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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Adopting the structure and themes of the Arthurian legend, Steinbeck created a "Camelot" on a shabby hillside above the town of Monterey,California and peopled it with a colorful band of knights. At the center of the tale is Danny, whose house, like Arthur's castle, becomes a gathering place for men looking for adventure, camaraderie, and a sense of belonging. These "knights" are paisanos, men of mixed heritage, whose ancestors settled California...
2) Dreams
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
60L
Language
English
Description
One night while everyone is sleeping, a little boy watches his paper mouse save a cat from an angry dog.
Author
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
In his sixth collection, American Book Award winner Martin Espada has created a poetic mural. There are conquerors, slaves, and rebels from Caribbean history; the "Mayan astronomer" calmly smoking a cigarette in the middle of a New York tenement fire; a nun staging a White House vigil to protest her torture; a man on death row mourning the loss of his books; and even Carmen Miranda.
6) Taking sides
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Lincoln Mendoza, an aspiring basketball player, must come to terms with his divided loyalties when he moves from the Hispanic inner city to a white suburban neighborhood.
8) Marisol
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
When her parents move away from their close-knit central Chicago neighborhood and thus her dance classes, Marisol--a lively ten-year-old who loves to dance--realizes that she can keep her passion for dancing no matter where she lives.
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In classic stories remixed, Latinx characters take center stage. Pride and Prejudice is launched into outer space, Frankenstein is plunged into the depths of the ocean, and The Great Gatsby floats to an island off the coast of Costa Rica. A shape-shifter gives up her life to save the boy she loves from an evil bruja. La Ciguapa covets a little mermaid's heart of gold. Two star-crossed teens fall in love while the planet burns around them. Whether...
11) The wrap-up list
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
HL 740L
Language
English
Description
"When sixteen-year old Gabriela's death is foretold by a letter, she must complete her 'wrap-up list' before she's forced to say goodbye"--Provided by publisher.
13) Want to play?
Author
Series
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
390L
Language
English
Description
"It's a sunny day and Pablo wants to play with his friends. Everyone wants to play different things. Will they find the right game to play?"--
14) Wedgie & Gizmo
Author
Series
Wedgie and Gizmo volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
While his human Elliot adjusts to his new home and stepfamily, Gizmo, an evil genius guinea pig, searches for a new evil lair where he can plot to take over the world, but Gizmo is constantly thwarted by Elliot's little stepsister Jasmine (who likes to play dress-up), Abuela (who may or may not like to eat cavies), and Wedgie (a Corgi superhero and Gizmo's nemesis).
16) Amelia's road
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
Tired of moving around so much, Amelia, the daughter of migrant farm workers, dreams of a stable home.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Description
When budding artist Bea Garcia's best friend moves to Australia and a loud, rambunctious boy moves into her old house, Bea must learn to make new friends.
19) The fire
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 570L
Language
English
Description
When their house is destroyed by fire and everything is lost except a stuffed bear and a family photograph, Mama reminds Maria and her little brother, Pepito, that they still have their most important possession.
20) Emilio
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
A young immigrant from Central America finds it difficult to learn English and adjust to life in the big city of Houston, Texas.