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Esperanza Flores's place on the United States Olympic figure skating team has come at the expense of an injured skater, so in addition to the pressure of sudden fame and outsized expectations Espi has to deal with the resentment of her teammates--and their efforts to sabotage her routine.
2) Point guard
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Home team novels volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 22 cm.
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"It's basketball season for the home team but Gus must wrestle with prejudice when he's the only one bothered by Cassie joining the boys' team and his teammate Steve makes fun of Gus's Dominican heritage"--
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Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
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296 pages ; 20 cm
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"When Miosotis Flores discovers that her sister Amarilis's fiancée is physically abusive to her, she must decide how to help, while also caring for a rescue dog and pursuing better grades in school"--
4) Strike zone
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Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
249 pages, 14 pages ; 24 cm
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Twelve-year-old Nick García dreams of winning MVP of his summer baseball league, of finding a cure for his sister, of meeting his hero, Yankee pitcher Michael Arroyo, and of no longer living in fear of the government and ICE agents.
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Soho Teen
Pub. Date
[2022]
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323 pages ; 22 cm
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In the seaside town of Nautilus, Minerva Gutiérrez absolutely hates her job at the local ice cream stand, where her sexist boss makes each day worse than the last. But she needs the money: kicked out of school and stranded by her mom's most recent hospitalization, she dreams of escaping her dead-end hometown. When an armed robbery at the ice cream stand stirs up rumors about money hidden on the property, Min teams up with her neighbor CeCe, also...
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Pilar Ramirez duology volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 22 cm
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While doing research for her documentary about her cousin Natasha--who disappeared in the Dominican Republic fifty years ago during the Trujillato--twelve-year-old Pilar Violeta Ramirez is transported to Zafa, an island where Dominican myths and legends come to life and where her cousin is being held captive in a sinister magical prison, and Pilar must defeat the Dominican bogeyman if she hopes to free Natasha and return home to Chicago. Includes...
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Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
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Night after night, a young girl watches her mami set up a cot in the living room for guests in their Washington Heights apartment, like Raquel (who's boring) and Edgardo (who gets crumbs everywhere). She resents that they get the entire living room with a view of the George Washington Bridge, while all she gets is a tiny bedroom with a view of her sister (who snores). Until one night, no one comes, and it's finally her chance! But as it turns out,...
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Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
218 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 21 cm
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Buenos Espíritus es una colección de once cuentos, interconectados con la diáspora dominicana, de la autora debut Camille Gomera-Tavarez. Es un libro centrado en una familia extensa, los Belén, a través de múltiples generaciones. Está ambientado en la pequeña ciudad ficticia de Hidalpa, y también en Santo Domingo, Paterson, San Juan y Washington Heights.
"A collection of eleven interconnected short stories from the dominican diaspora from...
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Yearling
Pub. Date
©2004
Physical Desc
136 pages ; 20 cm.
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Esta novela "cuenta la deliciosa historia de una familia dominicana, instalada en Vermont, que recibe la visita de una pariente muy especial. La irresistible, incontrolable e incluso m?gica t?a Lola transforma la vida de su familia. Sombreros, pa?uelos, vestidos alegres, tacones, maracas, un tambor para las fiestas, caf?, hierbabuena, or?gano, an?s, hojas de guan?bana, aj?es--su alegr?a invade la casa y--poco a poco--a todo el pueblo. Un relato rico,...
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