Sánchez, Erika L.
Summary: "Julia no es la hija mexicana perfecta. Ese era el rol de su hermana Olga. Olga no fue a la universidad, se quedó en casa para cuidar a sus padres, limpiar la casa y trabajar a medio tiempo. Julia tiene grandes sueños y no quiere formar parte del camino de su hermana mayor. Pero un solo error, que ocurre mientras enviaba un mensaje de texto al mismo tiempo que cruzaba la calle más concurrida de...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Español 2018
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Summary: "A powerful novel of family, race, faith, sex, and disaster that moves between Puerto Rico and The Bronx, revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them together"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial USA, LLC 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 FIC SANGomera-Tavarez, Camille
Summary: Buenos Espíritus es una colección de once cuentos, interconectados con la diáspora dominicana, de la autora debut Camille Gomera-Tavarez. Es un libro centrado en una familia extensa, los Belén, a través de múltiples generaciones. Está ambientado en la pequeña ciudad ficticia de Hidalpa, y también en Santo Domingo, Paterson, San Juan y Washington Heights.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN SPANISH GOMKidd, Sue Monk
Summary: This is the Spanish text edition of the New York Times best selling novel, "The Secret Life of Bees". It is a beautifully written, coming of age story, set in rural South Carolina in 1964 against the back drop of the civil rights movement. It is the touching story of a young white girl, fourteen year old Lily Owens, whose mother died in a tragic accident when Lily was about four. Lily lives...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2005
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA WORLD SPANISH KIDKelly, Lynne
Summary: "Nina is used to feeling like the odd one out, both at school and in her large family. But while trying to fit in at summer camp, she discovers something even more peculiar: two majestic birds have built a nest in the marsh behind an abandoned infirmary. They appear to be whooping cranes, but that's impossible--Nina is an amateur bird-watcher, and all her resources tell her that those rare...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2024
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Summary: "CAMINO RIOS lives for the summers, when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this year, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC ACECadow, Kenneth M.
Summary: Ian Gray isn't supposed to have a dog, but a lot of things that shouldn't happen end up happening anyway. And Gather, Ian's adopted pup, is good company now that Ian has to quit the basketball team, find a job, and take care of his mom as she tries to overcome her opioid addiction. Despite the obstacles thrown their way, Ian is determined to keep his family afloat no matter what it takes. And...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC CADArnold, Elana K.
Summary: "There are a few things you should know about Harriet Wermer: she just finished third grade; she has a perfect cat named Matzo Ball; she doesn't always tell the truth; she is very happy to be spending summer vacation away from home and her mom and dad and all the wonderful things she had been planning all year. Okay, maybe that last one isn't entirely the truth. Of course, there's nothing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA Fiction Arnold 2022Levithan, David
Summary: "When Donovan left his copy of The Adventurers on the kitchen counter, he didn't think his mom would read it--much less have a problem with it. It's just an adventure novel about two characters trying to stop an evil genius...right? But soon the entire town is freaking out about whether the book's main characters are gay, Donovan's mom is trying to get the book removed from the school...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEVCrawford, Rae
Summary: "A little girl spends a fun day with Mom going to the park, the art fair, the farmers market, and ending the day by making a yummy soup"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2024
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2 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN CRAMandino, Og
Summary: "Tras sufrir la irreparable p rdida de su esposa e hijo en un accidente automovilístico, John Harding, un hombre que se consideraba exitoso hasta ese momento, cae en una profunda depresión. Gracias a un amigo comenzará a dirigir un equipo de beisbol infantil y conocerá a Timothy Noble, un niño de once años, poseedor de una voluntad inquebrantable a pesar de su falta de habilidad. A través de...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Diana 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 MANDuBois, Caroline Brooks
Summary: Before the storm, thirteen-year-old Quinn was happy flying under the radar. She was average. After the storm, Quinn can't seem to go back to unremarkable. But her friends weren't changed by the tornado. To them, the storm left behind a playground of abandoned houses and distracted adults. As Quinn struggles to find stability in the tornado's aftermath, she must choose: between homes,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC DUBKemp, Laekan Zea
Summary: Danna Mendoza Villarreal's grandfather is slowly losing himself as his memories fade, and Danna's not sure her plan to help him remember through the foods he once reviewed will be enough to bring him back. Especially when her own love of food makes her complicated relationship with her mother even more difficult. Raúl Santos has been lost ever since his mother was wrongly incarcerated two years...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KEMSagan, Françoise
Summary: Endearing, self-absorbed, seventeen-year-old CÃcile is the very essence of untroubled amorality. Freed from the stifling constraints of boarding school, she joins her fatherâa handsome, still-young widower with a wandering eyeâfor a carefree, two-month summer vacation in a beautiful villa outside of Paris with his latest mistress, Elsa. CÃcile cherishes the free-spirited moments she and her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket 2009
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: 468 SAG FRENCHQuintana, Pilar
Summary: Una novela sobre el fin de la infancia y sus fantasmas. Claudia vive con sus padres en un apartamento invadido por plantas que se estiran para tocarla. Como todas las familias, la suya contiene una crisis, y solo hará falta que algo o alguien llegue a detonarla. Cada quien tiene un punto de quiebre en la infancia, y Claudia, la protagonista de esta historia, narra, desde la expectación y la...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfaguara 2021
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: 468 SPANISH QUILucianovic, Stephanie V. W.
Summary: Archie's life--and the whole world--is turned upside down by Covid-19. Suddenly there are no more Friday night dinners out, no more going to school, no more hanging out with friends . . . no leaving the house at all. Even though he's inside with his family all day every day, Archie can't help but feel more alone than ever before. While everyone else seems to be adapting to their new normal just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LUCSteel, Danielle
Summary: Joachim von Hartmann was born and raised in Buenos Aires by his loving German mother, inseparable from his identical twin. When Joachim moves to Paris with his mother in his late teens, his twin stays behind and enters a dark world. Meanwhile, Joachim begins training to be a butler, fascinated by the precision and intense demands and goes on to work in some of the grandest homes in England. His...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2021