Naive and bumbling Carlo, his shady camel-puller Baksheesh, and Shira, a girl determined to return home, follow a treasure map through the deserts and cities of the infamous Golden Road, as...
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Author: Alexander, LloydSummary:Genre: Young adult fiction, Fantasy fiction
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Author: Lea, TomSummary:
On the Sunday afternoon of the Santa Barbara festival in Cuenca, the great Plaza de Toros roars with the boisterous cheers of a full house. As the glorious opening ceremonies commence, the...
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Author: Salisbury, GrahamSummary:
Following orders from the United States Army, several young Japanese American men train K-9 units to hunt Asians during World War II.
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Author: Soto, GarySummary:
When nineteen-year-old Eddie drops out of college, he struggles to find a place for himself as a Mexican American living in a violence-infested neighborhood of Fresno, California.
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Author: Soto, GarySummary:
Two Mexican American brothers hope that junior college will help them excape their heritage of tedious physical labor.
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Author: Salisbury, GrahamSummary:
Working for his stepfather on a charter fishing boat in Hawaii teaches thirteen-year-old Mikey about fishing, and about taking risks, making sacrifices, and facing some of life's difficult choices...
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Author: Soto, GarySummary:
Fourteen-year-old Mexican American Lincoln Mendoza spends a summer with a host family in Japan, encountering new experiences and making new friends.
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Author: Soto, GarySummary:
A collection of short stories about Mexican American youth growing up in California's Central Valley.
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Author: Soto, GarySummary:
Fourteen-year-old Lincoln Mendoza, an aspiring basketball player, must come to terms with his divided loyalties when he moves from the Hispanic inner city to a white suburban neighborhood.
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Author: Salisbury, GrahamSummary:
In 1975, eleven Boy Scouts, their leaders, and some new friends camping at Halape, Hawaii, find their survival skills put to the test when a massive earthquake strikes, followed by a tsunami.
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Author: Soto, GarySummary:
A senior at East Fresno High School lives on as a ghost after his brutal murder in the restroom of a club where he had gone to dance.
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Author: Phillips, GarySummary:
The five members of Tactical Resources Against Street Hoodlums are just as vicious as the thugs they butt heads with. They are on the right side of the law, yet too much power leads to corruption...
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Author: Mikaelsen, BenSummary:
Thirteen-year-old Ricky, the Mexican American son of a former Drug Enforcement Agency man, tries to avenge his mother's murder by crossing over into Mexico to steal a high-tech radar plane from...
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Author: Chima, Cinda WilliamsSummary:
New York Times best-selling author Cinda Williams Chima delivers the stunning conclusion to a critically acclaimed trilogy that also includes The Warrior Heir and The Wizard Heir.
Afraid of...Genre: Juvenile fiction, Fantasy fiction -
Author: Chima, Cinda WilliamsSummary:
Acclaimed author of The Warrior Heir, Cinda Williams Chima delivers this riveting sequel - a VOYA Perfect 10 and a New York Public Library 2008 Book for the Teen Age.
Booted from one...Genre: Young adult fiction, Fantasy fiction