Yo soy Sofía Castro... y dicen que soy Boba / I Am Sofía Castro... and They Say I'm Dumb
by Sodia Castro
Sin Story Times, sin videos de youtube y sin límite de tiempo para contarles todo. Hay cosas de mi vida que no he sido capaz de decirles en mi canal. Desde dramas de mi adolescencia. Los sufrimientos del primer amor y mi pasión por la música, hasta la búsqueda de mi propia voz, mis inicios en el Youtube, el Bulling que me hicieron y…. tambien la muerte de Ringo. Todo eso y más lo van a leer aquí. Les prometo que en estos capítulos van a conocer a la sofía más real.” Yo soy So...
Ecuador (South America Today) (Discovering South America)
by Colleen Williams
The Eighth Grade Dance and Other Memories / El Baile de Octavo Y Otros Recuerdos
by Ada de Jesus
Dominican Republic (Discovering The Caribbean) (Caribbean Today)
by Bob Temple
Presents the geography, history, economy, cities and communities, and people and culture of the Dominican Republic. Includes recipes, related projects, and a calendar of festivals.
Leaving his home in a migrant community, Francisco sets off for college, carrying memories of years of poverty and prejudice.
Escaping from Nazi Germany to Cuba in 1939, a young Jewish refugee dreams of finding his parents again, befriends a local girl with painful secrets of her own, and discovers that the Nazi darkness is never far away.
In 1914, the world celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, which connected the world's two largest oceans and signaled America's emergence as a global superpower. It was a miracle, this path of water where a mountain had stood--and creating a miracle is no easy thing. Thousands lost their lives, and those who survived worked under the harshest conditions for only a few silver coins a day. From the young "silver people" whose back-breaking labor built the Canal to the denizens of the endange...
A Most Anticipated Book (Refinery29, HipLatina, Publishers Weekly, Latino Book Review, Elle, Al Día, and more)! Edited by The Bronx Is Reading founder Saraciea J. Fennell and featuring an all-star cast of Latinx contributors, Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed is a ground-breaking anthology that will spark dialogue and inspire hope. In Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed, bestselling and award-winning authors as well as up-and-coming voices interrogate the different myths and stereotypes about the Latinx dia...
Sugar Changed the World a Story of Magic Spice Slavery Freedom and Science
Following extensive travel and research in Brazil, Paul Guinness has created this work based on primary source figures and illustrative case studies, designed for A Level students. Using an issues-based approach he includes all the major physical, human and environmental geographical themes. There are 28 separate case studies, and student questions throughout.
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
by Margarita Engle
Margarita is a girl from two worlds. Her heart lies in Cuba, her mother s tropical island country, a place so lush with vibrant life that it seems like a fairy tale kingdom. But most of the time she lives in Los Angeles, lonely in the noisy city and dreaming of the summers when she can take a plane through the enchanted air to her beloved island. Words and images are her constant companions, friendly and comforting when the children at school are not.
Puerto Rico (Caribbean Today) (Discovering The Caribbean)
by Romel Hernandez
Fourteen-year-old Mateo and other Caribbean islanders face discrimination, segregation, and harsh working conditions when American recruiters lure them to the Panamanian rain forest in 1906 to build the great canal.
Based on the Los Angeles Times series that won two Pulitzer Prizes, this is a timeless story of families torn apart. When Enrique was five, his mother, too poor to feed her children, left Honduras to work in the United States. The move allowed her to send money back home so Enrique could eat better and go to school past the third grade. She promised she would return quickly, but she struggled in America. Without her, he became lonely and troubled. After eleven years, he decided he would go find...
“Un relato conmovedor que le da un rostro humano a los indocumentados, tan bello como marcado de cicatrices. Imprescindible”.—Kirkus Reviews, reseña destacada. Basada en el libro homónimo para adultos, La Travesía de Enrique de Sonia Nazario está disponible en su versión adaptada para lectores jóvenes traducida al español por Ana Ras. Esta es la verdadera historia de Enrique, un adolescente hondureño que emprende un viaje arduo y peligroso en busca de su madre, quien se vio forzada a dejarlo d...
Bolivia (Discovering South America) (South America Today)
by LeeAnne Gelletly