Better Than Picture Perfect (Sharp Sisters, #2)
by Stephanie Perry Moore
Seventeen-year-old aspiring photographer Ansli Sharp, the adopted daughter of a mayoral candidate, learns that her boyfriend is one of the twenty homeless students in her school and decides to reach out to them.
In their small town of Monroeville, Alabama, in 1930, misfits Tru and Nelle strike up a friendship and find a mystery to solve when someone breaks into the drugstore and steals some candy and a fancy brooch.
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...
The Cods of Cape Cod / Love their summer vacation, / And though they could go / Anywhere in the nation, / They keep coming back / To their favorite location, / 'Cause they know that Cape Cod's / A vacation sensation! The Cods of Cape Cod / Have a house on the beach, / And it's just the right size, / With a fish tank for each. ... To this colorful fish-friendly house come the Cods' many fishy friends, shrimp comes from Sandwich, bass from Mashpee, swordfish from Chatham, and so on. And boy, do th...
Cajun Night Before Christmas 50th Anniversary Limited Edition
by James Rice
Cajun Night Before Christmas 50th Anniversary Edition
by James Rice
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.
Let's Go Philadelphia (Polk Street Special , #11)
by Patricia Reilly Giff
Raven Finds the Daylight and Other Native American Stories
by Paul M Levitt and Elissa S. Guralnick
Wherever stories are told, in whatever language, life and death hold center stage, along with pain and glee, mystery and magic, fools and foes, deceit and decency. This book has them all. Here, in embellishments upon the folklore of Native American tribes from the Pacific Northwest, are tales that seek to explain the world, dispel its darkness, and celebrate its light. So, meet a sorcerer whose magic can turn a horse into a loon, a man who becomes a bush-tailed rat, a girl whose sons were born...
Chato y Los Amigos Pachangueros (Chato and the Pary Animals)
by Gary Soto
Running away from a vicious trapper, seven-year-old Ben MacDonald is separated from his family and eventually ends up on the shores of Lake Winnipeg, where he is taken in by a tribe of Metis Indians.
A beautiful celebration of traditions, music, and community...and a granddaughter's love for her Grandma. Abbey is spending the night at Grandma’s, but Grandma has gone on a cooking spree, making delicious Surinamese dishes: dahlpuri roti, chicken satay, plantain soup, and kip pastei! As Grandma cooks, Abbey is bored… She quickly devises a plan to throw a surprise party for Grandma and, pretty soon, the house is filled with laughter, music…and great food! A celebratory book filled with rhyth...
The Case of the Missing Cookies (Gullah Gullah Island, #4)
by Denise Lewis Patrick
What does it take to be a hero? Massive strength? Incredible height? Infinite power? Not necessarily. Often, it's quick wit, a courageous heart, or unselfishness that evokes the hero inside of us. Even when we are simply reading about the valiant acts in these stories, we can feel our own inner hero rising to the occasion, echoing that need we all have to be better human beings. The heroes in these tales emerge from all over the world, including: Switzerland ("William Tell"), Japan ("Lord Bag of...
Nosotros Somos una Parte de la Tierra
by Chief Seattle and Carmen Bravo-Villasante
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.