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Juan Bobo sends the pig to Mass
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Arí Acevedo-Feliciano |
While his mother goes to church, Juan cares for the pig--with humorous results. |
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Dos Santos
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Fernando de Aragón |
Dos Santos is a captivating story set in the earliest days of the
Spanish conquest of the Caribbean island that would eventually be called
Puerto Rico. The story follows one man who sets out to fin… |
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Isabela's ribbons
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Satomi Ichikawa |
A young island girl uses her basket full of colorful ribbons to help her hide and to help her make some new friends. |
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Flight of the swan
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Rosario Ferré |
"Flight of the Swan is the tale of a world-famous Russian prima ballerina touring in Puerto Rico in 1917. Because of extraordinary political upheaval at home, her troupe is forced to remain in the Ca… |
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The house on the lagoon
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Rosario Ferré |
"Narrates lives of several generations of a wealthy island family and how their social world contrasts with that of less-privileged Puerto Ricans, including those who are black or racially mixed. Fem… |
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Kiki Koki
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Ed Rodriguez |
"The story of a fun-loving Taino Indian boy who must learn the value of loyalty and hard work"-- |
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Storm Blown
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Nick Courage |
A little rain and wind don't worry Alejo--they're just part of life at the beach. As his padrino says, as long as there are birds in the waves, it's safe. When people start evacuating, though, Alejo … |
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Rafi and Rosi
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Lulu Delacre |
Two tree frogs, mischievous Rafi and his younger sister Rosi, learn about the plants and animals of Puerto Rico together. |
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The rum diary
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Hunter S. Thompson |
Paul Kemp has moved from New York to the steamy heat of Puerto Rico to work at the Daily News. He starts hanging out at Al's Backyard, a local den selling booze and hamburgers to vagrant journalists … |
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Nuestra Senora De La Noche/ Our Lady of the Night
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Mayra Santos-Febres |
The epic story of the complex, sensual, tragic, and remarkable life of a legendary Puerto Rican madamBorn into poverty and then abandoned by her mother, Isabel "La Negra" Luberza blossoms into a supr… |
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The Flamboyant
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Lori Marie Carlson |
In the tradition of Beryl Markham's West with the Night, The Flamboyant tells the story of Lenora Demarest, a strong — willed, soft — spoken American beauty intent on becoming the first aviatrix in h… |
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Paco and the witch
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Felix Pitre |
A young boy is trapped by a crafty witch who will not free him unless he can guess her name. |
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Abuelita's paradise
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Carmen Santiago Nodar |
Although her grandmother has died, Marita sits in Abuelita's rocking chair and remembers the stories Abuelita told of life in Puerto Rico. |
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The Flamboyant
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Lori M. Carlson |
"Set in the 1920s and 1930s, The Flamboyant tells the life story of Lenora Demarest, an American beauty intent on achieving fulfillment as the first aviatrix in her adopted country of Puerto Rico.".
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