Frankie Corzo
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
"A girl named Petra Pena, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children - among them Petra and her family - have been chosen to journey to a new planet. They are the ones who must carry on the human race. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet - and the discovery that she is the only person...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"If you're feeling brave, turn the page. A game of hide-and-seek goes on far too long... A look-alike doll makes itself right at home... A school talent-show act leaves the audience aghast... And a summer at camp takes a turn for the braaaains... This collection of all-new spooky stories is sure to keep readers up past their bedtimes, looking over their shoulders to see what goes bump in the night."--
3) Someone new
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Description
The new kids seem different.... Who will be their friends? Maria is new. She's from Guatemala. Jesse can't understand her very well. Jin is new. He's from Korea. Jason can't read his writing. Fatimah is new. She's from Somalia. Emma can't see anything they have in common. Eventually-with a little courage and curiosity-Jesse, Jason, and Emma reach out to their classmates. Maybe making a new friend isn't so tricky after all.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
"In Silver Springs, Arizona, her mother's stories of the monstrous La Llorona are thrilling but unbelievable to science-loving Paola until she and her best friends Dante and Emma take a walk through a cactus field near the Gila River."--
Author
Series
Paola Santiago volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Paola Santiago volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"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." --
Author
Language
English
Description
"Paloma Ferrer is psychic. In fact, everyone in her family line has "the gift." Now that Paloma has come into her powers, she dreams of becoming a famous medium to celebrities, just like her beloved grandma. When Paloma's parents move them from Miami to Los Angeles, she hatches a plan to get her career as a medium up and running. But when a reading gone awry leaves Paloma in a sticky situation with a new friend, she'll need more than a crystal ball...
8) Two summers
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two possible futures face Summer: either she will spend the summer in Provence with her father, uncovering family secrets, and exploring the old world, or she will stay in upstate New York, coping with her mother, and dreaming of her long time crush--and which future unfolds will depend on whether or not she answers a phone call.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
HL 650L
Language
English
Description
When Victoria Cruz wakes up in the psychiatric ward of a Texas hospital after her failed suicide attempt, she still has no desire to live, but as the weeks pass, and she meets Dr. Desai and three of the other patients, she begins to reflect on the reasons why she feels like a loser compared with the rest of her family, and to see a path ahead where she can make a life of her own.
10) I'm new here
Author
Lexile measure
AD 390L
Language
English
Description
Three children from other countries (Somalia, Guatemala, and Korea) struggle to adjust to their new home and school in the United States.
Author
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The fisherman on Lesovs call her Kanella because of her cinnamon color. She's a scrawny, nervous stray--intimidated by the harbor cats and the other dogs that compete for handouts on the pier. One spring day, a dinghy filled with weary, desperate strangers comes to shore. Other boats follow, crowded with refugees who are homeless and hungry. Kanella knows what that is like, and she follows them as they are taken to a temporary refugee camp set up...
12) Lucky Luna
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your primas...
Luna Ramos has more cousins than she can count, and even though her mom says that makes her lucky, Luna knows that every time she gets in trouble, one of her primas is responsible.
But when Luna locks her know-it-all cousin Claudia in the bathroom at their cousin's quinceañera, Luna has no one to blame but herself. Her punishment? No hats for a whole month-which is a big deal because...