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3) MotherTongue
Author
Pub. Date
1994
Description
Mary is nineteen, subject to depression, and still grieving over the death of her mother when she meets Jos ̌Luis, a political refuge from El Salvador.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Description
After a brawl with a rival gang, sixteen-year-old Azael, a member of Houston's MS-13 gang and the son of illegal Salvadoran immigrants, wakes up in an unusual juvenile detention center where he is forced to observe another inmate through a one-way mirror.
5) Wild blues
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Thirteen-year-old Lizzie relates, through a victim statement, her harrowing journey through the Adirondacks seeking her disabled friend, Matias, who was kidnapped by escaped convicts.
Author
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When a young boy and his mother come to the United States from El Salvador, leaving his father behind, the boy misses his father very much and wants to do something special to show him how much he cares.
Cuando un niño pequeño y su madre vienen a los Estados Unidos de El Salvador, dejando a su padre atrás, el niño extraña a su papá mucho y quiere hacerle un presente para mostrarle cuánto lo quiere.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Francisco misses his village in El Salvador, and especially flying a kite with his friends, but Mama cannot afford to buy a kite so he gathers discarded materials around his apartment building and makes his own, which catches the eye of a store owner and leads to a wonderful project.
Francisco echa de menos su pueblo en El Salvador, y especialmente volando una cometa con sus amigos, pero mamá no puede permitirse el lujo de comprar una cometa, así...