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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018
Language
Español
Description
Esperanza Rising joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!Esperanza thought she'd always live a privileged life on her family's ranch in Mexico. She'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home filled with servants, and Mama, Papa, and Abuelita to care for her. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
Español
Formats
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
Publisher
Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Middle-grade fans of Pam Muñoz Ryan's Esperanza Rising, will find a new Mexican heroine to love in Solimar and a fresh, magical story! On the brink of her Quinceañera, and her official coronation, Solimar visits the oyamel forest to sit among the monarch butterflies. There, the sun pierces through a sword-shaped crevice in a boulder, which shines on her and sends the butterflies humming and swirling around her. After the magical frenzy, she realizes...
Author
Publisher
Grupo Nelson
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
¿Qué está temblando en tu mundo? ¿Es posible que sea tu futuro, tu fe, tu familia o tus finanzas? Este es un mundo inestable. ¿Necesitas algo de esperanza inconmovible? Si es así, no eres el único. En estos tiempos es difícil encontrar esperanza. Muchas personas creen que no hay nada mejor de lo que este mundo ofrece pero reconozcámoslo, no es así. La vida está llena de problemas, la Palabra de Dios está llena de promesas. En Esperanza...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A riveting thriller combining real historical events and characters with a sinister detective story of eugenics, racism, and nationalist paranoia. Barcelona, summer 1909. When the scientist and explorer Randolph Foulkes is blown up in a random terrorist bomb attack, private detective Harry Lawton is hired by the man's widow to identify the beneficiary of a large payment Foulkes had made shortly before his death. Lawton's arrival in the Catalan capital...
Author
Publisher
FaithWords
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Descubra una fuerza que lo empuja hacia adelante, el poder de hacer lo que no pod̕a hacer antes con el autor n︢mero uno del New York Times, Joel Osteen. Puede sentirse ďbil y fatigado, pero ese no es su destino. Cuando te sientes abrumado, como si no pudieras continuar, Él entra y te da una fuerza especial. Fuerza que no obtuviste por tu cuenta. Fuerza para avanzar cuando deber̕a estar estancado, fuerza para superar ese obst̀culo, fuerza para...
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