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Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to coast. Like all humans, these Native Americans sought to understand their place in the universe, the nature of their relationship with the divine, and the origin of the world into which their ancestors had emerged. The answers lay in their sacred stories.
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Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family with five boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth. Through her father's prescience, the family will come through that crisis unscathed, only to face a new one as the Great...
4) The jumbies
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The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 1
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Eleven-year-old Corinne must call on her courage and an ancient magic to stop an evil spirit and save her island home.
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Recorded Books
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2021
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1 online resource(1 sound file (3hr.,23min.,36sec.))
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Fabio flies through the streets of Bogotá on his bicycle, the children of his neighborhood trailing behind him. It is there that life feels right—where the world of adults, and their lies, fades away. But then one day, he simply forgets. Forgets how to ride his bicycle. And Fabio will never be the same again. From Colombia comes a special debut talent, Alejandra Algorta, and a first novel of discovery and heartbreak, translated by award-winning...
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Scholastic
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2022
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1 online resource(1 sound file (6hr.,19min.,51sec.))
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From Pura Belpré Honoree and Emmy-award winning actor Sonia Manzano--best known as "Maria" from Sesame Street--comesthe expansive and timeless story of four children who must carve out a path for themselves in the wake of Fidel Castro's rise topower.Fifteen-time Emmy Award winner and Pura Belpre honoree Sonia Manzano examines the impact of the 1959 Cuban Revolutionon four children from very different walks of life.In the wake of a new regime in Cuba,...
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Paola Santiago volume 3
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Disney Hyperion
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2022
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1 online resource(1 sound file (10hr.,38min.,55sec.))
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Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Tehlor Kay Mejia's third chilling story based on Mexican folklore. This time Paola Santiago faces El Cucuy, aka the Boogeyman. "Paola Santiago is a whip-smart Latina who dares to explore the shadows between folklore and middle-school friendship. A thrilling adventure."--Nina Moreno, author of Don't Date Rosa Santos Paola Santiago has recently returned from Oregon, where she defeated the Hitchhiker ghost and...
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Familius
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2019
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Did you know that there are over 5000 types of potatoes sold in South America? Or that in Honduras, a song about conch soup reached the Billboard Top 100 Charts? teaches children how different Latino countries use similar ingredients to create unique regional dishes.The dishes and their descriptions are given in both English and Spanish, and parents will enjoy the sidebars with additional fun facts about Latino food and culture. This bilingual...
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The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 3
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2019.
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After two out-of-season hurricanes nearly destroy her island home, Corinne discovers that the god Huracan is angry and she, aided by friends and enemies alike, races to calm him.
10) Salsa magic
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"Thirteen-year-old Maya Beatriz Montenegro Calderon has vivid recurring dreams where she hears the ocean calling her. Mami’s side of the family is known as 'Los Locos,' so maybe she actually is going crazy. But no time for that; the family business is where it’s at. Whenever Maya, her sister Salma, and her three cousins, Ini, Mini, and Mo, aren’t at school, you can usually find three generations of Calderones at Caf�e Taza,...
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