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"In classic stories remixed, Latinx characters take center stage. Pride and Prejudice is launched into outer space, Frankenstein is plunged into the depths of the ocean, and The Great Gatsby floats to an island off the coast of Costa Rica. A shape-shifter gives up her life to save the boy she loves from an evil bruja. La Ciguapa covets a little mermaid's heart of gold. Two star-crossed teens fall in love while the planet burns around them. Whether...
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IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
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Belen Dolores Itzel del Toro wants the normal stuff: to experience love or maybe have a boyfriend or at least just lose her virginity. But nothing is normal in East Oakland. Her father left her family. She's at risk of not graduating. And Leti, her super-Catholic, nerdy-ass best friend, is pregnant--by the boyfriend she hasn't told her parents about because he's Black and her parents are racist.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
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440L
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"When Pedro receives some money from his grandmother for his birthday, his father suggests that he put some of it in the bank, but then Pedro has to decide what to do with the remainder"--Verso page.
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ChupaCarter volume 03
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[2024]
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When Ernie's dad is accused of stealing artifacts related to the legendary El Dorado gold, Jorge and his friends set out to clear his name and run into a fiendish ring of thieves along the way.
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2024.
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"A sweeping yet personal overview of the latino population of America, drawn from hundreds of interviews and prodigious research that emphasizes the diversity and little-known history of our largest and fastest-growing minority. LatinoLand is an exceptional, all-encompassing overview of Hispanic America based on personal interviews, deep research, and Marie Arana's life experience as a Latina. At present, Latinos comprise 20 percent of the US population,...
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"Ten-year-old Abby Ramirez, who is on the autism spectrum, has her hands full when an anxious German shepherd, Destiny, shows up at the Second Chance Ranch animal rescue. While Abby helps Destiny learn to trust people again, Abby has to learn to overcome old habits of her own"--
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"Bernardo asistirá al mismo grado de Carlos en la Primaria Carver. Al principio, Carlos no está muy seguro sobre cómo se siente al respecto, pero cuando Bernardo provisoriamente se muda a la casa de Carlos y ocupa su litera, su lugar en el equipo de fútbol de la escuela e incluso la atención de su papi, Carlos se da cuenta de que no está contento. Peor aún, ¡Bernardo comienza a molestar a los gecos, las mascotas de Carlos!--provided by publisher....
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Grace has always rushed headlong into things. Grace tries to be thoughtful and responsible when helping with her elderly neighbor's prize-winning cat, Chances, but it isn't easy. Can Grace slow down enough to keep the people (and animals) she cares for safe? Or can taking chances be a good thing?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
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HL 700L
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When ten-year-old Margar©Ưta Sandoval's family moves to Wyoming during the Great Depression, she faces racism, homesickness, and the possibility that her grandmother's land in New Mexico may be lost.
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"The high point: his breezy honesty." - Entertainment Weekly
"Leguizamo is one of the most excting talents to come along in some time." - USA Today
"[Leguizamo is] a remarkably mature writer . . . Astonishing." - Newsweek
"Brutally funny." - The New York Times
"This mix of the glib and the sometimes glam presents a refreshing cultural tonic." - Publishers Weekly
"Leguizamo's autobiography is as singular as the man himself. " - Library Journal...
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"Our Hidden Conversations is a unique compilation of stories, richly reported essays, and photographs providing a window into America during a tumultuous era. This powerful book offers an honest, if sometimes uncomfortable, conversation about race and identity, permitting us to eavesdrop on deep-seated thoughts, private discussions, and long submerged memories."--
18) Tracking Champ
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
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690L
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When the Fleischman Middle School's mascot, Principal Snider's dog Champ, disappears from his kennel before the big basketball game, most of the students think that the door was left unlatched, but Carlos, one of the four friends of Snoops, Inc., is convinced that someone took him--and it is up to the junior detectives to solve the mystery.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
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660L
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Twelve-year-old twins Hayden and Jaden, and their older friends Keisha and Carlos, call themselves Snoops, Inc., and consider it their business to catch criminals and investigate crimes--so when someone sabotages several of the projects in the sixth-gradescience fair competition they set out to expose the culprit.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Once thirteen-year-old Keisha Turner and Frankie Dixon were best friends, so when Frankie shows Keisha a threatening note she received, Keisha decides to go undercover on the Spirit Squad without Carlos and the other members of Snoops, Inc. to find out who is trying to harm her former friend--and why.
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