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Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In this novel, award-winning author Amanda Eyre Ward tells the story of Alice Conroe, a forty year old Texas barbecue owner who has the perfect life, except she and her husband long for a child. Unable to conceive, she's trying desperately to adopt but her destiny is quickly altered by a young woman she's never met. Fearless thirteen-year-old Carla Trujilio is being raised by her grandmother in Honduras along with her four year old twin brothers....
2) Miss Quinces
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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ALA Great Graphic Novels for Teens - 2023
ALA Youth Media Awards 2023 - Children
Día Booklist (Grades 6-8) 2023
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2023 - Children
Día Booklist (Grades 6-8) 2023
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Description
"Sue just wants to spend the summer reading and making comics at sleepaway camp with her friends, but instead she gets stuck going to Honduras to visit relatives with her parents and two sisters. They live way out in the country, which means no texting, no cable, and no Internet! The trip takes a turn for the worse when Sue's mother announces that they'll be having a surprise quinceąera for Sue, which is the last thing she wants. She can't imagine...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2023 - Children
Día Booklist (Grades 6-8) 2023
Hispanic Heritage Month - Spanish & Bilingual Kids
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Día Booklist (Grades 6-8) 2023
Hispanic Heritage Month - Spanish & Bilingual Kids
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Description
"Sue solo quiere pasar el verano leyendo y haciendo cómics en el campamento con sus amigos, pero en lugar de eso se embarca con sus padres y sus dos hermanas en un viaje a Honduras a visitar a la familia, que vive en medio del campo, ¡así que no podrá mandar mensajes y no tendrá cable ni internet! Las cosas empeoran cuando la mamá de Sue anuncia que le harán una quinceañera sorpresa a la chica, aunque esto es lo último que ella desearía....
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