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A heartwarming tale of a girl waiting for her beloved Papá to return when the monarchs fly south to their home in Mexico. Lucía loves to watch the monarchs' migration from her home in Mexico with Papá. But this year, the monarchs' journey north holds extra weight; Papá is heading north, too, to look for work. He promises her that when "the weather turns cold and the monarcas return, our winged ancestors will guide me home." So while he spends...
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IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
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"A farm-working girl with big dreams meets activist Dolores Huerta and joins the 1965 protest for workers' rights in this tender-hearted novel in verse, perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia and Pam Muñoz Ryan. Lula Viramontes aches to one day become someone whom no one can ignore: a daring ringleader in a Mexican traveling circus. But between working the grape harvest in Delano, California, with her older siblings under dangerous conditions;...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
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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.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
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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.
7) How to bee
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
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"In a near-future Australia, where real bees are extinct, the quickest, bravest kids climb the fruit trees and pollinate the flowers by hand. Peony lives with her sister, Magnolia, and her grandfather on a fruit farm outside the city. All Peony really wants is to be a bee. Even though she is only nine -- and bees must be ten -- Peony already knows all there is to know about being a bee and she is determined to achieve her dream. Life on the farm is...
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A Lucía le encanta ver la migración de las monarcas desde su casa en México con papá. Pero este año, el viaje de las monarcas al norte tiene un peso extra; Papá también se dirige al norte en busca de trabajo. Él le promete que cuando "el clima se vuelva frío y las monarcas regresen, nuestros ancestros alados me guiarán a casa". Entonces, mientras él pasa los meses de verano cosechando productos en granjas lejanas, Lucía observa el cielo...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Helen wants to contribute to the war effort after the United States goes to war in 1917--so she joins the Women's Land Army of America, an organization that trains women to do farm work, replacing the workers drafted into the army.
11) Más allá de mí
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
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Español
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Francisco leaves his home in a migrant community and sets off for college, carrying memories of years of poverty and prejudice.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
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Español
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Lula Viramonte anhela ser una persona a la que nadie pueda ignorar. Por eso quiere ser directora de en un circo ambulante mexicano. Pero perseguir los sueños es difícil cuando hay que trabajar en la cosecha de uva en Delano, California; cuidar a la madre enferma y a los hermanos, evitar que se desate el temperamento volátil de papá. Entonces Lula conoce a Dolores Huerta, Larry Itliong y a otros activistas por los derechos de los agricultores y...
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