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• Sarai and the Meaning of Awesome

  González, Saraí, 2005-

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  Sarai is in the fourth grade and can do just about everything. But when her grandparents are forced to move away, Sarai is not sure how to help them. With the help of her younger sisters and cousin, they hatch a plan to buy back their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lola Levine Is Not Mean!

  Brown, Monica, 1969-

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  Second-grader Lola has everything going her way – a great family, teacher, and even a supportive best friend. But will that help when she is banned from team sports after accidentally hurting a classmate during a soccer game?

• Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring

  Cervantes, Angela

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  While Paloma is staying in Mexico with her mother over the summer, she spends her time reading the mystery novels of Lulu Pennywhistle. Until one day she visits La Casa Azul, the home of artist Frida Kahlo, and finds herself pulled into a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mañanaland

  Ryan, Pam Muñoz

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  Max has always loved the legends his Buelo tells him about a mystical gatekeeper that can guide travelers on a journey into tomorrow. When the day comes, Max takes his chance to find this gatekeeper and understand who he is and what his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The First Rule of Punk

  Pérez, Celia C., 1972-

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  Twelve-year-old Malu is moving with her mother to Chicago at the start of her seventh-grade year. While she’s there, she’ll have to remember the first rule of punk: be yourself.

• The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora

  Cartaya, Pablo

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  Arturo likes to spend his summertime sipping mango smoothies and playing basketball until dark. But when a new land developer comes into town and tries to take over the land that his family’s restaurant sits on, Arturo and the new girl in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sal & Gabi Break the Universe

  Hernandez, Carlos Alberto,

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  Sal Vidón is starting at a new school after his mother has recently passed away. He has type one diabetes, and he likes to play pranks on his classmates by sometimes causing rips in time and space and transporting objects from other…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Dash of Trouble

  Meriano, Anna,

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  In this series starter, Lenora is the youngest in her family with four older sisters. As the family is preparing for Dia de los Muertos, Leo is told once again that she is too young to help. When she sneaks out of school and to the bakery…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• They Call Me Güero

  a Border Kid's Poems

  Bowles, David (David O.)

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  They call him Güero because of his red hair, pale skin, and freckles, but he is a border kid through and through. Güero is just like any other seventh grader – he likes video games, playing with his friends, and reading.

• Ana María Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle

  Burgos, Hilda Eunice

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  All Ana María really wants is to practice her piano piece before the upcoming city showcase, but first she must put up with each of her sister's drama, her parents' affection, her noisy neighbors, and the new baby that is on the way.

• The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

  Cuevas, Adrianna

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  Nestor wants two things: to live in one place for a while, and to have dinner with his dad. When Nestor must move once again after another one of his dad’s deployments, he decides to try and lay low in this new town because he also has a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lupe Wong Won't Dance

  Higuera, Donna Barba

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  Lupe is about to get the chance to meet her favorite pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, a Chinacan/Mexinese baseball player just like her, but there is one catch. She must get all A’s, which would be fine if she didn’t have to square dance in gym.