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Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
In Cuba's "special period in times of peace" of 1991, Liana and Amado find love after their severe hunger gives both courage to risk government retribution by skipping a summer of labor to seek food. Told in their two voices plus that of the stray dog that brought them together.
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
After fourteen-year-old Celeste Marconi returns to Valparaíso from Maine, she decides to uncover the truth about what happened in Cerro Mariposa during the dictatorship and find her missing friend, Lucila.
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books, an imprint of Arte Público Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Dennis Chávez was born in the small farming community of Los Chávez in 1888 in what was then the Territory of New Mexico. His childhood home had dirt floors and no indoor plumbing. As a boy, he tended his father's crops and sheep. He spoke only Spanish and never went to high school or college. This bilingual "flip" book for intermediate readers recounts the inspiring story of Dennis Chávez, who in spite of having to drop out of school in the seventh...
Publisher
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza/Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Offering a complete survey of Georgia O'Keeffe's illustrious career, this magnificent new book ranges from the works produced between 1910 and 1920 that made her a pioneer of abstraction to her celebrated flower paintings and views of New York, which led to her recognition as one of the key figures in modern American art, and culminating with her paintings of New Mexico. The selection of color plates is accompanied by quotes from O'Keeffe on her art...
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
En el primer libro infantil que describe el capítulo olvidado de la historia de los Estados Unidos conocido como la Repatriación Mexicana, un niño y su familia dejan su amado hogar para evitar ser separados por el gobierno. Ante la perspectiva de ser separados, un niño y su familia toman la difícil decisión de dejar su hogar y emprender un viaje lleno de incertidumbre. En el camino, se encuentran con otras personas como ellos. Familias con raíces...
9) Frozen II
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Why was Elsa born with magical powers? The answer is calling her and threatening her kingdom. Together with Anna, Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven, she'll set out on a dangerous but remarkable journey. In the first film, Elsa feared her powers were too much for the world. Now she must hope they are enough.
Series
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004?]
Language
English
Description
At the end of World War II, a mysterious, horribly burned man who claims not to remember his name, known only as the "English patient," lies near death in an Italian villa. He is cared for by a quietly desperate young nurse, Hana, herself a victim of the war. With her at the villa are Kip, a young Sikh bomb-disposal expert, and a shadowy thief with bandaged hands named Caravaggio. The key to the burned man's past may lie in his commonplace book, a...
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