Diana López
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Erica "Chia" Montenegro finds out her mother has breast cancer, she makes a promise to God to raise money for breast cancer awareness and discovers that when family and friends work together, miracles can happen.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
After the death of her mother, Texas sixth-grader Lina's grades and mood drop as she watches her father lose himself more and more in books, while her best friend uses Lina as an excuse to secretly meet her boyfriend.
4) Lucky Luna
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifth grader Luna Ramos has a great many cousins, mostly on her father's side, but one of them, Claudia, is a source of constant annoyance; their current feud begins when Luna is punished for locking Claudia in the restroom at another cousin's quinceanera--but when there's a bullying situation at school, Luna realizes that, despite their disagreements, cousins have to stand up for each other.
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When best friends Dominic, Loop, and Z stumble upon the new magic shop in town, they know just how they will spend their summer vacation--mastering cool tricks so they can gain further access into the secret world of magic.
Author
Series
Monstruos volume 2
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A thrilling follow-up to "Felice and the Wailing Woman" that explores the Texas-Mexico border myth of the Dancing Devil is brimming with magic, adventure and Mexican folklore and is perfect for fans of fantasy adventure series.
7) Choke
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"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 makeup. But nothing ever changes. The mean girls at school are still mean, and Windy's best friend, Elena, is still more interested in playing dress-up with Windy's cats than talking about boys. Then Nina shows up. The new girl is effortlessly cool and confident-and she starts hanging out...
9) Luna fortuna
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
Español
Description
Fifth grader Luna Ramos has a great many cousins, mostly on her father's side, but one of them, Claudia, is a source of constant annoyance; their current feud begins when Luna is punished for locking Claudia in the restroom at another cousin's quinceanera--but when there's a bullying situation at school, Luna realizes that, despite their disagreements, cousins have to stand up for each other.
Luna Ramos tiene más primos de los que puede contar,...
Author
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Miguel's family has banned music from their home for generations, focusing on their successful family shoe business instead. All of his family wants him to join the family business, but Miguel wants to play guitar. In the Land of the Dead, Miguel goes on a journey to discover the truth behind his family's history, and find out if there is a way to get his family's blessing to be a musician.
11) Luna fortuna
Author
Language
Español
Description
Diana López returns to her middle-grade sweet spot in this delightful novel perfect for fans of Wendy Mass, Charise Mericle Harper, and Angela Cervantes.
The Spanish edition of Lucky Luna! When Luna locks her know-it-all cousin Claudia in the bathroom at their cousin's quinceañera, she gets into a lot of trouble. To make things even worse, Claudia is transferring to her school. Luna's grandmother offers some sage advice, but since it's in Spanish,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
From beloved author Diana López comes an exciting middle grade story about three friends, a magic competition, and how far they'll go to succeed.
Sixth graders Dominic, Loop, and Z stumble upon a new magic shop in town and can't wait to spend their summer mastering cool tricks to gain access to the Vault, a key holders-only back room bound to hold all kinds of secrets. And once they get in, they set their sights even higher: a huge competition at...
14) Choke
Author
Language
English
Description
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 makeup. But nothing ever changes. The mean girls at school are still mean, and Windy's best friend Elena is still more interested in making up words than talking about boys. ...
15) Lucky Luna
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your primas...
Luna Ramos has more cousins than she can count, and even though her mom says that makes her lucky, Luna knows that every time she gets in trouble, one of her primas is responsible.
But when Luna locks her know-it-all cousin Claudia in the bathroom at their cousin's quinceañera, Luna has no one to blame but herself. Her punishment? No hats for a whole month-which is a big deal because...