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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
In 1826, strange occurrences on eleven-year-old Josefina's New Mexican "rancho" lead the young healer to wonder if old legends of lost treasure and the wandering ghost called La Llorona may be true. Includes a Spanish glossary and historical background information.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
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The story of a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago. Capturing her thoughts and emotions in poems and stories, she is able to rise above hopelessness and create a quiet space for herself in the midst of her oppressive surroundings.
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Good Girlz volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Description
When sixteen-year-old Jasmine gets permission to date C.J., their relationship blooms until a gang sets one of their brothers against the other, leading to problems that require faith, hope, and support from the Good Girlz afterschool church group.
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Perfect chemistry series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 12
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Living on the University of Colorado-Boulder campus with his older brother Alex, a college student and ex-gang member, high school senior Carlos is not ready to give up his wild ways until he meets a shy classmate named Kiara and becomes unwillingly involved in a drug ring.
10) Josefina's song
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In the early 1800s, nine-year-old Josefina accompanies her father into the New Mexican mountains to check on the elderly shepherd who works for him, and she proves herself a good traveling companion when her father has an accident.
13) Too many tamales
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Maria tries on her mother's wedding ring while helping make tamales for a Christmas family get together, but panic ensues when hours later, she realizes the ring is missing.
18) La mariposa
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Because he can only speak Spanish, Francisco, son of a migrant worker, has trouble when he begins first grade, but his fascination with the caterpillar in the classroom helps him begin to fit in.
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Good Girlz volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Four teenage girls from different backgrounds find faith and friendship after joining Good Girlz, an afterschool church youth group.
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