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Author
Series
Growing up Daisy volume 2
Publisher
Magic Wagon/ABDO
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
83) Sizzle: a novel
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When the aunt she lives with becomes ill, orphaned Linda Delgado must leave Arizona for Philadelphia, where she struggles to adapt to a huge foster family, eating canned food, and finding an outlet for her love of cooking.
84) Bouncing back
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Orphaned thirteen year-old Carlos learns what it truly means to be a teammate when he must help save his new wheelchair basketball team's gym from destruction.
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.
86) Klail City
Author
Series
Klail City death trip volume 2
Publisher
Arte Publico Press
Pub. Date
c1987
Language
English
88) Ultraviolet
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Elio is struggling with "coming of age"--first love, first heartbreak, first real fight (which lands him in the hospital), and what it means to be a "man", a true friend, and an ally, as well as how to overcome a culture of toxic masculinity.
90) Diamond Park
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When four Mexican-American teenagers from Houston travel to Diamond Park to buy a 1959 Chevy Impala from Magaña's godfather, something goes very wrong, and one of them, Susi, ends up arrested for murder; convinced that the real killer is a drug trafficker called Anaconda, Flaco and Magaña head to Mexico hunting for him to clear Susi's name--but in the process of kidnapping Anaconda Flaco discovers how little he understands about what really happened...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Best friends Parisa Naficy and Gabriela Gonzales grapple with the complexities of their relationship even while they spend their senior year apart due to a pandemic that disproportionately affects young people.
93) Tacos de Laco
Author
Publisher
Celebra Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mario and his younger sister make tacos out of mud and other things they find in their Nana's backyard.
95) Gory alleluia
Author
Publisher
Contemporary Books
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
97) Yo, Naomi Leon
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
Español
Description
When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father.
98) Chola salvation
Author
Publisher
Arte Público Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Estella Gonzalez vividly captures her native East LA in these affecting stories about a marginalized people dealing with racism, machismo and poverty. In painful and sometimes humorous scenes, young people try to escape the traditional expectations of their family. Other characters struggle with anger and resentment, often finding innovative ways to exact revenge for slights both real and imagined. Throughout, music--traditional and contemporary--accompanies...
100) Grandma's chocolate
Author
Publisher
Pinata Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Sabrina's grandmother visits from Mexico, she brings gifts that make Sabrina feel like a Mayan princess.