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The fiesta dress
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Caren McNelly McCormack |
While Eva and her family prepare for her quinceañera, no one is paying attention to her younger sister, but when the dog gets out of the laundry room and steals Eva's sash, her little sister comes t… |
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The smell of old lady perfume
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Claudia Guadalupe Martinez |
When sixth-grader Chela Gonzalez's father has a stroke and her grandmother moves in to help take care of the family, her world is turned upside down. |
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Adiós, tricycle
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Susan Middleton Elya |
Even though he has outgrown his tricycle, a boy hides it at his family's yard sale until just the right smaller child comes along. Includes glossary of Spanish words used. |
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Lissa and the fund-raising funk
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Jen Jones |
Lissa Marks is the fund-raising chair for her middle school cheer team, but will her widowed mother be able to afford to keep Lissa on the team? |
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Zapato power
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Jacqueline Jules |
Freddie Ramos uses his super powers to give himself courage to learn how to swim and to deal with a new neighbor who is a bully. |
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Leap Of Faith
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Anne E. Schraff |
The robberies in the barrio are becoming increasingly bold and unsettling. After a recent robbery, Ernesto swears that he recognizes the suspect fleeing the crime scene. But is he jumping to conclusi… |
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Accidental love
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Gary Soto |
After unexpectedly falling in love with a "nerdy" boy, fourteen-year-old Marisa works to change her life by transferring to another school, altering some of her behavior, and losing weight. |
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Party Girl
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Lynne Ewing |
The death of her best friend Ana in a drive-by shooting causes fifteen-year-old Kata to question her position in the Los Angeles gang life. |
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Wedgie & Gizmo
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Suzanne Selfors |
While his human Elliot adjusts to his new home and stepfamily, Gizmo, an evil genius guinea pig, searches for a new evil lair where he can plot to take over the world, but Gizmo is constantly thwarte… |
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Our celebracion!
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Susan Middleton Elya |
It s a sunny day and everyone is headed to the main plaza for the start of the town parade and summer celebration. Follow along the parade route with a family of six as the festivities unfold. There … |
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Bruja born
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Zoraida Córdova |
Lula Mortiz feels like an outsider. Her sister's newfound Encantrix powers have wounded her in ways that Lula's bruja healing powers can't fix, and she longs for the comfort her family once brought h… |
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Lost Children Archive
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Valeria Luiselli |
In Valeria Luiselli’s fiercely imaginative follow-up to the American Book Award-winning Tell Me How It Ends, an artist couple set out with their two children on a road trip from New York to Arizona i… |
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Marisol McDonald and the clash bash
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Monica Brown |
"A unique, spunky, multiracial, bilingual girl plans a one-of-a-kind birthday party and hopes her abuelita (grandma) will be able to come from Peru to join the festivities. Includes an author's note … |
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My tata's remedies =
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Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford |
"Tata Gus teaches his grandson Aaron how to use natural healing remedies, and in the process helps the members of his family and his neighbors"-- |
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Marta! big & small
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Jen Arena |
In this story that incorporates Spanish words, Marta explores the world of opposites and animals. |
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Mamá the alien
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René Colato Laínez |
"A young girl misunderstands the word alien on her mother's Resident Alien Card and let's her imagination run wild, coming to the conclusion that her mother is from outer space. Includes author's not… |
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Coal camp days
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Ricardo L. Garcia |
In this fictionalized memoir based on the author's childhood, a six-year-old boy describes his life in a coal mining town in northern New Mexico during World War II. |
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Centerfield ballhawk
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Matt Christopher |
Baseball player José Mendez worries about his poor performance with the bat and fears disappointing his father, a former ballplayer with an outstanding batting average. |
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Tortilla Flat
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John Steinbeck |
Adopting the structure and themes of the Arthurian legend, Steinbeck created a "Camelot" on a shabby hillside above Monterey on the California coast and peopled it with a colorful band of knights. As… |
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Sonoma rose
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Jennifer Chiaverini |
With the nation in the throes of Prohibition, Rosa Diaz Barclay unwittingly discovers that her husband, John, has given over the duties of their Southern California rye farm in favor of armed bootleg… |
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