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41) Indivisible
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
New York City high school student Mateo dreams of becoming a Broadway star, but his life is transformed after his parents are deported to Mexico.
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A boy and his father cross the United States-Mexico border every other Saturday, visiting their favorite places, spending time with family and friends, and sharing in the responsibility of community care"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Little Lobo and his friends are excited for the out-of-this-world book festival the Guadalupian Library hosts every year! Everyone has a special book they're looking for, but there's so much to see and do first. From cookbook demonstrations and comics workshops to mask making and language classes, this library has something for everyone. Can Little Lobo, Bernabé, Kooky Dooky, Coco Rocho, and La Chida each find the book of their dreams?"--
Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
When resentment surges during the Great Depression in a Texas border town, Estrella, fifteen, organizes a protest against the treatment of tejanos and soon finds herself witih her mother and baby brother in Mexico.
48) Iron river
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Manny Maldonado and his friends find a hobo's body near the train tracks that run through their tight-knit San Gabriel valley community, a police officer tries to pin the murder on them.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and text follow a girl's journey to overcome her fear of the special dessert she loves so much: La Rosca de Reyes, a sweet bread with a baby Jesus figurine baked into it and eaten on Three Kings' Day.
51) The quiet place
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The story of young immigrant Isabel, who misses her family and friends back in Mexico while decorating a large box as a place of quiet contemplation, and encountering new experiences, including a first snowstorm and a kind teacher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Captstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Told through diary entries during World War II, eleven-year-old Valentina helps her family navigate wartime changes and contributes to the war effort on the home front for a country she is not so sure accepts Mexican American families like her own.
53) My very own room
Author
Publisher
Distributed to the Book trade by Publishers Group West
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Multiple
Description
With the help of her family, a resourceful Mexican American girl realizes her dream of having a space of her own to read and to think
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As Lola helps her mother at the family's hotel, she learns about compassion, social injustice, and how one voice can lead to change. Includes author's note on Dolores Huerta, a labor organizer who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association.
58) Tomando partido
Author
Publisher
Fondo de Cultura Economica
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
Español
Description
Fourteen-year-old Lincoln Mendoza, an aspiring basketball player, must come to terms with his divided loyalties when he moves from the Hispanic inner city to a white suburban neighborhood.
59) When moon blooms
Author
Series
Publisher
Rise x Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
As a child admires the moon, their mother imparts Mexican Indigenous wisdom of the moon's phases as they relate to our bodies and lives.
Author
Series
American girl BeForever. Josefina, 1824 volume 1
American girl BeForever. Josefina 1824 volume 1
Josefina classic volume 1
American girl BeForever. Josefina 1824 volume 1
Josefina classic volume 1
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Josefina and her sisters are excited when energetic young Aunt Dolores arrives at the rancho, bringing new ideas, new fashions, and new challenges, but they worry the changes will make them forget Mam©Ł, especially as Christmas approaches.