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Author
Series
Calpurnia Tate volume 2
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In rural Texas in 1900, when a storm blows change into town in the form of a visiting veterinarian, twelve-year-old Callie discovers a life and a vocation she desperately wants. But with societal expectations as they are, she will need all her wits and courage to realize her dreams"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Calpurnia and her grandfather rescue a barn owl from the river and, with the help of Dr. Pritzker, dead mice, and some detective work, nurse it back to health.
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
In rural Texas in 1901, thirteen-year-old Callie nurses a butterfly with a broken wing and delivers a baby lamb, despite her mother's disapproval of Callie's "unladylike behavior."
Author
Series
Max's lucha libre adventures volume 4
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
Español
Description
After one last fight, the Guardian Angel will retire as the most famous luchador but his nephew, eighth-grader Maximilian, hopes to one day take over his name and his mask.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it celebrating their freedom on what came to be known as Juneteenth.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate learns about love from the older three of her six brothers and studies the natural world with her grandfather which leads to an important discovery.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Kylie Jean's grandparents fiftieth wedding anniversary is on Valentine's Day, and the whole family is planning a surprise party--but Kylie also wants her class to spread valentine cheer to Oak Manor, the local assisted living facility.
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When Travis discovers an abandoned baby skunk, he can't help but bring it home and take care of it. Stinky, as Travis names him, settles in pretty well. But when Travis discovers Stinky's litter-mate, Winky, who is in need of some help, things get complicated around the Tate house"--
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Twelve-year-old Quijana is a biracial girl, desperately trying to understand the changes that are going on in her life; her mother rarely gets home before bedtime, her father suddenly seems to be trying to get in touch with his Guatemalan roots (even though he never bothered to teach Quijana Spanish), she is about to start seventh grade in the Texas town where they live and she is worried about fitting in--and Quijana suspects that her parents are...
10) Echoes of Grace
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
11) Where I belong
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Guatemalan-American high school senior Millie Vargas struggles to balance her family's needs with her own ambitions, especially after her mother's employer, a Senate candidate, uses Millie as a poster child for 'deserving' immigrants"--
2018. Guatemalan-American high school senior Milagros "Millie" Vargas has lived in Corpus Christi, Texas, since her parents sought asylum there when she was a baby. Now a citizen, Millie cares for her younger siblings...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Victoria Cruz wakes up in the psychiatric ward of a Texas hospital after her failed suicide attempt, she still has no desire to live, but as the weeks pass, and she meets Dr. Desai and three of the other patients, she begins to reflect on the reasons why she feels like a loser compared with the rest of her family, and to see a path ahead where she can make a life of her own.
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A child dreams of a life without borders after he and his parents are forced to leave their home during the Mexican Repatriation."--
14) Starfish
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.
15) In the same boat
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Sadie Scofield is entered in the Texas River Odyssey, 260 miles of brutal canoeing, but a chance to finally make up for ruining her father's chance of winning the previous year; but her brother Tanner suddenly opts to paddle for a different team, and she is left with Cully, a young man who was her best friend years ago, but no longer--260 miles in the same boat to sort out her relationship with the boy she once tried to defend from his abusive father,...
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