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(0)Meg Medina
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Merci Suárez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just how different. For starters, Merci has never been like the other kids at her private school in Florida, because she and her older brother, Roli, are scholarship students. They don't have a big house or a fancy boat, and they have to do extra community service to make up for their free tuition. So when bossy Edna Santos sets her sights on the new boy who happens to be...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 700L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Evelyn Del Rey is Daniela's best friend. They do everything together and even live in twin apartments across the street from each other: Daniela with her mami and hamster, and Evelyn with her mami, papi, and cat. But not after today--not after Evelyn moves away. Until then, the girls play amid the moving boxes until it's time to say goodbye, making promises to keep in touch, because they know that their friendship will always be special. The tenderness...
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
For Merci Sùrez, eighth grade means a new haircut, nighttime football games, and an out-of-town overnight field trip. At home, it means more chores and keeping an eye on Lolo as his health worsens. It's a year filled with more responsibility and independence, but also with opportunities to reinvent herself. Merci has always been fine with not being one of the popular kids like Avery Sanders, who will probably be the soccer captain and is always traveling...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Lexile measure
AD 560L
Language
English
Description
"Mia's abuela has left her sunny house with parrots and palm trees to live with Mia and her parents in the city. The night she arrives, Mia tries to share her favorite book with Abuela before they go to sleep and discovers that Abuela can't read the words inside. So while they cook, Mia helps Abuela learn English ("Dough. Masa"), and Mia learns some Spanish too, but it's still hard for Abuela to learn the words she needs to tell Mia all her stories....
Author
Description
Merci embarks on a seventh grade year shaped by high teacher expectations, a crush on a school-store co-worker, and a bossy classmate's plan for the annual Heart Ball.
Seventh grade is going to be a real trial for Merci S©£rez. For science shes got no-nonsense Mr. Ellis, who expects her to be a smart as her brother, Roli. Shes been assigned to co-manage the tiny school store with Wilson Bellevue, a boy she barely knows, but whom she might actually...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Merci embarks on a seventh grade year shaped by high teacher expectations, a crush on a school-store co-worker, and a bossy classmate's plan for the annual Heart Ball.
Seventh grade is going to be a real trial for Merci Sùrez. For science shes got no-nonsense Mr. Ellis, who expects her to be a smart as her brother, Roli. Shes been assigned to co-manage the tiny school store with Wilson Bellevue, a boy she barely knows, but whom she might actually...
8) Pura Belpré
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2023.
Lexile measure
1110L
Physical Desc
69 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
This inspiring chapter book biography introduces readers to Pura Belpré who brought Spanish and bilingual storytelling and books to libraries across the country, giving Spanish speakers the opportunity to read and find community in ways they never had before.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Spanish edition.
Physical Desc
396 pages ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
Merci Suárez sabía que el sexto grado sería diferente, pero no tenía idea alguna lo diferente que resultaría. En primer lugar, Merci nunca se ha parecido a los otros niños de su escuela privada en la Florida, porque tanto ella como Roli, su hermano mayor, son estudiantes becados. Ellos no tienen ni una casa grande ni un yate elegante, y tienen que desempeñar servicios comunitarios adicionales para compensar por su matricula gratis. Así que...
Author
Lexile measure
700L
Description
Merci Su©Łrez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just how different. For starters, Merci has never been like the other kids at her private school in Florida, because she and her older brother, Roli, are scholarship students. They don't have a big house or a fancy boat, and they have to do extra community service to make up for their free tuition. So when bossy Edna Santos sets her sights on the new boy who happens to be...
Author
Description
Merci Su©Łrez sab©Ưa que el sexto grado ser©Ưa diferente, pero no ten©Ưa idea alguna lo diferente que resultar©Ưa. En primer lugar, Merci nunca se ha parecido a los otros ni©łos de su escuela privada en la Florida, porque tanto ella como Roli, su hermano mayor, son estudiantes becados. Ellos no tienen ni una casa grande ni un yate elegante, y tienen que desempe©łar servicios comunitarios adicionales para compensar por su matricula gratis....
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
HL 670L
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"One morning before school, some girl tells Piddy Sanchez that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. Piddy doesn't even know who Yaqui is, never mind what she's done to piss her off. Word is that Yaqui thinks Piddy is stuck-up, shakes her stuff when she walks, and isn't Latin enough with her white skin, good grades, and no accent. And Yaqui isn't kidding around, so Piddy better watch her back. At first Piddy is more concerned with trying...
17) Burn baby burn
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Nora Lopez is seventeen during the summer of 1977, when New York is besieged by arson, a massive blackout, and a serial killer named Son of Sam. Meg Medina transports us to a time when tempers and temperatures ran high to share the story of a young woman who discovers that the greatest dangers are often closer than we like to admit.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First paperback edition in Spanish.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
Español
Description
La abuela de Mia viene a vivir con Mia y sus padres. Cuando Mia eomparte con ella su cuento favorito a la hora de dormir, descubre que la abuela no entiende inglés. Mia la ayuda con el inglés y a la vez ella aprende algunas palabras en español. Pero la abuela no conoce suficientes palabras en inglés para compartir las historias de familia con su nieta. Un dia, Mia ve un loro en una tienda de mascotas y descubre la manera de ayudar a su abuela....
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Description
"You've seen headlines about banned books. In probing, anecdote-filled interviews with thirteen leading authors of books for young people, historian and critic Leonard S. Marcus goes behind the headlines to uncover the experience of having one's work challenged or banned in the United States. These thoughtful conversations include eloquent reflections on the nature of freedom of expression, the impact of censorship on individuals and society alike,...