Accidental Love
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| Author | Alisa Valdes |
| ISBN | 0316013072 |
From the fist day at her new Southern California high school, Pasquala Rumalda Quintana de Archuleta ("Paski") learns that the popular students may be diverse in ethnicity but are alike in their cruelty. While Paski tries to concentrate on mountain biking and not thinking too much about ultra-hot...
He didn't say good-bye. He didn't leave a phone number. And he didn't plan on coming back - ever.
In Wisconsin, Rico could blend in. His light hair and lighter skin wouldn't make him the "dark dude" or the punching bag for the whole neighborhood. The Midwest is the land of milk and honey, but...
| Author | Diana Rodriguez Wallach |
| ISBN | 0758225539 |
For fifteen-year-old Mariana Ruiz, it's not so much an unexpected vacation as a literal "guilt trip"--her father's way of atoning for ignoring his Puerto Rican roots. But freedom from her parents is little compensation for being forced to spend two months with complete strangers rather than with...
| Author | Viola Canales |
| ISBN | 0375840893 |
Sofia comes from a family of storytellers. Here are her tales of growing up in the barrio, full of the magic and mystery of family traditions: making Easter cascarones, celebrating el Dia de los Muertos, preparing for quincea–era, rejoicing in the Christmas nacimiento, and curing homesickness...
| Author | Malin Alegria |
| ISBN | 0689878109 |
For as long as Estrella Alvarez can remember, her mother has been planning to throw her an elaborate quinceañera for her fifteenth birthday -- complete with a mariachi band, cheesy decorations, and a hideous dress. Just thinking about her quince makes Estrella cringe. But her mother insists that...
| Author | Barbara Caridad Ferrer |
| ISBN | 1416524738 |
Does a seventeen-year-old from Miami have what it takes to be the next big Latin superstar? And does she really want it? As a talented singer-guitarist with a dream of going pro, Alegría Montero is getting fed up with the endless, boring parade of quinceañeras and other family party gigs. She's longing...
| Author | Alan Sitomer |
| ISBN | 1423110722 |
Sonia is a Mexican American whose parents came to the United States illegally for the American dream. Sonia is like any ordinary Hispanic teenager who has to do all the chores and cook, her mom expects her to do everything especially now since she is pregnant with twins. Sonia has a hard working dad who...
| Author | Sarah Rubin |
| ISBN | 0545393787 |
A ballerina tale with a thoroughly modern twist!
Casey Quinn has got more grace in her pinkie toe than all those prissy ballet-school girls put together, even if you'd never guess it from the looks of her too-long legs and dirty high-top sneakers. It's 1959, and freckle-faced Casey lives in...
| Author | Diana López |
| ISBN | 0545418224 |
A heartfelt novel about the disturbing “choking game” trend—and one girl’s struggle for self-acceptance.
If she could—if her parents would let her—eighth-grader Windy would change everything about herself. She’d get highlights in her hair, a new wardrobe; she’d wear...
| Author | Karen Bergreen |
| ISBN | 0312571097 |
Would you call Alice Teakle a stalker? Or just someone with an, um, healthy obsession with golden girl Polly Linley Dawson? No one much notices Alice: not her boss, not the neighbors, not even her Mother.
Besides, everyone follows Polly: her business selling high-end lingerie you can...
| Author | Matt de la Pena |
| ISBN | 0385734255 |
Sticky is a beat-around-the-head foster kid with nowhere to call home but the street, and an outer shell so tough that no one will take him in. He started out life so far behind the pack that the finish line seems nearly unreachable. He’s a white boy living and playing in a world where he doesn’t seem...
| Author | Ann Jaramillo |
| ISBN | 1596431547 |
Miguel's life is just beginning. Or so he thinks. Fifteen-year-old Miguel leaves his rancho deep in Mexico to migrate to California across la linea, the border, in a debut novel of life-changing, cliff-hanging moments.
But Miguel's carefully laid plans change suddenly when his younger sister...
| Author | Jacques Couvillon |
| ISBN | 1599900432 |
On his birthday, Don Schmidt spends the day waiting patiently for his big surprise--a cake, presents, maybe a Chinese clown . . . . But instead, his batty parents get into their monthly argument. This time it's because his mother has to feed the chickens. It ends with her shouting the same thing as always...
| Author | Diane Gonzales Bertrand |
| ISBN | 1558852689 |
To be thirteen is worthless, Trino thinks. Trino has three little brothers he's supposed to look after, and no father he can look up to. He rules at video games, but in the classroom and out in the real world he's barely getting by --just like his mom, who scarcely manages to pay the bills and feed her kids...
| Author | Michele Serros |
| ISBN | 1416915915 |
Evie Gomez is one chill chica. She and her best friend, Raquel, hang with the Flojos, a kick-back crew named for their designer flip-flops. And their habit of doing absolutely nothing. But the return of long-lost amiga mejor Dee Dee wrecks Evie and Raquel's Flojo flow. A few years in Mexico City have transformed...
| Author | Gaby Triana |
| ISBN | 0060560223 |
All Isa wants is to be a regular American teenager, something her Cuban immigrant mother most definitely does not understand. After almost eighteen years of constant debate over everything from birthdays to boys, Isa has had enough. She's counting down the days until she leaves for college—and...
How I Saved My Father's Life (And Ruined Everything Else)
| Author | Ann Hood |
| ISBN | 0439928192 |
This book accurately, well as accurately as I can imagine since my shift in family was caused by death not divorce, evokes the feelings family members can feel during a split. Part of me wanted to lower the star count even further for the negativity, but as I was able to feel the anger and then the other emotions...
| Author | Katherine Spencer |
| ISBN | 0152060960 |
I learned a lesson from this book. & i usually don't learn "life lessons" from what I read. I liked the girly kinds of books but i really liked this one. I never wanted to put it down. You find yourself figuring out that everything happens for a reason, to keep moving forward, & to always be true to...
| Author | Kazuki Takahashi |
| ISBN | 1421530074 |
Yugi's back for another duel, but this time, it's personal! R to L (Japanese Style).
A World Ruled by Fear!! Yugi's battle with Yako Tenma continues, but Yako's evil genius ensures things are not as they seem. Kaiba returns from America and finds his company has been taken over by Yako. Obsessed...
6X: Loud, Fast, & Out of Control
| Author | Nina Malkin |
| ISBN | 0439724228 |
6X has sky-rocketed to the top of the charts--and to the front page of the tabloids. When you're that high up, it's a long fall down...
THE VOICE: Kendall knows exactly what--and who--she wants...and nothing is going to stand in her way.
THE BOY: A/B has fallen hard for the perfect girl. Will...
Everything I Know About You
Misfit Tally is forced to room with queen bee Ava on the seventh grade field trip to Washington, DC, and discovers several surprising things about her roommate—including the possibility of an eating disorder—in this timely new novel from the author of Star-Crossed and Halfway Normal.
During...
