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"Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and lead her family to safety during the Mexican Revolution. "Wrenching debut about family, loss, and finding the strength to carry on."--Booklist, starred review "Blazes bright, gripping readers until the novel's last page."--Publishers Weekly, starred review "Vital and perilous and hopeful."--Alan Gratz, New York Timesbestselling author of Refugee It is 1913,...
4) Pacho Nacho
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After naming their firstborn son Pacho-Nacho-Nico-Tico-Melo-Felo-Kiko-Rico, Mama and Papa insist everyone use his full name, which causes trouble when their second son, Juan, says his brother needs help. Includes notes about the folktale on which the story is based and glossary of Spanish terms.
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In Cuidad Juárez, Mexico in 1999, where kidnapping of girls and women is common, a woman approaches thirteen-year-old Anamaria claiming to be her future self, offering advice and requesting help. Fear is overtaking the city as cases of kidnapped girls and women become alarmingly common. Anamaría works hard at her strict, grade-obsessed middle school, wanting to do the best she can so she can grow up to be successful. Then a lady comes up to Anamaría...
9) Coco
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In the Rivera household there was one rule: no music. But young Miguel loved music and wanted to play the guitar.
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Una niña que crece en una finca de piñas en México nos descubre el verdadero significado de la palabra magia en este libro ilustrado, un volumen verdaderamente mágico sobre el cambio y la transformación --tanto sobre aquellas cosas que no podemos controlar, como los desastres naturales y las pérdidas, como las que sí están en nuestro poder. La magia puede transformar la tierra en piñas, las semillas en árboles, la lana en mantas, las palabras...
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"Julia's best friend is her diary. She calls it "My Everything" -- twelve-years-old at its beginning and fifteen at the end; a girl at the beginning, a young woman at its end, knowing more than she ever wanted to know. Julia tells her diary everything about growing up in Juárez. At first, her family loses their house and their car, then suddenly her father is making lots of money. The family has a new car and a new house. It doesn't make sense. Her...
12) Migrant
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A Mexican boy tells of his journey to the U.S. with his family. They must face many dangers to cross the border, only to experience the uncertainty felt by all illegal immigrants.
13) El mundo de Coco
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Aventúrate en el increíble Mundo de los Muertos. Conoce a Miguel, Héctor, el célebre Ernesto de la Cruz y vuélvete parte de la familia de Coco de Disney-Pixar. Únete a esta épica aventura llena de tradiciones, magia y música.
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"Es 1913 y la mam̀ de Petra Luna, una nįa de doce ąos, ha muerto mientras la Revoluci̤n hace estragos en M̌xico. Antes de que los soldados se llevaran a su pap̀, Petra le promete que cuidar̀ de la familia que le queda: su abuelita, su hermana pequęa Amelia y su hermanito Luisito, hasta que puedan reunirse con ̌l. Juntos huyen hacia el norte mientras arde la ciudad que dejaron atr̀s, y cruzan el desierto cruel e inhumano en busca de un refugio...
16) El diario de
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"Acércate y abre despacio el libro que tienes en tus manos, de lo contrario se escaparán todos los secretos que habitan en él. Este no es un libro cualquiera, es el diario de una pequeña que vivió hace mucho tiempo, en una ciudad no muy lejana, que quizá conozcas. ¡Descúbrela! pasea por sus plazas y conoce los misterios y leyendas que habitan en ella. Hasta puede suceder que juntas, encuentren un tesoro escondido" -- p. [4] of cover.
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