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Davico lives with his family above La Casita — the Little House — in Guatemala City in the early 1950s. But it's not just a little house. It's also the family restaurant!
The restaurant provides plenty of distraction and adventure for Davico and his older brother, Felipe. The mean cook, Augusto, and the always-late waiter, Otto, love to play tricks on Davico. There's a huge oven in the gas cookstove, which Felipe knows how to light - if he can...
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Nearly three years have passed since that tragic day in September. Since then, our wounds have healed, but our senses and memories have dulled. At first, the nation rallied behind its leader. But by the time the confrontation with Iraq presented itself, our courage and moral certainty seemed to fade in the face of partisan bickering and posturing. Now the political left and the Democratic Party are trying to use the demanding aftermath of the war...
1623) The year I flew away
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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After moving from her home in Haiti to her uncle's home in Brooklyn, ten-year-old Gabrielle, feeling bullied and out of place, makes a misguided deal with a witch.
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Paola Santiago volume 3
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IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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"Thirteen-year-old Paola Santiago must return to the void to rescue her best friend Dante and face her biggest foe yet: El Cucuy, the lord of nightmares"--
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On a remote tropical island, twelve-year-old Beatriz stumbles across a wild mare with strange markings. She can't believe that this horse is real, but soon a strong connection grown between them. Beatriz uncovers an incredible history of a young girl, Felipa, from centuries ago and her horse. As the fates of the girls and their horses become entwined, Beatriz learns the future of the world's rarest horses depends on her.
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Paola Santiago volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Months after confronting the legendary La Llorona, Paola starts dreaming again, this time about fantasmas that are stalking her and someone who might be even more dangerous--her estranged father.
1628) Every Other Christmas
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English
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Every other Christmas, I celebrate with my mom.
Every other Christmas, I celebrate with my dad.
Sometimes I wish we could still be together.
But my favorite holiday is special, no matter who I celebrate with.
After his parents' divorce, a young biracial child spends every other Christmas celebrating the differing traditions between the African American and Colombian sides of their family.
The years the child spends Christmas in Illinois with...
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Structured around the forty questions volunteer worker Valeria Luiselli translates from a court system form and asks undocumented Latin American children facing deportation, Tell Me How It Ends humanizes these young migrants and highlights the contradiction between the idea of America as a fiction for immigrants and the reality of racism and fear-here and back home.
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Paperback plus volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In this cumulative folktale from Latin America, the sun sets off a chain of events which results in the cleaning of Rooster's beak in time for his uncle's wedding.
1631) The expendables
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Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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The Expendables are a tight-knit team of skilled combat vets turned mercenaries. Hired by a powerful covert operator, the team jets off to a small South American country to overthrow a ruthless dictator. Once there, they find themselves caught in a deadly web of deceit and betrayal. Using every weapon at their disposal, they set out to save the innocent and punish the guilty in this blistering action-packed thriller.
1633) The expendables 2
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Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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When Mr. Church decides to reunite the Expendables, and one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.
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TOON Books
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[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"A collection of three Latin American folktales retold in graphic novel form"--
A fresh take on timeless tales! How would a kitchen maid fare against a seven-headed dragon? What happens when a woman marries a mouse? And what can a young man learn from a thousand leaf cutter ants? Famed Love and Rockets creator Jaime Hernandez asks these questions and more as he transforms beloved myths into bold, stunning, and utterly contemporary comics. Guided...
1638) New shoes for Silvia
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Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A young girl receives a pair of beautiful red shoes from her Tía Rosita and finds different uses for them until she grows enough for them to fit.
1640) Who was Celia Cruz?
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Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Although her family and friends know her as Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso, the world refers to her simply as Celia Cruz. Starting her career in 1950, Celia grew increasingly popular as the new lead singer of the Cuban band Sonora Matancera. Her exceptional vocal range and flashy costumes made fans fall in love with her. Celia's talent took her all around the world, including the United States. After Fidel Castro came to power in...
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