Meg Medina
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Merci Suárez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just how different. For starters, Merci has never been like the other kids at her private school in Florida, because she and her older brother, Roli, are scholarship students. They don't have a big house or a fancy boat, and they have to do extra community service to make up for their free tuition. So when bossy Edna Santos sets her sights on the new boy who happens to be...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Nora Lopez is seventeen during the summer of 1977, when New York is besieged by arson, a massive blackout, and a serial killer named Son of Sam. Meg Media transports us to a time when tempers and temperatures ran high to share the story of a young woman who discovers that the greatest dangers are often closer than we like to admit.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Evelyn Del Rey is Daniela's best friend. They do everything together and even live in twin apartments across the street from each other: Daniela with her mami and hamster, and Evelyn with her mami, papi, and cat. But not after today--not after Evelyn moves away. Until then, the girls play amid the moving boxes until it's time to say goodbye, making promises to keep in touch, because they know that their friendship will always be special. The tenderness...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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"One morning before school, some girl tells Piddy Sanchez that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. Piddy doesn't even know who Yaqui is, never mind what she's done to piss her off. Word is that Yaqui thinks Piddy is stuck-up, shakes her stuff when she walks, and isn't Latin enough with her white skin, good grades, and no accent. And Yaqui isn't kidding around, so Piddy better watch her back. At first Piddy is more concerned with trying...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Evelyn Del Rey es la mejor amiga de Daniela. Hacen todo juntos e incluso viven en apartamentos gemelos frente al otro: Daniela con su mami y h̀mster, y Evelyn con su mami, papi y gato. Pero no despǔs de hoy, no despǔs de que Evelyn se mude. Hasta entonces, las nįas juegan entre las cajas de mudanzas hasta que llega el momento de despedirse, haciendo promesas de mantenerse en contacto, porque saben que su amistad siempre ser̀ especial.
Evelyn...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Worn down by the constant petitions of the villagers who think she has special powers, sixteen-year-old Sonia leaves behind her shawl covered with milagros and her mountain home and sets out to live a life of her own choosing in the capital city.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
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Español
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"Una manana antes de ir a clase, una nina le dice a Piddy Sanchez que Yaqui Delgado la odia y que quiere darle una paliza. Piddy ni siquiera sabe quien es Yaqui, y mucho menos que es lo que ha hecho para hacerla enfadar. Se dice que Yaqui piensa que Piddy es una estirada, que se menea al caminar y que no es lo suficiente latina dada su piel blanca, sus buenas calificaciones y su falta de acento. Y Yaqui no bromea, asi que mejor que Piddy se cuide...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
For Merci Suárez, eighth grade means a new haircut, nighttime football games, and an out-of-town overnight field trip. At home, it means more chores and keeping an eye on Lolo as his health worsens. It's a year filled with more responsibility and independence, but also with opportunities to reinvent herself. Merci has always been fine with not being one of the popular kids like Avery Sanders, who will probably be the soccer captain and is always...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Mia is not sure what to think when her Abuela comes to live with her family in the city. They share a bedroom but speak different languages and Abuela is sad about leaving her sunny house with wild parrots in mango trees. How Mia and Abuela develop their relationship while learning to communicate makes for a richly-told, uplifting story that lovingly blends generations and cultures.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
Español
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Merci Suárez sabía que el sexto grado sería diferente, pero no tenía idea alguna lo diferente que resultaría. En primer lugar, Merci nunca se ha parecido a los otros niños de su escuela privada en la Florida, porque tanto ella como Roli, su hermano mayor, son estudiantes becados. Ellos no tienen ni una casa grande ni un yate elegante, y tienen que desempeñar servicios comunitarios adicionales para compensar por su matricula gratis. Así que...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
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Description
La abuela de Mia viene a vivir con Mia y sus padres. Cuando Mia eomparte con ella su cuento favorito a la hora de dormir, descubre que la abuela no entiende inglés. Mia la ayuda con el inglés y a la vez ella aprende algunas palabras en español. Pero la abuela no conoce suficientes palabras en inglés para compartir las historias de familia con su nieta. Un dia, Mia ve un loro en una tienda de mascotas y descubre la manera de ayudar a su abuela....
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
Español
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Description
Séptimo grado va a ser todo un desafío para Merci Suárez: los maestros son más estrictos, las amistades son más complicadas y su familia es todavía... bueno, ellos siempre hacen que las cosas sean interesantes. Merci también tiene que gestionar la tienda de la escuela con un varón... y el hecho de que él es -pudiéramos decir- amable hace que todo sea aún más confuso. Y también está Edna Santos, más mandona que nunca, especialmente ahora...
Author
Language
Español
Description
Mia is not sure what to think when her Abuela comes to live with her family in the city. They share a bedroom but speak different languages and Abuela is sad about leaving her sunny house with wild parrots in mango trees. How Mia and Abuela develop their relationship while learning to communicate makes for a richly-told, uplifting story that lovingly blends generations and cultures.
16) Sonia Sotomayor
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A chapter book biography of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, part of the She Persisted series"--
19) Pura Belpré
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This inspiring chapter book biography introduces readers to Pura Belpré who brought Spanish and bilingual storytelling and books to libraries across the country, giving Spanish speakers the opportunity to read and find community in ways they never had before.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Milagros barely survives an invasion of her tiny, Caribbean island home, escapes with the help of mysterious sea creatures, reunites briefly with her pirate-father, and learns about a mother's love when cast ashore on another island.