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How Tía Lola Ended Up Starting Over

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How Tía Lola Ended Up Starting Over By Julia Alvarez Random House • 2011 • 145 pages Paperback ($6.99) ISBN: 978-0-375-87320-1 Ages  8-12 In the final entry in the Tía Lola series, families are reconfigured, a mystery is solved,…
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A Mango in the Hand: A Story Told Through Proverbs

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A Mango in the Hand: A Story Told Through Proverbs By Antonio Sacre • Illustrated by Sebastià Serra Abrams • 2011 • 32 pages Hardcover ($16.95) ISBN 978-0-8109-9734-9 Ages 5-8 Little Francisco lives in Cuba, where they celebrate…
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Good-bye, Havana! Hola, New York!

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Good-bye, Havana! Hola, New York! By Edie Colón • Illustrated by Raúl Colón Simon & Schuster •2011 • 32 pages ISBN 978-1-4424-0674-2 Hardcover ($16.99) Ages 4-8 This autobiographical story follows a six-year-old girl’s…
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Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass

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Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass By Meg Medina Candlewick Press • 2013 • 272 pages Hardcover ($16.99) ISBN 978-0-7636-5859-5 Ages 14 and up Piedad “Piddy” Sanchez has always liked school.  It’s easy when you’re smart—even…
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The Trouble with Half a Moon

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The Trouble with Half a Moon By Danette Vigilante Putnam • 2011 • 181 pages Hardcover ($16.99) ISBN: 978-0-399-25159-7 Ages 9-12 Like most 13-year-olds, Dellie has a lot on her mind: school, parents, friends, and boys. But Dellie's…
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Darkroom: A Memoir in Black & White

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Darkroom: A Memoir in Black & White Written & Illustrated by Lila Quintero Weaver University of Alabama Press • 2012 • 264 pages Paperback ($24.95) ISBN: 9780817357146 Ages 14 and up Weaver's remarkable memoir of her youth…
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Maisy Series

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Maisy’s Food/Los alimentos de Maisy Written & Illustrated by Lucy Cousins Candlewick Press • 2009 • 14 pages Board Book ($5.99) ISBN: 9780763645199 Ages 18 months-5 years Maisy’s Animals/Los animales de Maisy Written…
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Diego Rivera: His World and Ours

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Diego Rivera: His World and Ours Written & Illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh Abrams • 2011 • 34 pages Hardcover ($16.95) ISBN: 9780810997318 Ages 7 and up Diego Rivera was one of the most popular artists of the 20th century. Known…
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The Queen of Water

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The Queen of Water By Laura Resau & María Virginia Farinango Delarcorte /Random House • 2011 • 352 pages Paperback ($9.99) ISBN: 9780375859632 Ages 12 and up From a very young age, María Virginia Farinango experienced a heartbreaking…