Andrea Beatriz Arango
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Celebrate Disability Pride!
Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
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Celebrate Disability Pride!
Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
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Young Iveliz relates her seventh-grade year and goals in her poetry journal. She is determined to have a much better first year in middle school than her last year in elementary went, but with her abuela Mimi just having moved from Puerto Rico and having a hard time settling in, her struggle with anger issues, and her mother's inability to understand why Iveliz needs her anxiety medicine, seventh grade is proving very tough indeed.
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Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
Poetry for Children
Teen Fiction and Memoir Written by Puerto Ricans
Poetry for Children
Teen Fiction and Memoir Written by Puerto Ricans
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Laura Rodríguez Colón has a plan: no matter what the grown-ups say, she will live with her parents again. Can you blame her? It's tough to make friends as the new kid at school. And while staying at her aunt's house is okay, it just isn't the same as being in her own space. So when Laura finds a puppy, it seems like fate. If she can train the puppy to become a therapy dog, then maybe she'll be allowed to visit her parents. Maybe the dog will help...
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"No one knows hard work and dedication like Valentina Camacho. And Vale's thing is fencing. She's the top athlete at her fencing gym. Or she was . . . until the accident. After months away, Vale is finally cleared to fence again, but it's much harder than before. Her body doesn't move the way it used to, and worst of all is the new number one: Myrka. When she sweeps Vale aside with her perfect form and easy smile, Vale just can't accept that. But...
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¿Cómo expresarte cuando sientes que nadie te escucha? En esta conmovedora novela en verso ̶ que Lisa Fipps, autora galardonada con un Printz Honor Award, llama "potente" ̶ , una niña enfrenta su segundo año de escuela intermedia mientras lidia con problemas de salud mental. Deberá encontrar la manera de usar su voz para pedir la ayuda y la comprensión que merece.
Twelve-year-old Iveliz is trying to manage her mental health...
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De la autora de Iveliz lo explica todo llega esta conmovedora novela en verso, donde un perro extraviado ayuda a una nią solitaria a reencontrarse con su familia. . .Cuánto tiempo tienes que vivir en un lugar antes de que puedas llamarlo casa? Laura Rodríguez Colón tiene un plan: no importa lo que digan los adultos, ella vivirá nuevamente con sus padres. Después de todo, cómo les explicas a los dems̀ que estás en un hogar de acogida,...