Aida Salazar
Author
Lexile measure
890L
Physical Desc
243 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Betita and her parents fled Mexico after her uncle was killed by the cartels, and settled in Los Angeles seeking political asylum and safety in what her father calls Aztlan, the land of the cranes; but now they have been swept up by the government's Immigration Customs Enforcement, her father deported back to Mexico, and Betita and her mother confined in a family detention camp--Betita finds heart in her imagination and the picture poems...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jovita didn't want to cook and clean like her sisters, and she especially didn't want to wear the skirts her abuela gave her. She wanted to race her brothers and climb the tallest mesquite trees in Rancho Palos Blancos, ride horses, and wear pants! When her father and brothers joined the Cristeros War to fight for the right to practice religion, she wanted to help. She wasn't allowed to fight, but that didn't stop her from observing how her father...
3) Ultraviolet
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
For Elio Solis, eighth grade fizzes with change--His body teeming with hormones. His feelings that flow like lava. His relationship with Pops, who's always telling him to man up, the Solis way. And especially Camelia, his first girlfriend. But then, betrayal and heartbreak send Elio spiraling toward revenge, a fight to prove his manhood, and defend Camelia's honor. He doesn't anticipate the dire consequences--or that Camelia's not looking for a savior....
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Many immigrants of color set out across continents, oceans, and borders, travelling to the United States in pursuit of opportunity: scientists, athletes and artists have succeeded, bringing fame to America.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
243 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Betita, de nueve ąos, sabe que es una grulla. Papi le con̤t la historia desde antes que su familia emigrara a Los ℓngeles buscando refugio de la guerra del narco en M̌xico. Los aztecas proce̕dan de un lugar llamado Azt̀ln, en lo que es hoy el sureste de Estados Unidos, cuyo nombre significa 'tierra de las grullas', y establecieron su gran ciudad en el centro del universo: Tenochtit̀ln, la actual Ciudad de M̌xico. Cuenta una profe̕sa que...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
Español
Description
"¡Jovita sǫaba con usar pantalones! Odiaba las faldas grandes que la abuela le hac̕a usar. ¡Quer̕a escalar el r̀bol de mezquite m̀s alto de su rancho, montar a caballo y sentir el viento curvar su rostro en una sonrisa! Cuando su padre y sus hermanos se unieron a la Guerra Cristera para luchar por la libertad religiosa, Jovita quiso ir tambǐn. Prohibida, desafi̤ las reglas de su padre "y las de la sociedad" y encontr̤ una manera inteligente...
10) Neverforgotten
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
1030L
Physical Desc
114, 114 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Fabio flies through the streets of Bogotá on his bicycle, the children of his neighborhood trailing behind him. It is there that life feels right-where the world of adults, and their lies, fades away. But then one day, he simply forgets. Forgets how to ride his bicycle. And Fabio will never be the same again" -- Jacket flap.
"Fabio vuela por las calles de Bogotá en us bicicleta, seguido por los niños de su barrio. Es allí donde la vida es genial,...
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
770L
Physical Desc
328 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Featuring contributions from Eric Bell, Katherine Locke and A.J. Sass, this first LGBTQA+ anthology for middle-grade readers presents stories of queer fantasy, historical and contemporary stories for every letter of the acronym.