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21) Limpia
Author
Publisher
Lumen
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"Estela deja a su madre en el sur para trabajar en la casa de una familia en Santiago de Chile y allí se queda los siguientes siete años, limpiando y criando a una niña acosada por la ansiedad, cuya muerte conocemos al comienzo de la novela. Como en una tragedia griega, la tensión crece en cada página, con cada personaje o elemento: la perra callejera, las ratas, la confesión inconfesable del "señor", la aparición de Carlos, el veneno, la...
23) Ribsy
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Good ol Ribsy's ever-curious mind has always gotten him into scrapes, but this time he may have gone too far. After a comical turn of events, Ribsy finds himself in the wrong station wagon with the wrong children. Ribsy will do anything to find Henry, but there's plenty of excitement to be had along the way and scoring a touchdown for a local high school team is only part of the fun!
24) If I survive you
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A collection of humorous and harrowing linked stories following a Jamaican-American family as they seek stability upon moving to Miami"--
In the 1970s, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. But America, as the couple and their two children learn, is far from the promised land. Excluded from society as Black immigrants, the family pushes on through Hurricane Andrew and later the 2008 recession, living...
25) Hamlet
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
Author
Publisher
Little Tiger Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A parent's wish for his or her child encourages little ones to always look for the biggest and brightest and most wonderful things in their lives. The world is theirs; they can dream of the places they will visit, the friends they will make, and the joy and laughter that will fill their lives. They will learn to shape their world the way they want it to be, and all the while, they will know just how proud their parents are of them." --
29) The seeing stone
Author
Series
Spiderwick chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Mallory and Jared attempt to rescue Simon from goblins, they use a magical stone which enables them to see things that are normally invisible.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This child-friendly reimagining of poet Robert Browning's 'Pippa's Song' captures the comforting moments and familiar rhythms of a child's life, reassuring them and encouraging them to look for what's right in the world"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Berenstain Bears can't wait to visit the Bear Country Space Center, where rockets blast off into outer space! When the tour guide gives Mama, Papa, and the cubs a tour of the Big Bear Space Rocket, he makes it very clear not to touch anything. But when Papa sees a big red button, he just can't help himself. Get ready to blast off!
33) Tumble
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Before she decides whether to accept her stepfather's proposal of adoption, twelve-year-old Adela Ramírez reaches out to her estranged biological father--who is in the midst of a career comeback as a luchador--and the eccentric extended family of wrestlers she has never met, bringing Adela closer to understanding the expansive definition of family.
34) Imagine
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Juan Felipe Herrera was very young, he picked flowers, helped his mama feed the chickens, slept under the starry sky, and learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his migrant family moved on. When he grew up, Juan Felipe Herrera became a poet. His breathtaking poem "Imagine" and Lauren Castillo's evocative illustrations will speak to every reader and dreamer searching for this place in life."--Jacket.
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mysterious child teaches two strangers how to love and trust again. After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have not broken her. When a mysterious child who shows up at her cabin, barefoot and covered in bruises, Joanna enlists the help of her reclusive neighbor, Gabriel Nash, to solve the...
36) ¡A la mesa!
Author
Publisher
Vergara
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Consejos, trucos y recetas fáciles para toda la familia. ¡A la mesa! responde a la pregunta que los seguidores de Inés Basterra suelen hacerle en sus redes sociales: ¿Qué es comer saludable y cómo organizarse en familia para tener una buena alimentación? A través de trucos para planificar la semana, consejos para congelar y conservar los alimentos o listas de ingredientes y utensilios básicos que hay que tener en casa, Inés dibuja las pautas...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Cat and her brother Chicken have always had a very special bond--Cat is one of the few people who can keep Chicken happy. When he has a "meltdown" she's the one who scratches his back and reads his favorite story. She's the one who knows what Chicken needs. Since their mom has had to work double-hard to keep their family afloat after their father passed away, Cat has been the glue holding her family together. But even the strongest glue sometimes...
38) Night tree
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A family makes its annual pilgrimage to decorate an evergreen tree with food for the forest animals at Christmastime.
40) Explorers
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"When a family goes to a local museum, a boy notices a homeless man sitting outside, making brightly colored origami birds. He convinces his dad to buy a bird the man makes just for him. Once inside the museum, his little sister takes the bird and launches it into the air. Is it lost? Soon another boy helps him look, and the paper bird brings two families--and two new friends--together" --
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