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Annika Riz, Math Whiz (Franklin School Friends #2) by Claudia Mills
Category: Children's | Series: Franklin School Friends
Annika Riz loves math more than anything, so when she hears about a sudoku contest at the local public library, she is determined to win it maybe then her friends Kelsey Green and Izzy Barr will see that math is just as cool as reading and running. When the school carnival, the biggest fundraiser of the ...Show more
Bogotá 39 - New Voices from Latin America by Gabriela Jauregui; Juan Pablo Roncone; Diego Zúñiga; Martin Felipe Castagnet; Lolita Copacabana; Diego Erlan; Mauro Libertella; Samanta Schweblin; Luciana Sousa; Carlos Manuel Álvarez; Frank Báez; Laia Jufresa; Jesús Miguel Soto; Mauro Javier Cardenas; Mónica Ojeda; Natalia Borges Polesso; Mariana Torres; Liliana Colanzi; Damián González Bertolino; Valentin Trujillo; María José Caro; Juan Manuel Robles; Brenda Lozano; Claudia Ulloa Donoso; Giuseppe Caputo; Juan Cárdenas; Juan Esteban Constaín; Daniel Ferreira; Felipe Restrepo Pombo; Cristian Romero; Sergio Gutiérrez Negrón; Carlos Fonseca; Alan Mills; Valeria Luiselli; Emiliano Monge; Eduardo Rabasa; Daniel Saldaña Paris; Gonzalo Eltesh; Eduardo Plaza
Category: Fiction
Celebrating Hay 's 30th birthday next year, this is an anthology of short stories from the best 39 Latin American authors under 40. With authors from 15 different countries, this really is a diverse collection of stories that will transport readers to a whole host of new worlds and showcase the best wri ...Show more
Cody Harmon, King of Pets by Claudia Mills
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Franklin School Friends
Cody Harmon doesn't love reading, math, spelling, or really any of the subjects that Miss Molina teaches in her third-grade class. But he lives on a farm and he loves animals he even has nine pets so when the school holds a pet-show fund-raiser, it should be his time to shine. There's a ten-dollar entra ...Show more
Gus and Grandpa at the Hospital by Claudia Mills; Catherine Stock (Illustrator)
Category: Children's | Series: Gus and Grandpa Ser.
Gus and Grandpa love to answer mail. Shortly after they enter the lottery, Grandpa has a heart attack. Gus is afraid to visit the hospital, but as soon as he arrives, Grandpa makes him feel right at home. Grandpa teaches Gus how to raise and lower the bed, and gives him quarters for the soda machine. St ...Show more
Izzy Barr, Running Star by Claudia Mills
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Franklin School Friends
Izzy Barr is the star athlete of the third grade: she hits homeruns on her softball team and is one of the fastest runners in her class. But at home, her half-brother, Dustin, seems to be her father's favorite athlete--why else would her dad go to all of his games and miss so many of hers? Izzy pretends ...Show more
Kelsey Green, Reading Queen (Franklin School Friends #1) by Claudia Mills
Category: Early Reader | Series: Franklin School Friends
Kelsey Green is the best reader in the third grade--well, maybe tied for best with know-it-all Simon Ellis. When the principal Mr. Boone announces a school-wide reading contest, complete with a pizza party for the winning class and a special certificate for the top readers in each grade, she knows she's ...Show more
La Frontera by Alfredo Alva; Deborah Mills; Claudia Navarro (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
Told from the point of view of a young boy and his father making an arduous journey on foot from Mexico to the U.S. in the 1980s, this bilingual book depicts a child adjusting to a new culture, learning a new language, and finding a new place to belong. Full color.
La Frontera by Alfredo Alva; Deborah Mills; Claudia Navarro (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
Told from the point of view of a young boy and his father making an arduous journey on foot from Mexico to the U.S. in the 1980s, this bilingual book depicts a child adjusting to a new culture, learning a new language, and finding a new place to belong. Full color.
Simon Ellis, Spelling Bee Champ by Claudia Mills
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Franklin School Friends
The students in Miss Molina's third grade class are abuzz with excitement about the upcoming spelling bee, where they will be competing against the two other classes in third grade. Simon Ellis, who just happens to be good at a lot of other things, is also very good at spelling. But Simon's best friend, ...Show more
Simon Ellis, Spelling Bee Champ by Claudia Mills
Category: Middle Readers | Series: Franklin School Friends Ser.
The students in Miss Molina's third-grade class are abuzz with excitement about the upcoming spelling bee, where they will be competing against the two other classes in third grade. Simon Ellis, who just happens to be good at a lot of other things, is also very good at spelling. But Simon's best friend, ...Show more
The Lost Language by Claudia Mills
Category: Middle Readers
The quest to save the words of a dying language - and to find the words to save what may be a dying friendship - lies at the heart of this exquisite verse novel.Sixth grader Betsy is the one who informs her best friend, Lizard, that thousands of the world's languages are currently threatened by extincti ...Show more