Gary Soto
42) Nickel and dime
Author
Series
Silver Mendez novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
Follows the lives of three Hispanic men living in Oakland.
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Description
Lincoln era jugador de basquetbol y estaba en segundo de secundaria. Se habia mudado desde el distrito Mission de San Francisco, un barrio urbano, s Sycamore, un suburbio con calles arboladas y ahora asistia a la secundaria Colon. Pronto se encontrara en un dilema entre su presente y sus recuerdos pasados. (Fourteen-year-old Lincoln Mendoza, an aspiring basketball player, must come to terms with his divided loyalties when he moves from the Hispanic...
Author
Pub. Date
[released 2009], c2009
Description
Chato's Kitchen: To get the "ratoncitos," little mice, who have moved into the barrio to come to his house, Chato the cat prepares all kinds of good food: fajitas, frijoles, salsa, enchiladas, and more.
Chato and the Party Animals: Chato's friend, Novio Boy, has never had a birthday party. So Chato decides to throw him one - a "pachanga" - and everyone is invited.
The Pot that Juan Built: Juan Quezada, one of Mexico's most famous potters, used his...
47) Puppy love
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Thirteen-year-old Jordan Mendoza has a huge crush on his classmate, Sierra, but he's never going to win her affections if he stays a C student and keeps embarrassing himself on the basketball court. And it doesn't help that his best friend, Antonio, likes to tease him about it all a little too much. But when Jordan dives into the waters of a dangerous irrigation canal to save a drowning puppy, he's suddenly got even more on his mind than kissing Sierra...
48) Marisol
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Meet Marisol Luna, a girl who was born to dance. The family is moving to the Chicago suburbs, and Marisol learns that her new neighborhood doesn't have a dance studio. Instead of giving up, resourceful Marisol is determined to keep dancing. With the help of two friends, she figures out a way to combine her old world with a renewed commitment to stretch and try her hardest.
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
The night before Christmas: Clement C. Moore's classic poem about a visit from St. Nicholas. Max's Christmas: Max is told he can't stay up to see Santa, but he sneaks downstairs anyway. Will Santa still come if Max is awake? Morris's disappearing bag: Morris thinks his brother and sister have better Christmas presents, but then he finds something very special in the last box under the tree. Owl moon: A young girl and her father take a magical night-time...