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Estrella's Quinceañera 1 review Malin Alegria
Simon Pulse, 2007
A page turner...
This is truly a page turner...my kids love'd it and read it in one day...'fur real! Now only if they can make school text books as a fun...humm, now there's a thought... Keep reading - readers are leaders!!
"Big Dave" Burleigh.
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Honey Blonde Chica 8 reviews Michele Serros
Simon Pulse, 2007
Fun read for young adults (or the young adult inside you)
+ Flojos Unite!!! This is a MUST read for the youth in you! + Buy this book! + A great example of being true to yourself + Hispanic Girls Will Love This Book!!!!
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Prizefighter en Mi Casa 6 reviews E.E. Charlton-Trujillo
Yearling, 2007
With my head full of glass.
+ This tender and sympathetic story will awaken your inner prizefighter. + Courtesy of Teens Read Too + I'll teach this novel! + Remember when...
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Enrique's Journey 49 reviews Sonia Nazario
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007
Enlightening and eye/opening experience
+ Enrique's Journey + An Enlightenment
This book greatly impressed me and I read it straight through in one sitting. The author's knowledge and perspective of this issue really helps to illustrate all angles of the immigration debate. Enrique's harrowing journey tugs at the heart and the outcome of the book builds an reaction of ...
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The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano (Pura Belpre Medal Book Author (Awards)) 3 reviews Margarita Engle
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2006
Soy Cuba
+ Fabulous read + HI MR. COSBY
The verse novel is a tricky fickle thing. Though no one to the best of my knowledge has ever put down the rules that govern the creation of a verse novel, there are always a couple unwritten understandings. No verse novel should tell its tale through poetry when it would make more sense to tell ...
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Getting It 8 reviews Alex Sanchez
Simon Pulse, 2007
Great book with a great moral
+ Pop song worth listening to + Get It + Best gay writer for gay Young Adults
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What the Moon Saw 6 reviews Laura Resau
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2006
An unbelievable novel from a amazing new writer!
+ An Enchanting Book for All Ages + Beautiful writing and hard to stop reading until the very end! + The aftermath of a journey. + Future Classic Alert!
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Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa 2 reviews Micol Ostow
Razorbill, 2007
Courtesy of Teens Read Too
+ Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa
It's the summer after her senior year, right before she and her friends split up for college, and Emily Goldberg has plans. A road trip across the country with her best friends, Izzy and Adrienne. Hanging out with her boyfriend, Nate, and maybe figuring out what they're going to do at the end of ...
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Crossing the Wire 4 reviews Will Hobbs
HarperTrophy, 2007
Loved it
+ Good book for adults to read as well as teens + A very realistic book (coming from me) + A Good Read And You Might Learn Something
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Sister Chicas 9 reviews Lisa Alvarado, Ann Hagman Cardinal, ...
NAL Trade, 2006
Loved This Book!!
+ A Sweet, Smart Story for Sweet, Smart Girls + Absolutely Fascinating
The friendship shared between Taina, Graciela and Leni is absolutely spectacular. Every teenage girl deserves to have at least one friendship like this. I (almost) wanted to be a teenager again! Reminds me of what I have to look forward to when my daughter gets a little older. I've already ...
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The Making Of A Civil Rights Leader (Hispanic Civil Rights) Jose Angel Gutierrez
Arte Publico Press, 2005
Born in 1944, José Angel Gutiérrez grew up in a time when Mexicans and Mexican Americans in Texas and the Southwest attended separate schools and avoided public facilities and restaurants that were designated "Whites Only." Despite the limits of segregation and rural culture in Texas, the passion to learn and to educate others, as well as to undo injustice, burned in his belly from an early age. ...
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La Linea 4 reviews Ann Jaramillo
Roaring Brook Press, 2006
Insightful look at immigrants
+ A Fascinating and Gripping Look at Undocumented Immigration from a New Perepective + Exciting story, important topic
The author has written a book that is both fast paced and heartbreaking as it tells the story of two young people who take the risk of illegally crossing the border. Leaving their grandma's Mexican home to make the dangerous journey north to be reunited with their parents, the two experience the ...
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What the Moon Saw 6 reviews Laura Resau
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2006
An unbelievable novel from a amazing new writer!
+ An Enchanting Book for All Ages + Beautiful writing and hard to stop reading until the very end! + The aftermath of a journey. + Future Classic Alert!
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La Linea 4 reviews Ann Jaramillo
Roaring Brook Press, 2006
Insightful look at immigrants
+ A Fascinating and Gripping Look at Undocumented Immigration from a New Perepective + Exciting story, important topic
The author has written a book that is both fast paced and heartbreaking as it tells the story of two young people who take the risk of illegally crossing the border. Leaving their grandma's Mexican home to make the dangerous journey north to be reunited with their parents, the two experience the ...
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The Making Of A Civil Rights Leader (Hispanic Civil Rights) Jose Angel Gutierrez
Arte Publico Press, 2005
Born in 1944, José Angel Gutiérrez grew up in a time when Mexicans and Mexican Americans in Texas and the Southwest attended separate schools and avoided public facilities and restaurants that were designated "Whites Only." Despite the limits of segregation and rural culture in Texas, the passion to learn and to educate others, as well as to undo injustice, burned in his belly from an early age. ...
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Honey Blonde Chica 8 reviews Michele Serros
Simon Pulse, 2007
Fun read for young adults (or the young adult inside you)
+ Flojos Unite!!! This is a MUST read for the youth in you! + Buy this book! + A great example of being true to yourself + Hispanic Girls Will Love This Book!!!!
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Enrique's Journey 49 reviews Sonia Nazario
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007
Enlightening and eye/opening experience
+ Enrique's Journey + An Enlightenment
This book greatly impressed me and I read it straight through in one sitting. The author's knowledge and perspective of this issue really helps to illustrate all angles of the immigration debate. Enrique's harrowing journey tugs at the heart and the outcome of the book builds an reaction of ...
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Crossing the Wire 4 reviews Will Hobbs
HarperTrophy, 2007
Loved it
+ Good book for adults to read as well as teens + A very realistic book (coming from me) + A Good Read And You Might Learn Something
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Getting It 8 reviews Alex Sanchez
Simon Pulse, 2007
Great book with a great moral
+ Pop song worth listening to + Get It + Best gay writer for gay Young Adults
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Sister Chicas 9 reviews Lisa Alvarado, Ann Hagman Cardinal, ...
NAL Trade, 2006
Loved This Book!!
+ A Sweet, Smart Story for Sweet, Smart Girls + Absolutely Fascinating
The friendship shared between Taina, Graciela and Leni is absolutely spectacular. Every teenage girl deserves to have at least one friendship like this. I (almost) wanted to be a teenager again! Reminds me of what I have to look forward to when my daughter gets a little older. I've already ...
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