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2) Furia
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Camila Hassan, a rising soccer star in Rosario, Argentina, dreams of playing professionally, in defiance of her fathers' wishes and at the risk of her budding romance with Diego.
Rosario, Argentina. At home Camila Hassan lives within her mother's narrow expectations, her soccer-star brother's shadow, and under the abusive rule of her short-tempered father. On the field, she is La Furia, a powerhouse of skill and talent. When her...
3) Kamchatka
Author
Publisher
Black Cat
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
In 1976, a young boy flees Buenos Aires with his opposition-supporting family, renames himself after his hero Harry Houdini, and dedicates his time in exile to mastering his role model's escape artistry.
Author
Language
Español
Description
Treinta años atrás, cuando Benjamín Chaparro era prosecretario en un juzgado de instrucción, llegó a su oficina la causa de un homicidio que no pudo olvidar. Ahora, ya jubilado, repasa buena parte de su vida, las instancias de ese caso y sus insospechadas derivaciones, y la historia de un amor secreto que lo mantiene acorralado entre la pasión y el silencio. Una trama policial ambientada en los años sesenta y setenta, en una Argentina que paulatinamente...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
Exploring a small island off the Washington State coast in 1941, five brothers make an astonishing discovery that is interrupted by the attack on Pearl Harbor and has ramifications for Cabrillo's present-day investigation into a crashed satellite in the Argentine jungle.
14) Gauchada
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A necklace is lovingly passed from one person to another, travelling much farther than the Argentine gaucho who made it will ever go.
17) Exocet
Author
Publisher
Stein and Day
Pub. Date
1983
Language
English
Description
Just prior to the outbreak of the British-Argentinian War, the Argentinians plot to steal British Exocet missiles and in order to thwart the scheme, DI5's London head orders Tony Villiers on the most dangerous mission of his life
Author
Publisher
Suma De Letras
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
Español
Description
"Buenos Aires. 1810. Artemio Furia no es un hombre común. Es un gaucho cuyo nombre se pronuncia con respeto y temor en todas las esferas de la sociedad. Entre 1806 y 1807, sus centauros y él sirvieron en los ejercitos de Juan Martín de Pueyrredon para expulsar a los ingleses. Su influencia entre los paisanos es decisiva. Se dice que, con un chasquido de sus dedos, puede sublevar a toda la campaña. Cuando comienza a gestarse la Revolución de Mayo...
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
Español
Description
Max and Mercedes first meet in 1928, when she is the wife of a noted composer and he is a professional dance partner on the ship taking her to Buenos Aires, and their romance does not end although life takes them in different directions.
20) Blood and honor
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
A spy story in Buenos Aires during World War II. It features Cletus Frade, a Spanish-speaking Marine Corps flier on assignment for the OSS. His mission is to prevent a German ship from rearming and resupplying U-boats in the South Atlantic.
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