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After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemi Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She's not sure what she will find--her cousin's husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemi knows little about the region. Noemi is also an unlikely rescuer: She's a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited...
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2018.
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"Paloma Marquez is traveling to Mexico City, birthplace of her deceased father, for the very first time. She's hoping that spending time in Mexico will help her unlock memories of the too-brief time they spent together. While in Mexico, Paloma meets Lizzie and Gael, who present her with an irresistible challenge: the siblings want her to help them find a valuable ring that once belonged to beloved Mexican artist Frida Kahlo"--Amazon.com.
4) Like water for chocolate: a novel in monthly installments, with recipes, romances, and home remedies
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1992.
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English
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2022 - Children
Native American Heritage - Tweens draft
Native American Heritage Month - Tweens
Native American Heritage - Tweens draft
Native American Heritage Month - Tweens
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When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at her mobile summer home on the Navajo reservation, he knows he's in for a pretty uneventful summer, with no electricity or cell service. Still, he loves spending time with Nali and with his uncle Jet, though it's clear when Jet arrives that he brings his problems with him. One night, while lost in the nearby desert, Nathan finds someone extraordinary: a Holy Being from the Navajo Creation Story--a Water...
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The celebrated author of "The House on Mango Street" delivers an extraordinary new novel, told in language of blazing originality: a multigenerational story of a Mexican-American family whose voices create a dazzling weave of humor, passion, and poignancy--the very stuff of life.
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Kerney Family trilogy volume 2
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2014.
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English
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Catapulted into early adulthood after the death of an older brother he idolized, eight-year-old Matthew Kerney assumes difficult responsibilities to save the family ranch against a backdrop of the Great Depression and a drought-stricken Tularosa Basin.
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2019.
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"From the day that old Nana Reja found a baby abandoned under a bridge, the life of a small Mexican town forever changed. Disfigured and covered in a blanket of bees, little Simonopio is for some locals the stuff of superstition, a child kissed by the devil. But he is welcomed by landowners Francisco and Beatriz Morales, who adopt him and care for him as if he were their own. As he grows up, Simonopio becomes a cause for wonder to the Morales family,...
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2012.
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A septuagenarian business owner evaluates her grandchildren as possible successors to her multi-million-dollar beauty empire, including New York movie studio editor Daisy, womanizing sports PR representative Matt, and religious Legal Aid lawyer Raquel.
11) Mi negro pasado
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2018.
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Devastated by the end of her marriage, María receives a copy of her forebear Tita's diary from her often absent grandmother, Lucía, and as she reads it she becomes closer to her roots and more self-confident.
Mi negro pasado, continuación de Como agua para chocolate, es una defensa de la independencia femenina, y la mejor receta contra los males de nuestros días: el desarraigo, la obesidad y el consumismo vacío. María, adicta a la comida, sufre...
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[2019]
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"Two families arrive in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for a once-in-a-lifetime vacation ... Jenna has organized the trip to celebrate her husband's fiftieth birthday--she's been looking forward to it for months. Their friends, the Solomons, can be overbearing at times, but Jenna is sure everything is going to be just perfect--and the margarita refills delivered by the house staff certainly don't hurt, either ... Yet as the families settle into their vacation...
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[2017]
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"Years ago, young lovers Héctor and Lilia dreamed of a brighter future for their family in the United States. Héctor left Mexico first, to secure work and housing, but when Lilia, desperate to be with Héctor, impetuously crossed the border with their infant daughter, Alejandra, mother and child were separated, and Alejandra was never returned to her parents. Now, four years later, the family finally has a chance for reunion, but the damage wreaked...
14) A family mystery
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[2017]
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Join Miguel and his dog, Dante, as they solve a family mystery.
16) Lies come easy
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Posadas County mysteries volume 23
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2018.
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One blizzardy New Mexico night, Posadas County Deputy Pasquale picks up a toddler scooting his Scamper along the shoulder of State 56. Yes, it's horrifying - a child apparently dumped out of a truck by his father. Nearly as horrifying is what unrolls while Christmas approaches after dad Darrell Fisher's arrest: a request arrives from the US Forest Service to locate a missing range tech and his unit last reported headed for nearby Stinkin' Springs,...
18) Coco: la novela
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[2019]
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Español
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"Miguel suena con volverse un musico famoso corno su idolo, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desesperado por demostrar su talento, Miguel termina en la deslumbrante y colorida Tierra de los Muertos, luego de que una serie de eventos misteriosos se desencadenan. En el camino se encuentra con Hector y juntos emprenden un viaje extraordinario."--
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[2018]
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In 1492, Luis de Torres, a Spanish Jew, accompanies Columbus as his interpreter. Over the centuries, de Torres' descendants travel from Spain and Portugal to Mexico, finally settling in the hills of New Mexico. Five hundred years later, it is in these same hills that Miguel Torres finds himself trying to understand the mystery that surrounds him and the town he grew up in.
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[2014]
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"Seventeen year-old dirt-bike-riding daredevil Arlo Santiago catches the eye of the U.S. military with his first-place ranking on a video game featuring drone warfare, and must reconcile the work they want him to do with the emotional scars he has suffered following a violent death in his family"--
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