Meet Josefina, an American Girl (American Girls Collection: Josefina 1824)
by Valerie Tripp
A potent, powerful and timely thriller about migrants, drug lords and gang warfare set on the US/Mexican border by PRINTZ MEDAL winning and CARNEGIE MEDAL, COSTA BOOK AWARD and GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S FICTION PRIZE shortlisted novelist, Marcus Sedgwick. Anapra is one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the Mexican city of Juarez. Twenty metres outside of town lies a fence, and beyond it, America - the dangerous goal of many a migrant. Faustino is one of them, trying desperately to escape from the gang...
Gracias the Thanksgiving Turkey (Scholastic Bookshelf) (Scholastic Bookshelf: Holiday)
by Joy Cowley
Summary, Trouble ensues when Papa gets Miguel a turkey to fatten up for Thanksgiving and Miguel develops an attachment toit.
When their father insists that they lack "life experiences," teenaged brothers Gabriel and Gustavo reluctantly agree to a family vacation in a California migrant camp, where the boys pick crops and learn about immigrant labor and prejudice within the Hispanic community.
SE Venden Gorras (Reading rainbow book) (Reading Rainbow Books)
by Esphyr Slobodkina and Teresa Mlawer
After their photograph of a robbery is published in the newspaper, Hector and Mando find themselves pursued by two goofy thieves.
El Misterio de Las Islas de Pachacamac y Otros Relatos
by Maria Rostworowski
Out of Love for You Digital Guide (Urban Underground)
by MS Anne Schraff
In-O Es No! / N-O Spells No! (Coleccion Hola, Lector: Level 2)
by Teddy Slater
For fans of Gary Soto and Matt de la Peña comes a tale of a contemporary Mexican-American family with a "spunky and imaginative heroine" (Publishers Weekly). Miata Ramirez is scared and upset. The skirt she brought to show off at school is gone. She brought her forklorico skirt to show off at school and left it on the bus. It’s not just any skirt. This skirt belonged to Miata’s mother when she was a child in Mexico. On Sunday, Miata and her dance group are supposedgoing to dance forklorico, or...
Say Boo! (Dora the Explorer (Reader's Digest))
"It's Halloween and Dora's friends are all dressed up - but what are their costumes? Kids will love helping Dora guess what costume each of her friends is wearing and then opening the flap to see if they are right."--Back cover.
A wealthy rancher is so certain of the honesty of his foreman that he wagers his ranch.
Pedro's class is building is tower out of paper cups to see who can build the tallest tower. Pedro loves to build, but he's got a big problem. Troublemaker Roddy is on his team. Can Pedro and Roddy learn to work together? A glossary and critical thinking questions make this a great title for libraries, while a collection of jokes adds to the fun.
Carlos and the Squash Plant/Carlos y La Planta de Squash
by Jan Stevens
Freddie finds a mysterious package outside his apartment containing sneakers that allow him to run faster than a train, and inspire him to perform heroic deeds.
