Pam Muñoz Ryan
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English
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Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica--and decades later three children, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California find themselves caught up in the same thread of destiny in the darkest days of the twentieth century, struggling to keep their families intact, and tied together by the music of the same harmonica.
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English
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"Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression." --
4) Mañanaland
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English
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"Twelve-year-old Max, who loves the legend Buelo tells him about a mythical gatekeeper who can guide brave travelers on a journey into tomorrow, sets out on a dangerous quest to discover if he is true of heart and what the future holds, armed with a treasured compass, a mysterious stone rubbing, and Buelo's legend as his only guides." --
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
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An introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, extraordinary singer and civil rights activist, who was the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, whose life and career encouraged social change.
6) The dreamer
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English
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A fictionalized biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who grew up a painfully shy child, ridiculed by his overbearing father, but who became one of the most widely-read poets in the world.
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Español
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Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression. Esperanza Ortega has a wonderful life in Mexico until tragedy shatters her dream and forces her and her mother to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp.
9) Mud is cake
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Hyperion Books For Children
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
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A brother and sister find that when they use their imagination mud can become cake and they themselves can become almost anything.
10) Nacho and Lolita
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2005.
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English
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A very rare pitacohi bird falls in love with a swallow and plucks his colorful feathers to transform dry, barren San Juan Capistrano into a haven of flowers and flowing water, which the swallows can easily find when returning from their annual migration.
11) Mañanaland
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Español
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"Twelve-year-old Max, who loves the legend Buelo tells him about a mythical gatekeeper who can guide brave travelers on a journey into tomorrow, sets out on a dangerous quest to discover if he is true of heart and what the future holds, armed with a treasured compass, a mysterious stone rubbing, and Buelo's legend as his only guides. Presented in Spanish."--
12) Eco
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Publisher
Editorial Océano
Pub. Date
2017
Language
Español
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Otto se pierde en un bosque prohibido cuando de repente se encuentra con tres misteriosas hermanas. En ese momento, su destino quedará ligado a una insólita búsqueda que entraña una profecía, una promesa y una armónica. Décadas más tarde, las vidas de Friedrich en Alemania, Mike en Pennsylvania, e Ivy en California, se conectan entre sí cuando la misma armónica llega a ellos. Estos niños se enfrentarán a grandes desafíos: rescatar a un...
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Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Middle-grade fans of Pam Muñoz Ryan's Esperanza Rising, will find a new Mexican heroine to love in Solimar and a fresh, magical story! On the brink of her Quinceañera, and her official coronation, Solimar visits the oyamel forest to sit among the monarch butterflies. There, the sun pierces through a sword-shaped crevice in a boulder, which shines on her and sends the butterflies humming and swirling around her. After the magical frenzy, she realizes...
14) Hello, Ocean!
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Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2001]
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English
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Using rhyming text, a child describes the wonder of the ocean experienced through each of her five senses.
15) Riding freedom
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English
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A fictionalized account of Charley (Charlotte) Parkhurst who ran away from an orphanage, posed as a boy, moved to California, and fooled everyone by her appearance.
16) Mice and beans
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Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2001.
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English
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In this rhythmic cumulative tale Rosa Maria spends the week getting ready for her granddaughter's birthday party and trying to avoid attracting mice--unaware that the mice in her walls are preparing for a party of their own.
18) Paint the wind
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English
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After her overprotective grandmother has a stroke, Maya, an orphan, leaves her extremely restricted life in California to stay with her mother's family on a remote Wyoming ranch, where she discovers a love of horses and encounters a wild mare that her mother once rode.
