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Petra Luna volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
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"A dangerous journey. A distant dream. Based on a true story. It is 1913, and twelve-year-old Petra Luna's mama has died while the Revolution rages in Mexico. Before her papa is dragged away by soldiers, Petra vows to him that she will take care of her abuelita, her little sister, Amelia, and her baby brother, Luisito, until they can be reunited. They flee north as their town burns, searching for safe harbor in a world that offers none. Each night,...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Jaguars and Butterflies is a self-empowerment resource for girls of Mexican heritage and an educational children's book for all. It presents an enchanting world of art and poetry that encourages girls to value and center themselves. Each colorful page is a celebration of strength and diversity that highlights cultures, art, and geography in Mexico." --
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Jaguares y Mariposas presenta un mundo encantador de arte y poesía para niñas mexicanas. Cada página es una celebración de la fuerza y la diversidad. Sus versos e imágenes espectaculares destacan las culturas, el arte y la naturaleza de México. Este libro ayudará a las pequeñas lectoras a valorarse a sí mismas y sus raices culturales y étnicas.
Jaguars and Butterflies is a self-empowerment resource for girls of Mexican heritage and an educational...
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Es 1913 y la mam d̀e Petra Luna, una nią de doce aǫs, ha muerto mientras la Revolucin̤ hace estragos en Mx̌ico. Antes de que los soldados se llevaran a su pap,̀ Petra le promete que cuidar d̀e la familia que le queda: su abuelita, su hermana pequeą Amelia y su hermanito Luisito, hasta que puedan reunirse con ľ. Juntos huyen hacia el norte mientras arde la ciudad que dejaron atrs̀, y cruzan el desierto cruel e inhumano en busca de un refugio...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Contains six stories about the adventures of Josefina Montoya, a young girl living in New Mexico in the 1820s, following her as she adjusts to growing up and the many changes that occur in her household after the arrival of her Tia Dolores who has come to care for her and her sisters following the death of their mother.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
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Description
Nine-year-old Betita and her parents fled Mexico after her uncle was killed by the cartels, and settled in Los Angeles seeking political asylum and safety in what her father calls Aztlan, the land of the cranes; but now they have been swept up by by the government's Immigration Customs Enforcement, her father deported back to Mexico, and Betita and her mother confined in a family detention camp--Betita finds heart in her imagination and the picture...
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Sammy and the Cheese volume 1
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Madcap, zany noir set on the mean streets of post-World War II San Francisco. Sammy "Two Toes" Tiffin is the bartender in a scruffy gin joint, with street connections that make him the go-to guy for just about everything. When one of his schemes goes south and his lady vanishes, Sammy follows a tortuous trail from Chinatown to Telegraph Hill to a hidden forest enclave in a desperate search to find his girl. Meanwhile, a suspicious flying object has...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Worn down by the constant petitions of the villagers who think she has special powers, sixteen-year-old Sonia leaves behind her shawl covered with milagros and her mountain home and sets out to live a life of her own choosing in the capital city.
11) Disappeared
Author
Series
Disappeared (Stork) volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
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Description
Four months ago Sara Zapata's best friend, Linda, disappeared from the streets of Juarez, and ever since Sara has been using her job as a reporter to draw attention to the girls who have been kidnapped by the criminals who control the city, but now she and her family are being threatened--meanwhile her younger brother, Emiliano, is being lured into the narcotics business by the promise of big money, and soon the only way for both of them to escape...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
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Description
On the Hill of Dust, in the remote mountains of Mexico, an eleven-year-old Mixtec boy called Teo lives with his family and the animals that he has healed, but one day a Romany caravan rolls into town with a young girl who calls herself Esma, the Gypsy Queen of Lightning--it is the beginning of a life-long friendship that will change both their lives.
13) Fated
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Series
Soul seekers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 17
Description
"Since coming to Enchantment, New Mexico everything in Daire Santos life has changed. And not all for the better. While she's come to accept and embrace her new powers as a Soul Seeker, Daire struggles with the responsibility she holds navigating between the worlds of the living and the dead"--
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A retelling of the Mexican legend that describes the origin of the poinsettia plant. In this version, a young girl has nothing to give the Christ child, but when the weeds she carries in her hands miraculously transform into red flowers, she now has the perfect gift.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10
Description
It is 1946, and Dewey Kerrigan is now living near the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico with the Gordon family. Dewey and her "sister," Suze, share secrets, art, and science as they adjust to high school in an isolated desert town. Then, Dewey's long-lost mother, Rita Gallucci, reappears in their lives.
18) Mystic
Author
Series
Soul seekers volume 3
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Description
"Since coming to Enchantment, New Mexico everything in Daire Santos life has changed. And not all for the better. While she's come to accept and embrace her new powers as a Soul Seeker, Daire struggles with the responsibility she holds navigating between the worlds of the living and the dead"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Upset that her New Mexico school can only afford music and art teachers in alternate years, fourth-grader Saige works with her grandmother, Mimi, to plan a fundraiser but when Mimi has an accident, Saige relies on new friend Gabi to help.
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Series
Peaches volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Description
At the start of their senior year of high school, Birdie, Murphy, and Leeda face unwelcome changes. Birdie's boyfriend Rex is in Mexico, Murphy wants to move to New York, and Leeda's mother ignores her. They find support in each other as they plan their futures.