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De la mano de la autora de Sabrina y Corina, finalista del National Book Award, nos llega una historia épica de traición, amor y destino que abarca cinco generaciones de una familia chicana e indígena en el oeste de los Estados Unidos.
En cada generación hay una vidente que mantiene las historias con vida.
Luz “Little Light” Lopez, lectora de hojas de té y lavandera, debe...
En cada generación hay una vidente que mantiene las historias con vida.
Luz “Little Light” Lopez, lectora de hojas de té y lavandera, debe...
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Arte Público Press
Pub. Date
©2011
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Español
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"Ana es aún una jovencita cuando su padre decide mudar a su gran familia a los Estados Unidos. Ella intuye que su vida cambiará para bien. Y aunque encuentra mejores oportunidades, descubre que en los Estados Unidos, la sociedad, la familia y la religión también se confabulan para reprimirla y detenerla. Sin embargo, para poder conseguir sus objetivos, Ana debe sacrificar todo lo que valora y convertirse en un individuo desarraigado y obsesionado...
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Grijalbo
Pub. Date
[2016].
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Español
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En Nosotros los dreamers, Josefina Vázquez Mota se acerca a las leyes, a las estadísticas, pero sobre todo a las historias y a las emociones que se encuentran detrás de estas historias de vida.Al mes de agosto de 2016, se estima que en Estados Unidos habitan 35 millones de personas de origen mexicano, de los cuales 23.5 millones nacieron en Estados Unidos y 11.5 millones, en México. De estos últimos sólo 5 millones carecen de documentos, y dentro...
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Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2023.
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Español
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Publisher Annotation: A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy's family and their adventure-filled road trip to bring their abuelito back from Mexico to live with them. Pedro/Peter Martín has grown up hearing stories about his abuelito-his legendary crime- fighting, grandfather who was once a part of the Mexican Revolution! But that doesn't mean Pedro is excited at the news that Abuelito is coming to live...
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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Español
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Publisher Annotation: Seventh grade is going to be a real trial for Merci Suárez. For science she’s got no-nonsense Mr. Ellis, who expects her to be a smart as her brother, Roli. She’s been assigned to co-manage the tiny school store with Wilson Bellevue, a boy she barely knows, but whom she might actually like. And she’s tangling again with classmate Edna Santos, who is bossier and more obnoxious than ever now that she is in charge of the...
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Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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In a picture book that describes the long-forgotten chapter of US history known as Mexican Repatriation, a boy and his family leave their beloved home to avoid being separated by the government. Faced with the prospect of being separated from each other, a young boy and his family make the difficult decision to leave their home and begin a journey filled with uncertainty. On the road, they meet other people like them. Families with deep roots tied...
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Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"A bilingual story based on the lives, dreams, and accomplishments of three generations of creative, imaginative, artistic girls as they grew up in the author's family. Un cuento bilingüe basada en la vida, los sueños y los logros de tres generaciones de niñas artísticas, creativas e imaginativas a medida que crecían en la familia de la autora"--
18) The kingdom
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
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English
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A terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, causing an international incident to ignite. FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury quickly assembles an elite team and negotiates a secret five-day trip into Saudi Arabia to locate the madman behind the bombing. Fleury and his team discover that the Saudi authorities are suspicious and unwelcoming of the Americans into what they consider a local matter. The agents find...
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
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Español
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A poignant multicultural ode to family and what it means to create a home as one girl helps her Tía move away from her beloved Miami apartment. When Estrella's Tía Fortuna has to say goodbye to her longtime Miami apartment building, The Seaway, to move to an assisted living community, Estrella spends the day with her. Tía explains the significance of her most important possessions from both her Cuban and Jewish culture, as they learn to say goodbye...
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
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Español
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While visiting her abuelo in Cuba, a young girl helps him sell frutas, singing the name of each fruit as they walk, and after she returns to the United States, they exchange letters made of abrazos--hugs. Includes historical and cultural notes.
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