Jules, Jacqueline
Summary: Sofia has brand new white shoes for family friend Liliana's quincea©łera, but when she gets grape juice on them her mother makes her wear them anyway, even though they no longer match her white dress.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR Blue JulesIxta, Carolina
Summary: Belen Dolores Itzel del Toro wants the normal stuff: to experience love or maybe have a boyfriend or at least just lose her virginity. But nothing is normal in East Oakland. Her father left her family. She's at risk of not graduating. And Leti, her super-Catholic, nerdy-ass best friend, is pregnant--by the boyfriend she hasn't told her parents about because he's Black and her parents are racist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC IXTNovales, Keka
Summary: Lola and her family celebrate the Day of the Dead with fiambre, a traditional Guatemalan cold salad dish that originated in family visits to graveyards for All Souls' Day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE NOVSummary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN RANAlessandri, Alexandra
Summary: "English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ALEMartinez, Claudia Guadalupe
Summary: En el primer libro infantil que describe el capítulo olvidado de la historia de los Estados Unidos conocido como la Repatriación Mexicana, un niño y su familia dejan su amado hogar para evitar ser separados por el gobierno. Ante la perspectiva de ser separados, un niño y su familia toman la difícil decisión de dejar su hogar y emprender un viaje lleno de incertidumbre. En el camino, se...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARKemp, Laekan Zea
Summary: Corina's Abuela helps her select flowers that mean something to Corina from the garden for her Mexican flower crown that she will wear on her birthday, and explains the symbolic meaning of a birthday crown.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KEMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE KEMParra, Jessica
Summary: Following her sister's disastrous quinceañera and her mother's sudden passing, sixteen-year-old Castillo strives to regain control of her life, but when she books a job to plan another quinceañera she finds her carefully devised plans unraveling.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2024
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Summary: Mariana is visiting her abuelita and extended family in Mexico for the first time. Her tummy does a flip as she and Mami cross the frontera. There are all new sights, smells, and sounds. And at Abuelita's house, Mariana is overwhelmed by new faces and Spanish phrases she doesn't understand. But with a story, some kindness, and a few new words from Abuelita, Mariana discovers that the love of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MANSteinbeck, John
Summary: Collects six short novels from one of the most influential authors of the twentieth century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2009
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Summary: The twins' father offers to teach them to ride their bikes without the training wheels--and with perseverance, and despite a lot of wobbling, the two soon succeed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MCDAlegría, Malín.
Summary: Hoping to celebrate her quinceañera abroad instead of having a traditional party, Fabi clashes with a mean-spirited rival and resolves to put the girl and her squad of friends to shame with the biggest quince the town has ever seen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN SPANISH ALEJenkins, Beverly
Summary: "Valinda Lacy's mission in the steamy heart of New Orleans is to help the newly emancipated community survive and flourish. But soon she discovers that here, freedom can also mean danger. When thugs destroy the school she has set up and then target her, Valinda runs for her life -- and straight into the arms of Captain Drake LeVeq. As an architect from an old New Orleans family, Drake has a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC JENCooper, Floyd
Summary: Little Mazie wants the freedom to stay up late, but her father explains what freedom really means in the story of Juneteenth, and how her ancestors celebrated their true freedom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Young Readers, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE COOMcCahan, Erin
Summary: "The summer after senior year of high school, Briggs Henry works as a personal assistant to an eccentric elderly woman in a house on the shores of Lake Michigan, and finds himself distracted by the mysterious girl next door"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCCCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction McCahanFajardo, Kat
Summary: "Sue just wants to spend the summer reading and making comics at sleepaway camp with her friends, but instead she gets stuck going to Honduras to visit relatives with her parents and two sisters. They live way out in the country, which means no texting, no cable, and no Internet! The trip takes a turn for the worse when Sue's mother announces that they'll be having a surprise quinceañera for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: Twins Carlos and Carmen want to make Mother's Day special, and the day is going well--until they try to make cupcakes without following the recipe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MCDStork, Francisco X.
Summary: Alberto is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, living in New York City, and is now suspected of a terrible crime; his friend Grace is a top student with every advantage, and she is determined to prove Alberto's innocence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC STOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC STOVasquez Gilliland, Raquel
Summary: When seventeen-year-old Star Fuentez reaches social media stardom, her polar-opposite twin, Moon, becomes "merch girl" on a tour bus full of beautiful influencers and the grumpy but attractive Santiago Philips.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC VASSummary: Gabriel and Gretta Conroy are enjoying a holiday party when Gretta begins to have poignant memories of a former lover who is deceased. Gabriel begins to see his life in an entirely new light with the shattering revelation of Gretta's secret past.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DEAKheiriyeh, Rashin
Summary: Rashin is an Iranian immigrant girl living in New York, excited by her first trip to Coney Island, and fascinated by the differences in the beach customs between her native Iran and her new home--but she misses the saffron flavored ice cream that she usedto eat.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KHECunningham, Avery
Summary: "An epic love story that explores the American Dream between the monolith of Jim Crow, the inflexible world of the original Black upper class, and the violence of 1920s Chicago"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Avenue 2024
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CUNRose, Elle Gonzalez
Summary: There are more than ten things to hate about prom, but the worst thing is when your lovable best friend wants to go with someone else.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Joy Revolution 2024
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Summary: Now that she is ten, Lailah is delighted that she can fast during the month of Ramadan like her family and her friends in Abu Dhabi, but finding a way to explain to her teacher and classmates in Atlanta is a challenge until she gets some good advice from the librarian, Mrs. Carman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2015