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Review of Lola
Lola by Karla Arenas Valenti; illus. by Islenia Mil Intermediate Knopf 256 pp. 9/24 9780593177006 $17.99 Library ed. 9780593177013 $20.99 e-book ed. 9780593177020 $10.99 Lola, ten, lives in Mexico City in a house built around the Tree. The Tree is full of life, and spirit-like beings called chaneques protect it....
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Review of Jasmine Is Haunted
Jasmine Is Haunted by Mark OshiroMiddle School Starscape/Tor 256 pp.10/24 9781250337290 $18.99Paper ed. 9781250337313 $8.99e-book ed. 9781250337306 $11.99Ever since Papi died four years ago, a ghost haunts Jasmine Garza, but she’s not sure if it’s Papi’s or someone else’s. The ghost follows Jasmine as she moves from one apartment to...
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Review of Adela’s Mariachi Band
Adela’s Mariachi Band by Denise Vega; illus. by Erika Rodriguez MedinaPrimary Charlesbridge 32 pp.8/24 9781623544447 $17.99e-book ed. 9781632893994 $9.99Spanish ed. 9781623544454 $17.99Adela loves mariachi music and her family’s mariachi band. Her relatives all participate, either playing an instrument or dancing—but not Adela. Her attempts to dance and to play la...
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Review of How to Eat a Mango
How to Eat a Mango by Paola Santos; illus. by Juliana PerdomoPrimary Porter/Holiday 40 pp.7/24 9780823453887 $18.99Spanish ed. 9780823457984 $18.99Carmencita dislikes picking up rotten mangoes that have fallen from Abuelita’s tree. She also doesn’t like eating mangoes: they are sticky, and the strings get stuck between her teeth. But Abuelita...
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Review of Cruzita and the Mariacheros
Cruzita and the Mariacheros by Ashley GranilloIntermediate, Middle School Carolrhoda 248 pp.4/24 9798765608500 $19.99Cruzita Tayahua ends sixth grade with a D in Spanish, which is embarrassing considering her family’s Mexican roots. But being fluent in Spanish isn’t a priority for Cruz, who dreams of being an American pop music superstar....
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Review of Sing It like Celia
Sing It like Celia by Mónica MancillasIntermediate, Middle School Penguin Workshop 240 pp.4/24 9780593659304 $17.99e-book ed. 9780593659311 $10.99The day Salva Sanchez’s mami didn’t come home, her life was turned upside down. Now she’s living out of a van in an RV campground with her investigative journalist papi. He’s on assignment...
Review of Game of Freedom: Mestre Bimba and the Art of Capoeira
Game of Freedom: Mestre Bimba and the Art of Capoeira by Duncan Tonatiuh; illus. by the authorPrimary Abrams 48 pp.10/23 9781419764585 $19.99e-book ed. 9781647008253 $15.54Spanish ed. 9781419768507 $19.99In his accessibly written picture-book biography of Manoel dos Reis Machado (1899–1974), known as Mestre Bimba, Tonatiuh (A Land of Books, rev. 1/23,...
Review of Alebrijes
Alebrijes by Donna Barba HigueraIntermediate, Middle School Levine Querido 336 pp.10/23 9781646142637 $18.99On Higuera’s barren post-apocalyptic Earth, Pocatels rule over the Spanish-speaking Cascabels, refugees from the San Joaquin Valley, forcing them to live in squalid tent cities, endure long hours harvesting potatoes, and subsist on next to nothing. Thirteen-year-old Leandro...
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Review of Between Two Windows
Between Two Windows by Keisha Morris; illus. by the authorPrimary Harper/HarperCollins 48 pp.1/24 9780063235106 $19.99Kayla and Mateo live on the top floors of separate buildings in a city, connected by an old, squeaky clothesline. They are bored and alone in their drab bedrooms watching “Dino World,” while the outside world...
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