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The Last Cuentista

2022-09-01 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 2022-09-01
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 473/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Last Cuentista by : Donna Barba Higuera

Download or read book The Last Cuentista written by Donna Barba Higuera. This book was released on 2022-09-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable journey through the stars, to the very heart of what makes us human. The incredible Newbery Medal-winning novel from Donna Barba Higuera. "Gripping in its twists and turns, and moving in its themes - truly a beautiful cuento." - NEW YORK TIMES Había una vez . . . There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra's world is ending. Earth will soon be destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children - among them Petra and her family - have been chosen to journey to a new planet. They are the ones who must carry on the human race. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet - and the discovery that she is the only person who remembers Earth. A sinister Collective has taken over the ship during its journey, bent on erasing the sins of humanity's past. They have systematically purged the memories of all aboard - or purged them altogether. Petra alone now carries the stories of our past, and with them, any hope for our future. Can she make them live again?

El Grito De Dolores

2009-06-17 History
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Release : 2009-06-17
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 625/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis El Grito De Dolores by : Jose-Gabriel Almeida

Download or read book El Grito De Dolores written by Jose-Gabriel Almeida. This book was released on 2009-06-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cuando el cura Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla exalto a sus parroquianos a levantarse sobre la corona espaola en bsqueda de conseguir la Independencia Mexicana con un emotivo llamado, engendro El Grito de Dolores, y se convirti en Padre de la Patria. Este es un evento de gigantescas proporciones que demuestra valenta y honor bajo fuego y sangre. Pocos son los libros que iluminan las fuerzas que tienen ciertos momentos de la Historia como este valioso volumen.

The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora

2017-05-16 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 2017-05-16
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 230/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by : Pablo Cartaya

Download or read book The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora written by Pablo Cartaya. This book was released on 2017-05-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2018 Pura Belpré Author Honor Book Save the restaurant. Save the town. Get the girl. Make Abuela proud. Can thirteen-year-old Arturo Zamora do it all or is he in for a BIG, EPIC FAIL? For Arturo, summertime in Miami means playing basketball until dark, sipping mango smoothies, and keeping cool under banyan trees. And maybe a few shifts as junior lunchtime dishwasher at Abuela’s restaurant. Maybe. But this summer also includes Carmen, a poetry enthusiast who moves into Arturo’s apartment complex and turns his stomach into a deep fryer. He almost doesn’t notice the smarmy land developer who rolls into town and threatens to change it. Arturo refuses to let his family and community go down without a fight, and as he schemes with Carmen, Arturo discovers the power of poetry and protest through untold family stories and the work of José Martí. Funny and poignant, The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora is the vibrant story of a family, a striking portrait of a town, and one boy's quest to save both, perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia.

Lupe Wong Won't Dance

2020-09-08 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 2020-09-08
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 044/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Lupe Wong Won't Dance by : Donna Barba Higuera

Download or read book Lupe Wong Won't Dance written by Donna Barba Higuera. This book was released on 2020-09-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My gym shorts burrow into my butt crack like a frightened groundhog. Don't you want to read a book that starts like that?? Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues. She's also championed causes her whole young life. Some worthy...like expanding the options for race on school tests beyond just a few bubbles. And some not so much...like complaining to the BBC about the length between Doctor Who seasons. Lupe needs an A in all her classes in order to meet her favorite pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, who's Chinacan/Mexinese just like her. So when the horror that is square dancing rears its head in gym? Obviously she's not gonna let that slide. Not since Millicent Min, Girl Genius has a debut novel introduced a character so memorably, with such humor and emotional insight. Even square dancing fans will agree...

Serafina's Stories

2015-06-02 Fiction
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Release : 2015-06-02
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis Serafina's Stories by : Rudolfo Anaya

Download or read book Serafina's Stories written by Rudolfo Anaya. This book was released on 2015-06-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative novel combines Spanish folktales with Native American legends to create a captivating Southwestern version of The Arabian Nights. Like Scheherezade, who ensured her survival by telling her royal husband stories, the title character in Rudolfo Anaya’s creative retelling of The Arabian Nights must entertain the recently widowed governor with legends of Nueva Mexicana, or she and her fellow captives will die. With fresh snow covering the high peaks of Sangre de Cristo, a group of native dissidents prepare for revolt. In seventeenth-century Santa Fe, insurrection against a colony of the king of Spain is punishable by death. A Spaniard loyal to the governor names twelve conspirators. One of them is a young woman. Raised in a mission church, fifteen-year-old Serafina speaks excellent Spanish and knows many of her country’s traditional folktales. She and the governor strike a bargain: Each evening, she will tell him a cuento. If he likes it, he will release one prisoner the following day. The twelve tales recounted here mirror the struggle of a divided country. They include the social and political symbolism behind “Beauty and the Beast” and retell “Cinderella” as “Miranda’s Gift.” Interspersed with these timeless cuentos is the story of Serafina herself, and that of a people battling to preserve a vanishing way of life under the long shadow of the Inquisition.

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