Jennifer Torres
Author
Language
English
Description
"Seventh grader 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 her dad to get a normal job and for Tia Perla to be put out to pasture. It's no fun being known as the "Taco Queen" at school. But just when it looks like Stef is going to get exactly what she wants, and her family's livelihood is threatened, she will have to become the truck's unlikely...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2018
Language
Español
Formats
Description
En esta novela divertida y conmmovedora, Stef descubre lo que es realmente importante y, en última instancia, abraza su identidad. Una historia acerca de la familia, los amigos, y de cómo es posible encontrar tu voz incluso envuelta en una tortilla de taco.
Estefania "Stef" Soto, sólo quiere ser una típica chica de séptimo grado. Quiere tener amigos, ser aceptada, y tener un poco de independencia
...Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"As Lola helps her mother at the family's hotel, she learns about compassion, social injustice, and how one voice can lead to change. Includes author's note on Dolores Huerta, a labor organizer who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Romero twins have always ruled David's school. But when a set of trickster triplets moves to town, David gets stuck in the middle of a full-on prank war! Can he stop the scuffle before the playground becomes off-limits for the whole year?"--
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"A young Latina girl accidentally breaks her grandfather's vihuela and searches for someone in the community to fix the instrument, which leads her to discover her grandfather's legacy as a mariachi. Includes an author's note and glossary"--
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Español
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
"Mexican-American Stef Soto is hoping to break free from her overprotective parents and embarrassing reputation from her family's taco truck business, but she soon learns that family, friendship, and the taco truck are important and wonderful parts of her life." --
"Estefania "Stef" Soto, sólo quiere ser una típica chica de séptimo grado. Quiere tener amigos, ser aceptada, y tener un poco de independencia de sus sobreprotectores padres inmigrantes....
13) The do-over
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Twins Raquel and Lucinda Mendoza used to be inseparable, but since their parents divorced Raquel has become bossy and obsessive, while Lucinda has immersed herself in her ice skating lessons, and the pandemic and its enforced isolation has only made things worse; but then they are sent to their father's ranch in central California and while Raquel thinks that this is a chance to get their parents back together by driving his girlfriend away, Lucinda...
14) Off-key
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"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
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"After her father's landscaping business fails and the family loses their house, sixth-grader Griselda Zaragoza follows her sister's example and begins selling Alma cosmetics while hiding her changed circumstances from friends." --
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"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?"--
17) The win-over
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Arriving in Mexico for their parents' wedding, stepsisters Raquel, Lucinda, and Juliette must show their disapproving Tia Enriqueta that their parents are meant to be together, but when their scheming leads to doubt, they wonder if they can really trust each other at all."--
18) Lola protesta
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"As Lola helps her mother at the family's hotel, she learns about compassion, social injustice, and how one voice can lead to change. Includes author's note on Dolores Huerta, a labor organizer who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association."--
"Su abuelo la llama "Lolita Siete Lenguas", siete lenguas peleando por ser escuchadas. Lola intenta no hacer tanto ruido, pero cuando es testigo de una injusticia en su vecindario, sabe que no puede...
19) Perfect villains
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Princesses don't break the rules, but they may rewrite them... Every girl dreams of going to the Fine and Ancient Institute for the Royal to learn how to be a princess. But Dalia and Dominga could not be any less enchanted. They are different...the samekind of different. Neither of them wants to be the fairest of them all. They want to join a secret society of villains at the Bewitched Academy of the Dreadful. So, they've devised the perfect plot...
