Search Results: Returned 6 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 6
-
-
2015., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: B Manzano Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Actress Sonia Manzano, known as "Maria" on the television show "Sesame Street" since the early 1970s, writes about the realities of growing up in an inner-city barrio with a loving yet dysfunctional immigrant family, and pursuing her dream of acting.
-
-
2016., Pre-adolescent, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Call No: FIC DIAZ Edition: First edition. Genre: Realistic fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: When Jaime hears his cousin Miguel murdered outside his house in Guatemala, Jaime knows he either needs to get out or get hurt next. With his cousin Àngela, Jaime leaves for the United States, risking everything for a chance at a new, safe life.
-
-
-
2014., Pre-adolescent, Harper Call No: FIC DE LOS SANTOS Edition: First edition. Genre: Mystery fiction Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: When her father is given the death sentence by the cruel Judge Lucas Biggs, thirteen-year-old Margaret O'Malley uses her family's forbidden ability to time travel back to the past in order to change the character of Lucas Biggs, so that he will not become the kind of judge who would sentence her innocent father.
-
-
-- Wild tongues cannot be tamed2021., Adolescent, Flatiron Books Call No: REALISTIC F WIL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A Most Anticipated Book (Refinery29, HipLatina, Publishers Weekly, Latino Book Review, and more)! Edited by The Bronx Is Reading founder Saraciea J. Fennell and featuring an all-star cast of Latinx contributors, Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed is a ground-breaking anthology that will spark dialogue and inspire hope. In Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed, bestselling and award-winning authors as well as up-and-coming voices interrogate the different myths and stereotypes about the Latinx diaspora. These fifteen original pieces delve into everything from ghost stories and superheroes, to memories in the kitchen and travels around the world, to addiction and grief, to identity and anti-Blackness, to finding love and speaking your truth. Full of both sorrow and joy, Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed is an essential celebration of this rich and diverse community. The bestselling and award-winning contributors include Elizabeth Acevedo, Cristina Arreola, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Naima Coster, Natasha Diaz, Saraciea J. Fennell, Kahlil Haywood, Zakiya Jamal, Janel Martinez, Jasminne Mendez, Meg Medina, Mark Oshiro, Julian Randall, Lilliam Rivera, and Ibi Zoboi"--Provided by the publisher.
