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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Caballo de Troya 4	J. J. Benítez	El mayor de la USAF reconstruye una de las más oscuras y fascinantes etapas del que fue carpintero, jefe de un almacén de aprovisionamiento de caravanas, maestro, forjador e impenitente viajero. Todo…	OL10221484W
The fiesta dress	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…	OL11945954W
The smell of old lady perfume	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.	OL12024978W
Romiette and Julio	Sharon M. Draper	Romiette, an African-American girl, and Julio, a Hispanic boy, discover that they attend the same high school after falling in love on the Internet, but are harrassed by a gang whose members object t…	OL12497W
Kitchen dance	Maurie Manning	Two sleepy children sneak out of their beds to watch as their parents, who love each other very much, break into a dance while washing the dishes.	OL13616994W
The best friends' club	Jean Marzollo	A shy Hispanic third-grader visits her father in Texas and gains self-confidence that helps her make friends when she returns to school.	OL14855886W
La promesa and other stories	Leroy Quintana	"Welcome to the other San Miguel, a fictional town in New Mexico. It's the sort of town that has survived a burning rosary, the face of Jesus appearing on a wall, a sixteen-foot rattler, Mosco Zamor…	OL14863657W
Adiós, tricycle	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.	OL15057696W
Barney is best	Nancy White Carlstrom	A child going to the hospital to have tonsils removed insists on bringing a worn but beloved stuffed animal instead of a newer one.	OL15068827W
Werewolf Smackdown	Mario Acevedo	Felix Gomez, Latino vampire detective extraordinaire, tackles a dangerous werewolf cabal in the fifth installment in Mario Acevedo's satirical supernatural seriesA sure-to-be-bloody civil war is brew…	OL15173261W
Count on Pablo	Barbara DeRubertis	Pablo demonstrates how good he is at counting while helping his grandmother, his "abuela," prepare to sell vegetables at the market.	OL15276196W
The F factor	Diane Gonzales Bertrand	Javier Avila, a smart but clumsy sophomore at St. Peter's High School, thinks it is a mistake when he is placed in the new course, Media Broadcasting, but over the course of the year, he discovers se…	OL15535544W
Please don't go!	Marisa Montes	Gabi is on a top secret mission. Her grandma has to go back home to Puerto Rico ... unless Gabi can come up with a plan to make her stay. Gabi will figure out a way to help Abuelita (that's her grand…	OL15839138W
Hooray! A piñata!	Elisa Kleven	After she chooses a cute dog piñata for her birthday party, Clara pretends it is her pet and she doesn't want it to get broken.	OL15851770W
Marisol McDonald doesn't match	Monica Brown	Marisol McDonald, a biracial, nonconformist, soccer-playing pirate-princess with brown skin and red hair, celebrates her uniqueness.	OL15941521W
Lissa and the fund-raising funk	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?	OL15946451W
The Fallen	Paul Langan	This sequel to Brothers in Arms picks up the story of Martin Luna as he struggles to rebuild his life after the death of his little brother. In trouble at Bluford High School for fighting, Martin fac…	OL16051518W
Sister Chicas	Lisa Alvarado	Three Latina friends--Taina, dreading her quinceañera while hiding her secret Jamaican artist boyfriend from her family; Grachi, torn between duty and her dreams; and Leni, a rebel struggling to make…	OL16062459W
Putting makeup on the fat boy	Bil Wright	Sixteen-year-old Carlos Duarte is on the verge of realizing his dream of becoming a famous make-up artist, but first he must face his jealous boss at a Macy's cosmetics counter, his sister's abusive …	OL16211399W
Luminous	Dawn Metcalf	Sixteen-year-old Consuela suddenly and inexplicably finds herself in the parallel universe of the Flow, where she and other teens with extraordinary abilities safeguard a world where they no longer b…	OL16211509W