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82) Tumble
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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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Día Booklist (Grades 3-5) 2023
Hispanic Heritage Month - Tweens
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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.
83) Al fin en casa
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Pub. Date
[2011]
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Español
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When she and her family move from Mexico to the Untied States, eight-year-old Ana helps her mother adjust to the new situation by encouraging her to learn English.
84) Esperanza rising
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English
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Hispanic Heritage Month - More Tween Titles
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Women's History - Tweens
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Women's History - Tweens
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Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
86) Dancing home
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Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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When Margie's cousin Lupe comes from Mexico to live in California with Margie's family, Lupe must adapt to America, while Margie, who thought it would be fun to have her cousin there, finds that she's embarrassed by her in school and jealous of her at home.
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English
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Hispanic Heritage Month - More Titles for Children
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
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Chato decides to throw a "pachanga" for his friend Novio Boy, who has never had a birthday party, but when it is time to party, Novio Boy cannot be found.
88) Next to Mexico
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Pub. Date
2008.
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English
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Outspoken, impulsive Lylice has skipped fifth grade, but she finds that getting along at Susan B. Anthony Middle School is more difficult than she expected, until she befriends another newcomer to the sixth grade.
89) The skirt
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Pub. Date
1992.
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English
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When Miata leaves on the school bus the skirt that she is to wear in a dance performance, she needs all her wits to get it back without her parents' finding out that she has lost something yet again.
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"2018 - Belinda Alvarez has returned to Texas for the wedding of her best friend Veronica. The farm is the site of the urban legend, La Reina de Las Chicharras - The Queen of The Cicadas. In 1950s south Texas a farmworker- Milagros from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, is murdered. Her death is ignored by the town, but not the Aztec goddess of death, Mictecacíhuatl. The goddess hears the dying cries of Milagros and creates a plan for both to be physically...
91) Ambassador
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Series
Ambassador (William Alexander) volume 1
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English
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Appointed Earth's ambassador to the universe, twelve-year-old Gabe Fuentes faces two sets of "alien" problems when he discovers his parents are illegal aliens and face deportation, and the Earth's in the path of a destructive alien force causing multiple mass extinctions.
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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"When Jacinta Juarez is paired with a rich, famous mentor, she is swept away from the diapers and dishes of her own daily life into a world of new experiences. But crossing la linea into Miss's world is scary. Half of Jacinta aches for the comfort of Mamá and the familiar safety of the barrio, while the other half longs to embrace a future that offers more than cleaning stuff for white people. When her family is torn apart, Jacinta needs to bring...
96) Bouncing back
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English
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Orphaned thirteen year-old Carlos learns what it truly means to be a teammate when he must help save his new wheelchair basketball team's gym from destruction.
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English
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When his family moves from a small Mexican village to North Carolina, Eduardo asks how soon he will feel at home, and slowly his Tio Miguel's seemingly impossible replies come true until, at last, he can put out the Nativity scene he carved with his grandfather.
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