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English
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When Esperanza and Mama are forced to flee the bountiful region of Aguascalientes, Mexico, to a Mexican farm labor camp in California, they must adjust to a life without the fancy dresses and servants they were accustomed to on Rancho de las Rosas. Now they must confront the challenges of hard work, acceptance by their own people, and economic difficulties brought on by the Great Depression. When Mama falls ill and a strike for better working conditions...
3) Gone
Author
Series
Gone novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as those who have "The Power" and are able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not.
Author
Series
Horses of Oak Valley Ranch volume 1
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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Seventh-grader Abby Lovitt grows up on her family's California horse ranch in the 1960s, learning to train the horses her father sells and trying to reconcile her strict religious upbringing with her own ideas about life.
Author
Series
EllRay Jakes series volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old EllRay's father has promised a family trip to Disneyland if EllRay can stay out of trouble for a week, but not defending himself against Jared, the class bully, proves to be a real challenge.
Author
Series
Fallen novels (Lauren Kate) volume 2
Language
English
Description
It took Luce and her fallen angel boyfriend, Daniel an eternity to find one another, but now he has told her he must go away. Just long enough to hunt down the Outcasts, immortals who want to kill Luce. Daniel hides Luce at Shoreline, a school on the rocky California coast with unusually gifted students: Nephilim, the offspring of fallen angels and humans.
Author
Series
Zee files volume 4
Publisher
West Margin Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The Carmichaels are back in California for winter break and Zee cannot wait to see the old Brookdale crew, but despite the familiar sights and friendly faces, everything feels a little different.
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
La historia de dos mellizos muy diferentes, uno introvertido y gay, la otra muy lanzada y decidida, y de cómo sus vidas se separan para volver a encontrarse años mãs tarde.
A story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal told from different points in time, and in separate voices, by artists Jude and her twin brother Noah.
Author
Series
EllRay Jakes series volume 7
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Third-grader EllRay dreads the upcoming Winter Wonderland school assembly in which he must emcee and sing "Jingle Bell Rock."
12) Room to dream
Author
Series
Front desk volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After years of hard work, Mia Tang finally gets to go on vacation with her family--to China! A total dream come true. Mia can't wait to see all her cousins and grandparents again, especially her cousin Shen. As she roams around Beijing, witnessing some of the big changes China's going through, Mia thinks about the changes in her own life, like . . . 1. Lupe's taking classes at the high school! And Mia's own plans to be a big writer are . . . stuck....
13) True blue: #3
Author
Series
Horses of Oak Valley Ranch volume 3
Publisher
Yearling Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In 1960s California, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt has trouble with True Blue, the newest horse on her family's ranch, a beautiful dappled gray who is so often spooked, Abby wonders if he is haunted by the ghost of his desceased former owner.
Author
Series
Cleo Edison Oliver volume 1
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, An Imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader Cleo Edison Oliver is full of money-making ideas, and her fifth-grade Passion Project is no different--but things get more complicated when she has to keep her business running, be a good listener when her best friend needs her, and deal with the bully teasing her about being adopted at the same time.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"After getting rejected from her dream college, sixteen-year-old Filipino American Perla Perez forges her own acceptance and commits to living a lie at university"--
As the youngest graduating senior at her hypercompetitive high school, Perla Perez is certain all the late nights and crushing stress will be worth it when she gets into the college of her (and her parents') dreams: Delmont University. When she's rejected, Perla panics-- and forges her...
18) Dancing home
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When Margie's cousin Lupe comes from Mexico to live in California with Margie's family, Lupe must adapt to America, while Margie, who thought it would be fun to have her cousin there, finds that she is embarrassed by her in school and jealous of her at home.
19) Sabotage season
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Devin and the rest of the team must figure out who is trying to sabotage them before the playoffs start"--
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