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Author
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
161 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
You'd think a knife in the ribs would be the end of things, but for Chuy, that's when his life at last gets interesting. He finally sees that people love him, faces the consequences of his actions, finds in himself compassion and bravery...and even stumbles on what may be true love.
A funny, touching, and wholly original story by one of the finest authors writing for young readers today.
3) Jesse
Author
Pub. Date
1994
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
900L
Physical Desc
166 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
To get away from his chaotic, often violent parents, 17-year-old Jesse has moved into an apartment with his brother. They are both taking community college courses in Fresno. But to pay for them, they must take whatever jobs they can find, even backbreaking field work. The path to a good education isn't going to be an easy one for these two young Mexican-Americans. As Jesse absorbs information in his classes, he learns harsher lessons from the people...
Author
Pub. Date
1992
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
134 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Lincoln is happy to be going to Japan as a martial arts exchange student. So is Tony, his barrio brother from San Francisco. They're excited about living in a dojo, or school for martial arts, and practicing the art of kempo. When Lincoln arrives in Japan, he is surprised to find that the dojo is a vacant lot. He will be living on a small farm with the Ono family, whose mother reminds him of his own. The father likes to play practical jokes, and the...
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 550L
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
With a strong family, the best friend a guy could ask for, and a budding romance with the girl of his dreams, life shows promise for Teodoro "T" Avila. But he takes some hard hits the summer before senior year when his nearly perfect brother, Manny, returns from a tour in Iraq with a devastating case of PTSD. In a desperate effort to save Manny from himself and pull their family back together, T's fiery sister, Xochitl, hoodwinks her brothers into...
6) Juanita
Author
Pub. Date
1948
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
10) Reaching out
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Lexile measure
910L
Physical Desc
vi, 196 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Leaving his home in a migrant community, Francisco sets off for college, carrying memories of years of poverty and prejudice.
11) Trina's boxcar
Author
Pub. Date
1967
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
216 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Manny Hernandez lives in a housing project in southern California. He and his other Mexican-American neighbors sleep in houses made of sheetrock and tin. They sit in yards worn down to dust and hope that somehow luck will come their way. Poverty isn't the only problem in Manny's life. His father thinks Manny is as worthless as a penny. His crazy mother thinks she can scrub away or slap away his worries. Each day Manny hopes that...
16) A day's work
Author
Pub. Date
1994
Lexile measure
560L
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Francisco, a young Mexican-American boy, helps his grandfather find work as a gardener, even though the old man cannot speak English and knows nothing about gardening.
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