Celia C Pérez

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1) The first rule of punk

Author

Language

English

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4th Grade Rocks
Back to School, More Titles - Tween
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Tween Titles
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996

Formats

Book, Playaway, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook

Description

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Twelve-year-old María Luisa O'Neill-Morales (who really prefers to be called Malú) reluctantly moves with her Mexican-American mother to Chicago and starts seventh grade with a bang--violating the dress code with her punk rock aesthetic and spurning the middle school's most popular girl in favor of starting a band with a group of like-minded weirdos.

2) Strange birds: a field guide to ruffling feathers

Author

Pérez, Celia C

Pub. Date

[2019]

Language

English

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Earth Day - Tweens
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Tween Titles

Formats

Book, Playaway

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"After Ofelia, Aster, Cat, and Lane fail to persuade a local girls club to change an outdated tradition, they form an alternative group that shakes up their sleepy Florida town. Includes tips for beginning birders, characteristics of crystals, a cookie recipe, tips for aspiring journalists, directions for creating badges, and facts about the killing of birds for fashion."-- Publisher's description.

3) Tumble

Author

Pérez, Celia C

Language

English

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ALA Youth Media Awards 2023 - Children
Día Booklist (Grades 3-5) 2023
Hispanic Heritage Month - Tweens
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Formats

Book, Talking Book, Playaway

Description

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Before she decides whether to accept her stepfather's proposal of adoption, twelve-year-old Adela Ramírez reaches out to her estranged biological father--who is in the midst of a career comeback as a luchador--and the eccentric extended family of wrestlers she has never met, bringing Adela closer to understanding the expansive definition of family.

4) La primera regla del punk: una novela

Author

Pérez, Celia C

Pub. Date

2019.

Language

Español

Appears on these lists

Back to School, More Titles - Tween
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Spanish & Bilingual Kids Titles
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996

Description

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After María Luisa O'Neill-Morales moves with her Mexican-American mother to Chicago, she violates her school's dress code with her punk rock aesthetic and spurns the school's most popular girl to start a band with like-minded friends.