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1) Harbor me
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"When six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world"--
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 4
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her abuelo is injured at the local landfill, second-grader Sofia is determined to transform the dangerous Mount Trashmore into a park, taking on City Hall in the process.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his family's restaurant and Cuban American neighborhood in Miami are threatened by a greedy land developer, thirteen-year-old Arturo, joined by Carmen, a cute poetry enthusiast, fight back, discovering the power of poetry and protest through untold family stories and the work of José Martí.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their dresses end in fishtails, and their joy fills the train car. When Julián gets home, daydreaming of the magic he's seen, all he can think about is dressing up just like the ladies in his own fabulous mermaid costume: a butter-yellow curtain for his tail, the fronds of a potted fern for...
Author
Series
Gum Girl volume 1
Publisher
Disney Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Mom issues a no-gum rule, Gabby Gomez sneaks a piece of special bubble gum that turns her into a superhero.
10) Invisible
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Can five overlooked kids make one big difference? There's George: the brain Sara: the loner Dayara: the tough kid Nico: the rich kid And Miguel: the athlete And they're stuck together when they're forced to complete their school's community service hours. Although they're sure they have nothing in common with one another, some people see them as all the same... just five Spanish-speaking kids. Then they meet someone who truly needs their help,...
11) Kindergarten hat
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Carlos Abredo loves building forts, playing soccer, and gardening but he does not want to start kindergarten, until his new teacher reaches out to make him and his fellow students feel welcome.
12) Oh, brother!
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Xavier is unhappy when his mother remarries and he suddenly has a new stepbrother, as well as a stepfather, in his home.
Author
Series
Lola Levine volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Lola Levine volume 4
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
16) Cover blown!
Author
Series
Gum Girl volume 4
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Gabby and her family visit her uncle in Cobel, Mexico, she learns about her Aztec roots, and faces students from the wrestling school of her uncle's rival.
17) Popped star
Author
Series
Gum Girl volume 3
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As Gabby Gomez is trying to tell her family she is Gum Girl, she encounters Ninja-Rina, a masked ballerina for whom no crime is "tutu" big.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
A moving middle-grade mystery about a boy dealing with long-repressed memories of his father as he learns about his Mexican and Haitian heritage while spying on a mysterious stranger during the first weeks of COVID lockdown.
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