Frankie Corzo
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Ve̤rnica has had many surgeries to manage her disability. The best form of rehabilitation is swimming, so she spends hours in the pool, but not just to strengthen her body. Her Florida town is home to Mermaid Cove, a kitschy underwater attraction where professional mermaids perform in giant tanks . . . and Ve̤rnica wants to audition. But her conservative Peruvian parents would never go for it. And they definitely would never let her be with Alex,...
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
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...
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen original short stories from YA superstars, featuring Latine mythology's most memorable monsters
From zombies to cannibals to death incarnate, this cross-genre anthology offers something for every monster lover. In Our Shadows Have Claws, bloodthirsty vampires are hunted by a quick-witted slayer; children are stolen from their beds by "el viejo de la bolsa" while a military dictatorship steals their parents; and anyone you love, absolutely...