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Americanized: rebel without a green card
Par Sara Saedi. 2018
Television show writer and novelist recounts her teenage years in the 1990s, and reveals how she discovered that her family…
had entered the United States as undocumented immigrants. Provides a humorous account of balancing teen angst with trying to become an American citizen. For senior high and older readers. 2018America is in the heart: a personal history (Classics of Asian American Literature)
Par Carlos Bulosan. 2014
Memoir by Filipino poet reflecting on his life in the Philippines and America. Describes the poverty his family faced and…
the loss of family members through sickness and other events. Examines the experience of immigrants to America who are made to feel as if they are criminals. Some violence. 1946Don't cosplay with my heart
Par Cecil Castellucci. 2018
Upset with her unraveling life, Edan escapes into the world of comics and cosplays as Gargantua from Team Tomorrow. Things…
start to get better after she meets Kirk, a boy from school, who gets her into the sold-out Angeles Comic Con. For senior high and older readers. 2018The Origin story series: The amazing Spider-Man ; The courageous Captain America ; The incredible Hulk ; The invincible Iron Man ; The mighty Avengers ; The mighty Thor ; The uncanny X-Men (Marvel Origins)
Par Disney Book Group, Rich Thomas, Disney Book Group. 2011
Series of seven books explains how Spider-Man, Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, and the Hulk became legendary superheroes. In The…
Uncanny X-Men Professor Xavier assembles a team of mutants called the X-Men to protect mankind from evil--even though humans are afraid of them. For grades K-3 and older readers. 2011Alexander y el dia terrible, horrible, espantoso, horroroso
Par Judith Viorst, Ray Cruz. 1989
Alexander se despierta para encontrar chicle en su pelo y que no hay un premio en su caja de cereal.…
A medida que su día va empeorando, Alejandro piensa en salir corriendo a Australia hasta que su madre le asegura que todo el mundo tiene días como éste, incluso en Australia. Para los grados K-3I remember nothing, and other reflections: and Other Reflections
Par Nora Ephron. 2010
Continuing the lighthearted I Feel Bad about My Neck (DB 63378), screenwriter Ephron (b. 1941) discusses growing up with show-business…
parents, fantasizing about a potential inheritance, learning that no one likes her Christmas desserts, growing old, and dealing with her longtime memory problems. Bestseller. 2010Not without laughter
Par Langston Hughes. 1995
Mind your manners, Alice Roosevelt!
Par Leslie Kimmelman, Adam Gustavson. 2009
A brief, fictionalized account of what life was like for Theodore Roosevelt during his political career, with his oldest daughter,…
Alice, a strong-willed and somewhat wild young woman, who loved to do things that shocked the public, even when she lived in the White House. For grades 2-4The polished hoe: a novel
Par Austin Clarke. 2003
Award-winning novel set on a small Caribbean island, mid-twentieth century. Mary-Mathilda, servant and mistress of the village's plantation owner, summons…
detective Percy Stuart to confess to murder. Her nightlong statement, complicated by Percy's romantic feelings, reveals a sordid history. Explicit descriptions of sex, strong language, and some violence. 2003Just ask Iris
Par Lucy Frank. 2001
Twelve-year-old Iris Diaz-Pinkowitz moves into a new apartment building and spends the summer getting acquainted with her neighbors, among them…
a "cat lady" and a boy in a wheelchair. Iris runs errands in order to buy her first bra and rallies everyone to have the elevator repaired. For grades 5-8. 2001Katy and the big snow
Par Virginia Lee Burton. 1943
Katy, the red crawler tractor, is big and strong. When the entire city is buried under a blizzard and all…
the other snowplows break down, the people count on Katy to save them. For grades K-3. 1943Lord of the fries and other stories: And Other Stories
Par Tim Wynne-Jones, Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff. 1999
Seven short stories about active imaginations and making choices. In the title piece, two girls find themselves in a dilemma…
after pretending they know a tragic story about the cook at their favorite burger place. For grades 5-8. 1999Hop on Pop (Beginner Books(R))
Par Seuss, Dr Seuss. 1963
You're only old once!: A Book for Obsolete Children (Classic Seuss)
Par Seuss, Dr Seuss. 1986
In jaunty rhymes, Dr. Seuss follows a kindly old bald man with a big white mustache through ridiculous medical examinations…
at the Golden Years Clinic on Century Square. He's there for "Spleen Readjustment and Muffler Repair." The doctors probe and poke him in search of such maladies as "Prune Picker's Plight" and devise diets--"What you like...forget it!" For readers of all ages. BestsellerWhere the sidewalk ends: the poems of Shel Silverstein
Par Shel Silverstein. 1974
A light in the attic
Par Shel Silverstein. 1981
A fat collection of poems that range from exhilarating nonsense to tender sadness. Includes "How Not to Have to Dry…
the Dishes," "Prayer of the Selfish Child," "Adventures of a Frisbee," and "Hiccup Cure." For grades 4-7 to share with younger children and adultsGulliver's travels: Level 4 (Bring the classics to life)
Par Jonathan Swift, Carolyn Gloeckner. 1992
Nine short stories set in Hawaii featuring the nuanced voices and interior lives of housewives, mechanics, cabdrivers, aging hippies, and…
bargirls. The worlds of Pak's Hawaiians, Asian locals, and the haoles sometimes intersect and collide and other times remain parallel, but each world is haunted by the past. Whether Pak evokes shadows of World War II, the Vietnam War, the radical 60's, or the military dictatorship of Chun Doo Hwan in Korea, the larger historical context looms ominously in the background. Contains explicit descriptions of sexGulliver in Lilliput
Par Margaret Hodges. 1995
The best Christmas pageant ever: A Christmas Holiday Book For Kids
Par Barbara Robinson. 2005
The Herdmans are the worst kids in town, so when they take over the lead roles in the church's annual…
Christmas pageant, they cause quite a commotion. For grades 4-7. 1972