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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Ignoring the warning of a mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her own children are drawn into La Llorona's supernatural realm, their only hope for survival being a disillusioned priest and the mysticism he practices to keep evil at bay.
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
Language
English
Description
"A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona as she unravels the dark secrets of her family history in this ravishing and provocative horror novel"--
Alejandra no longer knows who she is. To her husband, she is a wife, and to her children, a mother. To her own adoptive mother, she is a daughter. But they cannot see who Alejandra has become: a woman struggling with a darkness that threatens to consume her. Nor can they see what Alejandra...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The ghost of a weeping woman dressed in white, La Llorona, is often spotted beside bodies of water. People in Mexico and in the southwestern United States have claimed to hear her wailing in the night, crying out for her drowned children. This centuries-old legend says that if the wailing woman gets too close, she will drag you to a watery grave.
Author
Series
Monstruos volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The twelve-year-old daughter of La Llorona vows to free her mother and reverse the curses that have plagued the magical town of Tres Leches"--
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A young family vacationing in Mexico is terrorized by the unrelenting evil spirit known to locals as 'La Llorona.' This legendary specter has been kidnapping children for decades. When she captures their only child, his parents must fight back with everything they've got.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Multiple
Description
"Little Damian is getting ready for bed, and the spooky monster called La Llorona is hollering up a storm outside his bedroom window. But he's not afraid. "You can't scare me, silly Llorona," says Damian, 'and neither can your monster friends!' When evil-looking witch owls fly around his room and little green duendes, or goblins, make creepy noises under his bed, he's still not frightened. Not even a little bit. The Donkey Lady, a chupacabras and...
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
In an adventure reminiscent of Homer's Odyssey, fifteen-year-old Odilia and her four younger sisters embark on a journey to return a dead man to his family in Mexico, aided by La Llorona, but impeded by a witch, a warlock, chupacabras, and more.
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells, in parallel English and Spanish text, the traditional Hispanic American tale of a proud and beautiful woman who, in a fit of jealousy, commits a terrible act and then cannot stop weeping for it, even after she is dead.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 550L
Language
English
Description
"The Latin American tale of La Llorona strikes fear in the hearts of all who hear it. It begins with a woman who drowns her children in a fit of rage and jealously. It ends with a weeping specter rumored to pull anyone she encounters to a watery grave. Where did the legend of this murderous mother begin? And why is La Llorona doomed to wander the waterways for all eternity? Young readers will find out in this easy-to-read ghostly graphic novel that...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
THE LEGEND OF LA LLORONA is a terrifying, supernatural thriller starring Danny Trejo (Machete, From Dusk Till Dawn). A young family vacationing in Mexico is terrorized by the unrelenting spirit known to locals as “La Llorona.” The legendary specter has been kidnapping children for decades and when she captures their only child, his parents fight back with everything they've got.
Author
Series
Monstruos volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Felice se ha enterado de que es hija de La Llorona, el monstruo de la leyenda m̀s famosa de la frontera de M̌xico y Estados Unidos. En esta fascinante aventura, la jovencita de doce ąos buscar̀ revertir la maldici̤n que ha ca̕do sobre el m̀gico pueblo de Tres Leches y liberar a su madre, atrapada entre dos mundos. En el camino, conoce a los hijos de otros monstruos, como La Lechuza y el Diablo Danzante y juntos liberan a Tres Leches de maldiciones...
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