Ana Osorio
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Rashin's first day of school in America introduces her to so many new things, from her breakfast foods to the letters in her school books. However, she is not the only kid whose family comes from all over the world, and their teacher invites them to compare the shapes of their countries to other things. Rashin thinks that her homeland, Iran, looks like a cat, and in the end, they all agree their new home, America, looks like a whale.
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La princesa Beatrice siempre ha aceptado su deber, pero empieza a acusar la presión a medida que se acerca el día de convertirse en la primera soberana de Estados Unidos. A nadie le importa Samantha, la princesa sustituta, salvo cuando incumple las normas; así que ella tampoco se interesa por nada... De haber nacido una generación antes, Jefferson, el gemelo de Samantha, hubiera sido el primero en la línea sucesoria, pero las nuevas leyes...
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"Desde la muerte de Simon hace casi un año, en Bayview han surgido decenas de apliccaciones para difundir cotilleos, aunque ninguna está a la altura de la suya. Hasta ahora"-- Provided by publisher.
"A year after the Bayview four were cleared of Simon Kelleher's death a ton of copycat gossip apps have popped up, but no one's been able to fill the gossip void quite like he could. Now a game with dangerous consequences is targeting students at...
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En kinder, Lupe Lopez inició una banda y le demostró a todos que era una estrella de rock. Este año, como estudiante de primer grado, Lupe tiene una nueva meta: ganarse una estrella en el Muro de la Fama de Lectura del salón de clase de la maestra Moreno. Lupe puede roquear con las palabras en su lista de lectura, pero cuando aparecen juntas en una frase, ella no puede darles la vuelta. Y lo peor es que Victor, el brabucón de la clase, se...
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Set in 1884, nineteen-year-old Inez travels to Egypt after the sudden death of her parents to uncover the truth about their deaths, and as she attempts to unravel the mysteries her parents sought, she becomes a pawn in a larger game that threatens to kill her.
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"Yesenia Rosado has it all under control... at least, everyone else seems to think so. But when one bad grade threatens to expose just how stressed she's really been lately, Yesi will lean on Candy, her new kitten, for comfort. Which would be good, except Candy has her eyes set on asomething better - having fun! what will it take for these two to make this friendship work?"--Page 4 of cover.
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The Salazars are a family of former monster hunters who retired after their father died during a monster hunt. Now living in a small town in upstate New York, everyone in the Salazar family has seemed to have moved on except for eleven-year-old Valentina. She wants their life to return back to their old ways and when she discovers someone has found an egg of the monster that killed her father, she enlists the help of her siblings Rome and Lola to...
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After losing her parents in a mysterious attack, seventeen-year-old Estela suffers from survivor's guilt and is sent to live with her Aunt in their ancestral Spanish castle, where she uncovers family secrets and meets a supernatural, silver-eyed boy who claims he is trapped in the castle.
12) Sinner's Isle
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"Rosalinda is trapped on Sinner's Isle, an island filled with young women like her--Majestics, beautiful witches loathed by society for their dangerous magic yet revered by powerful men who want to use them. For years, she has been kept under the watchful, calculating eye of Doña Lucia. Now eighteen, Rosa will be the prized commodity at this year's Offering, a fiesta for the wealthy to engage in drink, damsels, and debauchery. That is why she must...
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Ten-year-old Flora LeFevre knows she can always rely on her best friend Clara Londra, but her world is turned upside down when she learns that Clara is moving to California. They resolve to stay best friends forever, but Flora starts to question things when Clara makes a new friend in California. To make matters worse, Maylin, Flora's older sister, is too obsessed with planning her quinceañera to pay attention to her. But when Flora befriends the...
15) The grief keeper
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Marisol and Gabi Morales are detainees of the United States government, caught crossing the U.S. border to escape the gang violence in their country after their brother was murdered. When Marisol learns that they are going to be sent home, they flee, and catch a ride with Indranie Patel. Indranie has a proposal for Marisol: become a Grief Keeper, someone who will take another's grief into their body. It's a dangerous experimental study, but if Marisol...
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Picture Books for Hispanic Heritage Month 2023
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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Yenebi, her sister Melanie, and mom drive to school every morning across the US-Mexico border.
20) The Name-Bearer
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For her entire life, the Name-Bearer's sole purpose has been to receive and deliver the names of the future monarchy from the Flowers of Prophecy. But when the child is finally born and the Name-Bearer is sent to the Flowers, they refuse to name him. Instead they deliver a prophecy; another child was born who is more worthy of the Naming, and if they are found and brought before them it will usher in a reign of peace. Having failed in her duties the...