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Grostephan, Alan.

Summary: In this taut, moving novel set in present-day Columbia, Wilfredo decides to relocate his family from their small town to a slum in Bogota with relatives. Plunged into a world of almost total ruin, fear, and violence, the family fights to stay alive and stay together.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRO

Medina, Juana

Summary: A spunky young girl from Colombia loves playing with her canine best friend and resists boring school activities, especially learning English, until her family tells her that a special trip is planned to an English-speaking place.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MED

Kunkel, Angela Burke

Summary: In Bogotá, Columbia, young José eagerly anticipates Saturday, when he can visit the library started by José Alberto Gutiérrez, a garbage collector, and take a book home to enjoy all week. Includes note about Gutiérrez's life and Bogotá.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2020

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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH 921 GUT

Medina, Juana

Summary: When Juana's mother starts spending lots of time with her new friend Luis, Juana worries that these new developments will mean lots of change for her and her dog Lucas.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MED

Rodríguez, Patty

Summary: Introduce your little readers to Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, one of the most famous cities for finding emeralds. Children will travel through colorful streets and find hidden gems rooted in history and culture.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lil' Libros 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD ROD

Barnes, Linda.

Summary: When she receives word that Paolina, the fourteen-year-old girl with whom she had been paired in a Boston mentoring program, has vanished, private detective Carlotta Carlyle embarks on her own search for the missing teen.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2006

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAR

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