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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
Caught between the old world & the new, is where the four Garcia sisters find themself after fleeing the Dominican Republic to mainstream America. This evokes the difficulties, tension & joys of belonging to two different cultures.
2) Yo!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
The American odyssey of Yo, a Dominican woman writer whose family arrived in the U.S. as refugees from a dictatorship. The novel follows her youth, with its energy and optimism, and the setbacks as she grows older, including two divorces.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Original and illuminating."-The New York Times Book Review
In her most ambitious work since In the Time of Butterflies, Julia Alvarez tells the story of a woman whose poetry inspired one Caribbean revolution and of her daughter whose dedication to teaching strengthened another.
Camila Henriquez Urena is about to retire from her longtime job teaching Spanish at Vassar College. Only now as she sorts through family papers does she begin to know...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
The García sisters--Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofía--and their family must flee their home in the Dominican Republic after the discovery of their father's role in an attempt to overthrow the brutal dictator Rafael Trujillo. They arrive in New York City in 1960 to a life far removed from their existence in the Caribbean. In the wondrous but not always welcoming U.S.A., their parents try to hold on to their old ways as the girls try to find new...
Author
Series
Tía Lola stories volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Although ten-year-old Miguel is at first embarrassed by his colorful aunt, Tia Lola, when she comes to Vermont from the Dominican Republic to stay with his mother, his sister, and him after his parents' divorce, he learns to love her.
Author
Lexile measure
1180L
Language
English
Description
The quinceañera, the fifteenth birthday celebration for a Latina girl, is quickly becoming an American event. This legendary party is a sight to behold: lavish ball gowns, extravagant catered meals, DJs, limousines, and multi-tiered cakes. The must-haves for a "quince" are becoming as numerous and costly as a prom or wedding. And yet, this elaborate ritual also hearkens back to traditions from native countries and communities, offering young Latinas...
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Although ten-year-old Miguel is at first embarrassed by his colorful aunt, Tia Lola, when she comes to Vermont from the Dominican Republic to stay with his mother, his sister, and him after his parents' divorce, he learns to love her.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
Juanita and Miguel's great-aunt, Tia Lola, comes from the Dominican Republic to help take care of them after their parents divorce, and soon she is so involved in their small Vermont community that when her visa expires, the whole town turns out to support her.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
Juanita and Miguel's great aunt, Ta̕ Lola, comes from the Dominican Republic to help take care of them after their parents divorce, and soon she is so involved in their small Vermont community that when her visa expires, the whole town turns out to support her.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
When three girls and their father visit for a week in the summer, it takes Tia Lola to make Miguel forget his unhappiness at the absence of any boys and embrace the adventures that ensue.
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Although ten-year-old Miguel is at first embarrassed by his colorful aunt, Tia Lola, when she comes to Vermont from the Dominican Republic to stay with his mother, his sister, and him after his parents' divorce, he learns to love her.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
When three girls and their father visit for a week in the summer, it takes T́́ía Lola to make Miguel forget his unhappiness at the absence of any boys and embrace the adventures that ensue.
Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Although ten-year-old Miguel is at first embarrassed by his colorful aunt, Tia Lola, when she comes to Vermont from the Dominican Republic to stay with his mother, his sister, and him after his parents' divorce, he learns to love her.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
Juanita and Miguel's great aunt, Tía Lola, comes from the Dominican Republic to help take care of them after their parents divorce, and soon she is so involved in their small Vermont community that when her visa expires, the whole town turns out to support her.
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