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"When Harlow Estrada is abruptly fired from her dream job and her boyfriend proves to be a jerk, her world turns upside down. She flees New York City to the one place she can always call home--the enchanted Hacienda Estrada. The Estrada family farm in Mexico houses an abundance of charmed flowers cultivated by Harlow's mother, sisters, aunt, and cousins. By harnessing the magic in these flowers, they can heal hearts, erase memories, interpret dreams--but...
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Set amid the perils of illegal border crossings, The Iguana Tree is the suspenseful saga of Lilia and Hector, who separately make their way from Mexico into the United States, seeking work in the Carolinas and a home for their infant daughter. Michel Stone s harrowing novel meticulously examines the obstacles each faces in pursuing a new life: manipulation, rape, and murder in the perilous commerce of border crossings; betrayal by family and friends;...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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On the Texas-Mexico border, eighteen-year-old Grace's relationship with her older sister Mercy is fractured when Mercy's two-year-old son dies in an accident, bringing to the surface old family traumas and literal ghosts as the family struggles to heal.
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Like water for chocolate volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 9
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Romantic and poignant tale of family life and cultural traditions in turn-of-the-century Mexico.
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Vintage Español, una divisi©đn de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
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Español
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En una noche como cualquier otra, José Victoriano Arteaga, el patriarca de una próspera familia de la ciudad de México, desaparece sin dejar rastro mientras maneja a su casa luego de un día de trabajo. Los Arteaga encuentran pocas respuetes con pistas perturbadoras del paradero del abuelo, comienzan su éxodo a distintas ciudades del mundo para tratar de rehacer sus vidas. --Page 4 of cover.
7) PARADAIS
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"Inside a luxury housing complex, two misfit teenagers sneak around and get drunk. Franco Andrade, lonely, overweight, and addicted to porn, obsessively fantasizes about seducing his neighbor-an attractive married woman and mother-while Polo dreams about quitting his grueling job as a gardener within the gated community and fleeing his overbearing mother and their narco-controlled village. Each facing the impossibility of getting what he thinks he...
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Debolsillo
Pub. Date
2023.
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Español
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"El resplandor de la madera es la historia de Casares, un mexicano de origen socioeconómico bajo que, marcado por las aspiraciones inculcadas por su madre, emprende sus estudios y su vida profesional intentando salir de la miseria y la ignorancia sin perderse en el camino, que es exactamente lo que le sucedió a su padre, quien tras invertir en negocios imposibles perdió su fortuna, su identidad y su familia. Pero el genial Aguilar Camín va mucho...
10) Mi negro pasado
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Suma de Letras
Pub. Date
2018.
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Español
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Mi negro pasado, continuación de Como agua para chocolate, es una defensa de la independencia femenina, y la mejor receta contra los males de nuestros días: el desarraigo, la obesidad y el consumismo vacío. María, adicta a la comida, sufre el injusto fin de su matrimonio, en mitad de una avalancha de reproches racistas y machistas. Deshecha, recibe de manos de Lucía, su abuela por mucho tiempo ausente, el diario de Tita. Al adentrarse en él,...
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The Publishing Portal
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Like Water for Chocolate trilogy is an ode to feminine independence and the best recipe for the maladies of our times: estrangement, eating disorders, social media. Mar©Ưa, addicted to food, is abandoned by her husband after the birth of their first child. In the midst of an avalanche of racist and sexist attacks, she is rescued by her estranged grandmother Luc©Ưa, who leads her to discover Tita's Diary. Through this historic document, Mar©Ưa...
12) Tita's diary
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The Publishing Portal
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Thirty years after the publication of the best-seller Like Water for Chocolate comes Tita's Diary, an intimate look at the life of the main character who embodies love, passion and the communication of emotions through food in early 20th Century Mexico. When Tita falls in love with Pedro, she is told that being the youngest of three sisters, she will never be allowed to marry as she will have to care for her mother. Tita's Diary is much more than...
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Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Young lovers Héctor and Lilia dreamed of a brighter future for their family in the United States. Héctor left Mexico first, to secure work and housing, but when Lilia, desperate to be with Héctor, impetuously crossed the border with their infant daughter, Alejandra, mother and child were separated. Alejandra disappeared. Now, four years later, the family has a chance to reunite, but the trauma of the past may well be permanent. Back in their sleepy...
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Suma de letras
Pub. Date
2018.
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Español
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De las manos, del olfato, de las lágrimas, de los aromas y del corazón de Tita se desprende este diario, un diálogo íntimo que sigue las huellas de la familia De la Garza, iniciadas años atrás en la exitosa novela Como agua para chocolate. Veinticinco años después de la publicación de Como agua para chocolate y luego de haber conquistado a más de 7 millones de lectores, Laura Esquivel vuelve con la realización del sueño de Tita: compartir...