Gary Soto
4) Puppy love
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After saving a drowning puppy while dealing with a huge crush on his classmate Sierra, thirteen-year-old Jordan Mendoza nurses the abandoned puppy back to health and wonders who threw her into the canal and if there are more puppies needing rescue.
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An original novella from award-winning children's author and poet Gary Soto Jason Rodriguez is a twelve-year-old who never had much luck-until he wins $3,700 in the lottery and becomes an Instant Winner! Jason can't believe he's won the lottery and decides he will use the money to get his crazy Uncle Mike out of jail. That's where the real adventure begins.
7) Taking sides
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Fourteen-year-old Lincoln Mendoza, an aspiring basketball player, must come to terms with his divided loyalties when he moves from the Hispanic inner city to a white suburban neighborhood.
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A poignant, humorous collection by acclaimed poet Gary Soto
The fleeting emotions of teenagers, as changeable as the weather, ring true in these emotionally resonant poems. Told from the point of view of both boys and girls, narrators of various ethnicities fall in love for the first time, pine over crushes, and brood over broken hearts. Tender, lighthearted, and surprising, this collection will capture teens, tweens, and anyone who remembers what...
12) Petty crimes
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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A collection of short stories about Mexican American youth growing up in California's Central Valley.
13) Chato y su cena
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Español
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To get "ratoncitos," little mice, who have moved into the barrio to come to his house, Chato the cat prepares all kinds of food: fajitas, frijoles, salsa, enchiladas, and more.
14) Pacific crossing
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Fourteen-year-old Mexican American Lincoln Mendoza spends a summer with a host family in Japan, encountering new experiences and making new friends.
15) Crazy weekend
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English
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After their photograph of a robbery is published in the newspaper, Hector and Mando find themselves pursued by two goofy thieves.
16) Jesse
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English
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Two Mexican American brothers hope that junior college will help them excape their heritage of tedious physical labor.
17) Buried onions
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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When nineteen-year-old Eddie drops out of college, he struggles to find a place for himself as a Mexican American living in a violence-infested neighborhood of Fresno, California.
18) A summer life
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Gary Soto writes that when he was five "what I knew best was at ground level." In this lively collection of short essays, Soto takes his listener to a ground-level perspective, recreating in vivid detail the sights, sounds, smells, and textures he knew growing up in his Fresno, California, neighborhood. The "things" of his boyhood tie it all together: his Buddha "splotched with gold," the taps of his shoes, and the "engines of sparks that lived beneath...
19) Off and running
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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When they learn that Rudy Herrera and Alex Garcia, two fifth-grade class clowns, plan to run against them in the school elections, Miata and her friend Ana know that they face a difficult race.