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Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
La casa en Mango Street es la extraordinaria historia de Esperanza Cordero. Contado a través de una serie de viñetas --a veces desgarradoras, a veces profundamente alegres-- es el relato de una niña latina que crece en un barrio de Chicago, inventando por sí misma en qué y en quién se convertirá. Pocos libros de nuestra era han conmovido a tantos lectores.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 11
Description
When the sister who delighted their parents by her faithful embrace of Mexican culture dies in a tragic accident, Julia, who longs to go to college and move into a home of her own, discovers from mutual friends that her sister may not have been as perfect as believed.
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
As they prepare to make the traditional Christmas cookies known as bizcochitos, Christina's grandmother tells her the story of how a magical butterfly first introduced these sweet treats to her great-grandfather, a shepherd in the hills of New Mexico.
Description
California awakens one day to discover that one third of its population has vanished. A peculiar pink fog surrounds the state and communication outside its boundaries has completely shut down. As the day progresses, it becomes apparent the sole characteristic linking the missing 14 million is their Hispanic heritage.
Author
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 15
Appears on list
Description
Tony faces the daunting prospect of growing up amidst constant religious and cultural uncertainty. His mother is a devoted Catholic, but her influence is challenged by Ultima--a woman with magical healing powers. As Tony follows his own path toward adulthood, he relies on Ultima's wisdom. With her guidance, he is able to forge his unique identity.
Author
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
With Christmas only days away, it snows so heavily that Jacobo the wood carver and his visiting grandson are afraid the roads will not be cleared in time for the rest of the family to come from the city, and that a sick neighbor will not get the help he needs. Presented in English and Spanish.
Author
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
As he travels with his family of migrant farmworkers, Diego relies on his radio to provide him with companionship and help connect him to all the different places in which he lives.
Cuando �l viaja con su familia de los trabajadores migratorios del campo, Diego se f�a de su radio para proporcionarlo con compa�erismo y ayuda lo conecta a todos los lugares diferentes en que �l vive.
14) Sueǫs =: Dreams
Author
Pub. Date
c1994
Description
Dr. Sabine R. Ulibarri needs no introduction to the aficionados of good literature, for his bilingual short stories have been favorites for many years in classrooms around the nation.
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 15
Description
"Antonio Marez tiene seis años cuando Última viene a quedarse con su familia. Última es una curandera, una persona que cura con hierbas y magia. Bajo su protección, Antonio va a eclporar las ataduras de la familia que le rasgan y comprometen, y se va a descrubrir a si mismo en los secretos mágicos y el pasado pagaon--legado mítico tan palpable como el catolicismo de América Latina"--Container of audiobook version.
19) Yo, Naomi Leon
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father.
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
As they prepare to make the traditional, pillowy bread called sopaipilla, Christina's grandmother tells about the time her great-grandfather, aided by a scarecrow, brought an end to a drought and, in the process, helped make the first sopaipilla.