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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
Español
Description
"Julia no es la hija mexicana perfecta. Ese era el rol de su hermana Olga. Olga no fue a la universidad, se quedó en casa para cuidar a sus padres, limpiar la casa y trabajar a medio tiempo. Julia tiene grandes sueños y no quiere formar parte del camino de su hermana mayor. Pero un solo error, que ocurre mientras enviaba un mensaje de texto al mismo tiempo que cruzaba la calle más concurrida de Chicago, resulta en la muerte de Olga, dejando atrás...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
Español
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Description
Mexican-American Stef Soto is hoping to break free from her overprotective parents and embarrassing reputation from her family's taco truck business, but she soon learns that family, friendship, and the taco truck are important parts of her life.
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Series
Max's lucha libre adventures volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Max seems like any other kid until he is asked to join the Lucha Libre Club, but because of strict secrecy he cannot tell anyone of his royal wrestling blood, his uncle the king of lucha libre, The Guardian Angel.
11) Tumbos
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
Español
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Description
De la galardonada autora de La primera regla del punk nos llega una asombrosa novela sobre una joven que reúne las piezas faltantes de su origen, la historia de una familia de luchadores legendarios a quienes nunca antes había conocido.
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...
12) Sweet memories
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While enjoying an icy fruit popsicle called a paleta, Abuelo tells his grandchild the story of the first paleta. Includes historical note.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
Español
Description
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.
La primera regla del punk es una conmovedora exploracion de la amistad, la busqueda de uno mismo, y el aprender a "rockear" como si nadie te esta mirando. No hay atajos para navegar el primer día de clases en una...
14) Kikirikí
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Marta and Celia are horrified to learn that their family plans to eat the rooster their abuela brought home, and they set out to save him.
16) Más allá de mí
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
Español
Description
Francisco leaves his home in a migrant community and sets off for college, carrying memories of years of poverty and prejudice.
Language
Español
Description
"Veinte cuentos, ensayos, poemas y cómics de autores célebres y galardonados componen esta antología juvenil que explora la experiencia mexicoamericana. En esta colección que mezcla diferentes géneros: cuentos, ensayos personales, poesía y cómics, este grupo célebre de autores comparte las fronteras que han cruzado, los obstáculos que han atravesado y las dos culturas por las que continúan navegando como mexicoamericanos. Más allá de la...
18) Muffler man
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Chuy works hard at the muffler shop to earn enough money to join his father in America, where together they create an army of "muffler men," statues made from old muffler parts, that they scatter around the city.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
Español
Description
Worried that Papa Espada cannot find a job, Tía Lola, Juanita, Miguel, and the "Sword" sisters decide to start a bed and breakfast at Colonel Charlebois's Vermont house.
"Con la ayuda de sus sobrinos y de las tres hermanas Espada, tía Lola abrirá a las puertas de la majestuosa casa antigua del coronel Charlbois a visitante de todas las procedencias. Pero pronto se darán cuenta de que poner a funcionar este pequeño hotel no resulta tan facil...
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