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1) Bump
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
"A moving and triumphant middle grade contemporary debut from award-winning author Matt Wallace about a heroic young girl--who dreams of becoming a pro wrestler--learning to find courage and fight for what she loves. Perfect for fans of Kelly Yang, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds' Track series! MJ knows what it means to hurt. Bruises from gymnastics heal, but big hurts--like her dad not being around anymore--don't go away. Now her mom needs to work...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Camila wants to be a rodeo star! Her favorite event is bull riding. But before she can rida a real bull, or even a steer, she needs to ride the mechanical bull. Will Camila master the mechanical bull ride and take a big step toward her rodeo dreams?"--Back cover.
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Series
Maggie Diaz volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Maggie Diaz of Miami is excited to start seventh-grade with her best friends, Zoey and Julian, and finally getting a cellphone of her own; but after school her friends are wrapped up in their various clubs, her mother is attending college, and her older sister Caro has her sports and tutoring, so Maggie decides that she will find a club to join as well--but trying out ALL the different clubs while still juggling school work is exhausting and confusing--and...
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Series
Monstruos volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"The twelve-year-old daughter of La Llorona vows to free her mother and reverse the curses that have plagued the magical town of Tres Leches"--
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
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The story of a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago. Capturing her thoughts and emotions in poems and stories, she is able to rise above hopelessness and create a quiet space for herself in the midst of her oppressive surroundings.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
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When her blind dog slips his collar, twelve-year old Lily meets Salma Santiago, a young Hispanic girl whose migrant family are in Maine for the blueberry-picking season, and, based partly on their mutual love of dogs, the two forge a friendship while painting bee boxes for Lily's grandfather--but as the Blueberry Queen pageant approaches Lily and Selma are confronted with some of the hard truths of prejudice and migrant life.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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"Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946 in California"--
9) Witchlings
Author
Series
Witchlings series volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Every year, in the magical town of Ravenskill, Witchlings who participate in the Black Moon Ceremony are placed into covens and come into their powers as full-fledged witches. And twelve-year-old Seven Salazar can't wait to be placed in the most powerful coven with her best friend! But on the night of the ceremony, in front of the entire town, Seven isn't placed in one of the five covens. She's a Spare! Spare covens have fewer witches, are less powerful,...
10) Brothers in Arms
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Formats
Description
Martin Luna is in deep trouble. Just months ago, a horrible tragedy took his little brother, and now it threatens to take him too. On one side are his desperate mother, a friendly teacher at Bluford High School, and a pretty girl named Vicky. On the other are his old neighborhood and his hunger for revenge. Torn between the two, Martin stands at a crossroad, with his life hanging in the balance. Which way will he go?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
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Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people... In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance-and Papi's secrets-the two girls are forced to face...
12) Abuela
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
While riding on a bus with her grandmother, a little girl imagines that they are carried up into the sky and fly over the sights of New York City.
14) The poet X
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
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THE POET X - a stunning New York Times bestseller with a powerful and unforgettable YA voice. Perfect for fans of Tomi Adeyemi's The Children of Blood and Bone, Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give and Sarah Crossan's One. Xiomara has always kept her words to herself. When it comes to standing her ground in her Harlem neighbourhood, she lets her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But X has secrets - her feelings for a boy in her bio class, and the...
Author
Series
Never girls. Finding Tinker Bell volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Tinker Bell takes Gabby's great-grandfather's model ship, sets sail for Shadow Island, and disappears, it is up to Gabby and the other Never Girls to search for their missing fairy friend.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"When a young girl is asked where she's from--where she's really from--she's no longer as she was. She decides to turn to her dear abuelo for some help with this ever-persistent question. But he doesn't quite give her the answer she expects."--Page [2] of cover.
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18) Isla
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A young girl and her grandmother take an imaginary journey to the Caribbean island where her mother grew up and where some of her family still lives.
19) La guitarrista
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"When Canta finds a guitar in the trash, she is one step closer to becoming a rock star. Even though the guitar is broken and she doesn’t know how to play, nothing can stop Canta from going after her dreams!"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Born into a family of over-achievers, fifth-grader Allie Velasco has never finished first in anything, and lately things have been going badly: her science project is ruined by a well-meaning student, her former best friend is hanging out with another girl--but now she is determined to win the Trailblazer contest with a photographic presentation about her great grandfather, the first Congressional Medal of Honor winner from their town