in Miami, Florida, young Nina misses her usual New England holiday but enjoys learning about the foods and other traditions her father kne… |
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Flight to freedom
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Ana Veciana-Suarez |
Writing in the diary which her father gave her, thirteen-year-old Yara describes life with her family in Havana, Cuba, in 1967 as well as her experiences in Miami, Florida, after immigrating there to… |
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The Victoria in my head
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Janelle Milanes |
Shy fifteen-year-old Cuban American Victoria Cruz feels trapped by the monotony of running on the cross country team and keeping up with her studies to maintain her scholarship to her prestigious col… |
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Troika
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Adam Pelzman |
Secretly working as a dancer in a club after the death of her father, Perla encounters the orphaned son of a legendary Siberian hunter who compels her to undertake a life-changing journey to Manhatta… |
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Game seven
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Paul Volponi |
"A sixteen-year-old shortstop in Cuba who dreams of playing with the pros must choose between his country and his father who defected to the U.S."--
Julio, a sixteen-year-old shortstop in Cuba, drea… |
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Drum, Chavi, drum!
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Mayra L. Dole |
Chavi's music teacher believes that only boys should play drums in Miami's Festival de la Calle Ocho, but Chavi knows she is a good musician and looks for a way to prove it. |
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A miracle in paradise
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Carolina Garcia-Aguilera |
Sister Lupe Solano investigates a religious order in Miami, which claims its statue of the Virgin will weep real tears on Cuban independence day. The reason? The Virgin will be grieving the separatio… |
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Days of Awe
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Achy Obejas |
Growing up in Chicago, Alejandra San Jose, a Cuban refugee, becomes an interpreter and travels back to Cuba where she discovers that her family is actually conversos, Jews who converted to Christiani… |
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Sophie tracks a thief
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Nancy N. Rue |
As the Corn Flakes and other members of the Film Club work on a school project about Cuban refugees in the 1980s, a newcomer's prejudices hurt Maggie and challenge Sophie's ability to understand and … |
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Valley of bones
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Gruber, Michael |
The startling reviews of Tropic of Night announced Michael Gruber as one of the most talented thriller writers to debut in many years. Now, with the much-anticipated publication of Valley of Bones, G… |
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