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182) Undercover Latina
Author
Series
Factory (Aya De Leon) volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Fourteen-year-old Andréa Hernández-Baldoquín hails from a family of spies working for the Factory, an international organization dedicated to protecting people of color. Andréa has dreamed about getting her first solo mission, but she never imagined that she would have to straighten her hair and go undercover as a white girl to befriend the estranged son of a dangerous white supremacist. In order to gain the boy's trust, Andréa finds herself...
183) Breakup from hell
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Miguela Angeles is tired. Tired of her abuela keeping secrets, especially about her heritage. Tired of her small Vermont town and hanging out at the same places with the same friends she's known forever. So when another boring Sunday trip to church turns into a run-in with Sam, a mysterious hottie in town on vacation, Mica seizes the opportunity to get closer to him. It's not long before she is under Sam's spell and doing things she's never done...
Author
Series
Stella Diaz volume 3
Pub. Date
[2021]
Formats
Description
Stella is happy as a clam in fourth grade. She's the president of the Sea Musketeers conservation club, she starts taking swim lessons, and she joins a new art club at school. But as her schedule fills up, school gets harder, too. Suddenly the tides have turned, and she is way too busy! Stella will be in an ocean of trouble if she can't keep her head above water. But with her trusty Sea Musketeers by her side, she hopes to make her big dreams come...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Sami loves to speak both English and Spanish. But he doesn't just speak them one at a time. He speaks in Spanglish! Sometimes, he makes brand-new words—like 'lonche'—and sometimes, he puts the languages together in one sentence, like when he's hungry for jamberguers con papas fritas. But not everyone likes Spanglish. Abuela thinks that Spanish should be spoken at home and English at school. And to make matters more complicated, Sami's not allowed...
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
While Tia Isa wants to save money for a car that will take the whole family to the beach, her niece does odd jobs for neighbors. But it's hard to save enough when half the money is set aside to bring family members who live far away to join them someday. Meg Medina's simple, genuine story about keeping in mind those who are far away is written in lovely, lyrical prose and brought to life through Claudio Munoz's charming characters.
Author
Series
Desmond Cole ghost patrol volume 15
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Desmond and Andres find themselves in a sticky situation when a new type of bubble gum starts to consume Kersville--literally!
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Cuando Aurora llegó a los Estados Unidos, aprendió a hablar inglés, pero Nena, su spaniel, no. Por eso, cuando pasea a Nena, Aurora les explica a sus nuevos amigos que su mascota solo habla español. Ella les dice: Nena no entiende la palabra "sit" pero sí entiende "siéntate". Ella tampoco entiende "wait" pero sí "espera". Un "treat" no significa nada para ella. ¡Pero ella sí que puede oler un "postre"! Con dulzura y encanto, la autora e ilustradora...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Mucho está cambiando para Cici. Sus padres se están separando, su abuela se mudó con ellos, y en su décimo cumpleaños, ¡se despierta con alas de hada! Los nuevos poderes mágicos de Cici le permiten ver a las personas como realmente son. Pero lo que descubre acerca de sus amigos y su familia no es fácil de aceptar. Tiene solo un día para decidir si se queda con sus alas. Cuando Cici solo desea que la vida sea normal de nuevo, ¿elegirá creer...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Whether you're settling in for a heaping plate of banana pudding or arepas and tostones, a good meal can always bring families together. Once a year, on a Friday night, My family leaves the city And drives hours and hours . . . First my family drives through the mountains to stop at Mamaw and Papaw's house in rural West Virginia. We share blueberry jam and toast for breakfast the next morning, then munch cookies and cut bananas to make banana pudding...
193) Through fences
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"Collection of short comics about life near the US-Mexico border. Touches on issues of immigration, detainment, policing, sexuality, racism, and violence"--Provided by publisher.