Author : Jennifer Torres
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 33,9 MB
Release : 2022-03-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1534482784
Eight-year-old Catalina Castañeda uses Tía Abuela's sewing kit to turn ordinary clothing into a magical disguise, enabling her to uncover a thief at the local library.
Author : Jennifer Torres
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,74 MB
Release : 2022-03-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1534482792
Eight-year-old Catalina Castañeda uses Tía Abuela's sewing kit to turn ordinary clothing into a magical disguise, enabling her to uncover a thief at the local library.
Author : Jennifer Torres
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 13,67 MB
Release : 2022-03-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1534483071
One Day at a Time meets Mindy Kim in this second book in a charming new chapter book series about Catalina Castaneda, a Mexican American girl with a magical sewing kit who tries to befriend the new girl at school. Catalina is excited to find out a new student, Esmeralda, has joined her third-grade class at Valle Grande Elementary School. But despite Catalina’s attempts to introduce herself, Esme won’t talk to anyone but her own cousin, Jazmín. Could Jazmín be keeping Esme from making new friends? According to Catalina’s frenemy Pablo, it’s just like what happened to the secret princess in the telenovela hit The Hidden Crown! With Tía Abuela’s magical sewing kit, Catalina sets out to create a disguise to unravel the mystery.
Author : Jennifer Torres
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 46,48 MB
Release : 2017-01-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0316306878
A deliciously charming and heartwarming novel, all wrapped up in a warm tortilla. Tacos. Burritos. Guacamole. Estefania "Stef" Soto is itching to shake off the onion-and-cilantro embrace of Tia Perla, her family's taco truck. She wants nothing more than for Papi to get a normal job and for the taco truck to be a distant memory. Then maybe everyone at school will stop calling her the Taco Queen. But when her family's livelihood is threatened, and it looks like her wish will finally come true, Stef surprises everyone (including herself) by becoming the truck's unlikely champion. In this fun and heartfelt novel, Stef will discover what matters most and ultimately embrace her identity, even if it includes old Tia Perla.
Author : Jennifer Torres
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 39,10 MB
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 153448311X
One Day at a Time meets Mindy Kim in this third book in a charming new chapter book series about Catalina Castaneda, a Mexican American girl with a magical sewing kit who wants to start a band. Catalina can’t wait for the upcoming school talent show! Along with some of her classmates, they decide to rock out and form a band for the big day. But Catalina has some...specific ideas on how the band should look and sound. Can Catalina learn to be part of the band, or will she find herself working on a solo act?
Author : Philippa Gregory
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 42,33 MB
Release : 2006-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0743272498
A fictional portrait of Henry VIII's first wife, Katherine of Aragon, follows her through her youthful marriage to Henry's older brother, Arthur, her widowhood, her marriage to Henry, and the divorce that led to Henry's marriage to Anne Boleyn.
Author : Jennifer Torres
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 28,17 MB
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0316452599
A moving coming-of-age novel about one girl's struggles after her parents lose their home, and her journey to find hope in family and friendship, from Jennifer Torres, the author of Stef Soto, Taco Queen. Griselda "Geez" Zaragoza has a love for beautiful things, like her collection of vintage teacups and the flower garden she and her dad planted in the front yard. But when his business fails, Griselda loses not just her home, but also her confidence and her trust in her unflappable parents. Tagging along with big sister Maribel, who postponed college for a job selling Alma Cosmetics, Geez dreams up a way to reclaim the life she thinks she lost. If she can sell enough tubes of glistening, glittery Alma lip gloss, she'll win a cash prize that could help jump start her dad's business. With ups and downs along the way, Geez will discover that beauty isn't just lost or found, but made and re-made.
Author : Jennifer Torres
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 37,71 MB
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 133875422X
From the author of Stef Soto, Taco Queen comes this story about sisterhood, friendship, and the intricacies of blended families. Raquel and Lucinda used to be inseparable. But ever since their parents split, Raquel has been acting like editor-in-chief of their lives. To avoid her overbearing sister, Lucinda spends most of her time with her headphones on, practicing her skating routine. Then a pandemic hits, and the sisters are forced to spend the lockdown at their dad’s ranch house. When their classmates suggest they bring their mom along, Raquel sees a chance to get back everything she has lost. They could get their parents to fall in love again and give their family a second chance, a do-over. But neither of them is expecting to find their dads new family in their house. And when Lucinda finds she actually really likes them, Raquel gets even more desperate to fix things. As her schemes to get rid of her dad’s new girlfriend get more and more out of hand, Lucinda starts to wonder what they are really fighting for. Trying to bring the Mendoza family back together, seems to be tearing everyone further apart.
Author : Jennifer Torres
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 43,34 MB
Release : 2018-06-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0316306916
The carnival's deep fried pickles aren't the only things heating up in this funny novel about loyalty and finding friendship in surprising places. Miranda is the lead singer in her family's musical band, Miranda y Los Reyes. Her family works hard performing at festivals and quinceañeras. Now, they have a shot at the main stage at Mr. Barsetti's carnival. It's just the opportunity they've been waiting for. How will Miranda make it a performance to remember? Flor's family runs the petting zoo at the carnival. When she accidentally overhears Mr. Barsetti and Miranda's dad talk about cutting the zoo to accommodate Miranda y Los Reyes's main stage salary, she knows she has to take action. Will Flor have the heart for sabotage once she and Miranda start to become friends?
Author : Phillip Hoose
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 14,4 MB
Release : 2010-12-21
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0312661053
"When it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, 'This is not right.'" - Claudette Colvin On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager, fed up with the daily injustices of Jim Crow segregation, refused to give her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of being celebrated as Rosa Parks would be just nine months later, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin found herself shunned by her classmates and dismissed by community leaders. Undaunted, a year later she dared to challenge segregation again as a key plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle, the landmark case that struck down the segregation laws of Montgomery and swept away the legal underpinnings of the Jim Crow South. Based on extensive interviews with Claudette Colvin and many others, Phillip Hoose presents the first in-depth account of an important yet largely unknown civil rights figure, skillfully weaving her dramatic story into the fabric of the historic Montgomery bus boycott and court case that would change the course of American history. Claudette Colvin is the National Book Award Winner for Young People's Literature, a Newbery Honor Book, A YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist, and a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book.
