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1) Desert Angel
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
In the California desert, fourteen-year-old Angel is on the run from the man who abused her, killed her mother, and intends to kill her too.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eagle Pass, Texas. Grace struggles to understand the "echoes" she inherited from her mother: visions which often distort her reality. One morning as her sister, Mercy, rushes off for work, a disturbing echo takes hold of Grace. Within moments tragedy strikes. Grace sets goals and begins to recover, but is estranged from Mercy. As Grace's echoes brings ghosts and premonitions, they also bring memories of when Grace fled to Mexico to the house of her...
Author
Language
English
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Description
An international soccer star, Jose is on his way to sign a multi-million dollar contract when a series of events brings his career to a halt. Nina, a struggling waitress trying to make it in New York City, discovers something about herself she's unprepared for. In one irreversible moment, their lives are turned inside out--until a simple gesture of kindness brings them together, turning an ordinary day into an extraordinary experience.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nonbinary teen Ander is ready to leave their family's taquería and focus on their art, but when Santi, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, begins to work at the restaurant, the two teens spark a romance made complicated by immigration police.
Author
Series
Lou Lou and Pea volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
"BFFs Lou Lou Bombay and Peacock Pearl are busy preparing for the Bicentennial Bonanza, their city's two-hundredth birthday bash! And this year, the party will take place in their beloved neighborhood of El Corazón. With a baking contest, talent show, and a new gazebo planned, the community can't wait to celebrate the founders (and historical BFFs), Diego Soto and Giles Wonderwood. But when Vice-Mayor Andy Argyle claims the festivities belong to...
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.
8) Jumped in
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the two years since his mother left him with his grandparents in Des Moines, Washington, Sam has avoided making friends and perfected the art of being a slacker, but being paired with a frightening new student for a slam poetry unit transforms his life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Nine-year-old Maria Singh learns to play softball just like her heroes in the All-American Girls' League, while her parents and neighbors are struggling through World War II, working for India's independence, and trying to stay on their farmland"--
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Teen, an imprint of Peachtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"For Jaime, returning to the Vermont town of Saint Juniper means returning to a past he's spent eight years trying to forget. After shuttling between foster homes, he hopes to make something out of this fresh start. But every gossip in town already knows his business, and with reminders of his past everywhere, he seeks out solitude into the nearby woods--Saint Juniper's Folly--and does not return. For Theo, Saint Juniper means being stuck. He knows...
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