Donna Barba Higuera
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"A girl named Petra Pena, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children - among them Petra and her family - have been chosen to journey to a new planet. They are the ones who must carry on the human race. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet - and the discovery that she is the only person...
2) Alebrijes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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"For 400 years, the world has been a barren wasteland. The few humans that survive scrape together an existence in the cruel city of Pocatel--or go it alone in the wilderness beyond, filled with wandering spirits and wyrms. They don't last long. 13 year-old pickpocket Leandro and his sister Gabi do what they can to forge a life in Pocatel. The city does not take kindly to Cascabel like them--the descendants of those who worked the San Joaquin Valley...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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A young girl wishes her family could be more like her friends' families and subconsciously blames her abuela and her yellow handkerchief, but she slowly grows to appreciate and love the language and culture the handkerchief represents
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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My gym shorts burrow into my butt crack like a frightened groundhog.
Don't you want to read a book that starts like that??
Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues.
She's also championed causes her whole young life. Some worthy...like expanding the options for race on school tests beyond just a few bubbles. And some not so much...like complaining to the BBC about the length between Doctor Who seasons.
Lupe needs an...
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Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
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"Ramón no puede dormir. El primer día en su nueva escuela lo asusta. El Cucuy es el monstruo que vive en el cactus de Ramón y tampoco puede dormir. ¡El Cucuy también tiene miedo!"--
Ramón is worried about his first day at a new school, but it helps to remind El Cucuy, the monster who lives in his cactus pot, of how brave and strong they both are
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espąol
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
Description
Una nįa enfrenta sentimientos contradictorios de verg
A young girl wishes her family could be more like her friends' families and subconsciously blames her abuela and her yellow handkerchief, but she slowly grows to appreciate and love the language and culture the handkerchief represents
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
Español
Description
Lupe Wong quiere ser la primera lanzadora femenina en las Grandes Ligas.
Durante toda su infancia, ha defendido causas. Algunas dignas...como la expansión de las opciones de raza en los exámenes escolares, para que sean más allá de unas pocas posibilidades. Y otras menos...como quejarse al canal BBC sobre la duración entre temporadas de Doctor Who.
Lupe necesita un 100% como calificación en todas sus clases para conocer a su lanzador favorito,...
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English
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Había una vez . . .
Una niña llamada Petra Peña que no quería otra cosa que ser cuentista, como su abuelita. Pero el mundo de Petra está llegando a su fin. La Tierra ha sido destruida por un cometa, y solo unos pocos científicos y sus hijos -entre ellos, Petra y su familia- han sido elegidos para viajar a un nuevo planeta. Son ellos quienes garantizarán la continuidad de la raza humana. Cientos de años después, Petra despierta en el nuevo...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A boy and his monster confront their mutual fears in this unlikely friendship story that's rooted in Mexican folklore
Ramón is a little boy who can't sleep. He is nervous for his first day at a new school.
And El Cucuy is the monster who lives in Ramón's cactus pot. He can't sleep, either.
It turns out that El Cucuy is scared, too!
This gentle, perceptive story explores the worries that can accompany moving to a new place and beginning a new...
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English
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A boy and his monster-under-the-bed celebrate Navidad-Christmas-in this festive, bilingual companion to El Cucuy Is Scared, Too!, from Newbery Medal–winning author Donna Barba Higuera and illustrator Juliana Perdomo
Ramón is a little boy who can't wait for Navidad.
El Cucuy is the friendly monster who lives in Ramón's bedroom. He's not so sure that Christmas is for him. The lights are too bright, and the snowman is scary!
So if El Cucuy...
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English
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Lupe Wong quiere ser la primera lanzadora femenina en las Grandes Ligas.
Durante toda su infancia, ha defendido causas. Algunas dignas.como la expansión de las opciones de raza en los examines escolares, para que sean más allá de unas pocas posibilidades. Y otras menos.como quejarse al canal BBC sobre la duración entre temporadas de Doctor Who.
Lupe necesita un 100% como calificación en todas sus clases para conocer a su lanzador favorito,...
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English
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The incredible new novel from Newbery Medal winning author Donna Barba Higuera.
This is the story as it was told to me by Leandro the Mighty.
For 400 years, Earth has been a barren wasteland. The few humans that survive scrape together an existence in the cruel city of Pocatel - or go it alone in the wilderness beyond, filled with wandering spirits and wyrms. They don't last long.
Thirteen-year-old pickpocket Leandro and his sister Gabi do what...