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1) Metro girl
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When her wild and womanizing younger brother goes missing in southern Florida, Alexandra Barnaby endures humidity, sunburn, and bugs in her search for him alongside Sam Hooker, who believes Barnaby's brother has stolen his boat.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"I find it so easy to forget / that Im just a girl who is expected / to live / without thoughts." Opposing slavery in Cuba in the nineteenth century was dangerous. The most daring abolitionists were poets who veiled their work in metaphor. Of these, the boldest was Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, nicknamed Tula. In passionate, accessible verses of her own, Engle evokes the voice of this book-loving feminist and abolitionist who bravely resisted an...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When Eduardo Calcines was three years old, Communists took control of Cuba. Eleven years passed before Calcines and his family were finally able to leave the country. Now sixty-three, Calcines, a successful American businessman, recounts what it was like to grow up under Fidel Castro's rule.
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