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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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Lola is excited to go to Guatemala with abuelita for a few weeks to learn about her heritage and see her family, but when she arrives, things do not go as planned, her Spanish is not as good as she thought, and she feels out of place.
2) Tree Girl
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
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When, protected by the branches of one of the trees she loves to climb, Gabriela witnesses the destruction of her Mayan village and the murder of nearly all its inhabitants, she vows never to climb again until, after she and her traumatised sister find safety in a Mexican refugee camp, she realizes that only by climbing and facing their fears can she and her sister hope to have a future.
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Beck is in Guatemala, a land of ancient civilisations, facing a very modern challenge. Beck finally has the information needed to help him track down his long-lost sister, Dian, but his survival skills will be tested to the extreme as he attempts to find her home in a remote corner of the Guatemalan jungle. With the help of his friend James, Beck must navigate underwater caves, sheer falls, and jaguars lurking in the darkness... But does Dian even...
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"Life sucks when you're twelve. You're not a little kid, but you're also not an adult, and all the grown-ups in your life talk about your body the minute it starts getting a shape. And what sucks even more than being a Chinese-Filipino- American-Guatemalan who can't speak any ancestral language well? When almost every other girl in school has already gotten her period except for you and your two besties. Manuela 'Mani' Semilla wants two things: to...
5) Caminar
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Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Carlos knows that when the soldiers arrive with warnings about the Communist rebels, it is time to be a man and defend the village, keep everyone safe. But Mama tells him not yet {u2014} he{u2019}s still her quiet moonfaced boy. The soldiers laugh at the villagers, and before they move on, a neighbor is found dangling from a tree, a sign on his neck: Communist. Mama tells Carlos to run and hide, then try to find her. . . . Numb and alone, he must...
6) Red glass
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Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Sixteen-year-old Sophie has been frail and delicate since her premature birth, but discovers her true strength during a journey through Mexico, where the six-year-old orphan her family hopes to adopt was born, and to Guatemala, where her would-be boyfriend hopes to find his mother and plans to remain.
8) Colibrí
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Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Kidnapped when she was very young by an unscrupulous man who has forced her to lie and beg to get money, a twelve-year-old Mayan girl endures an abusive life, always wishing she could return to the parents she can hardly remember.
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Pub. Date
c2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Pulga has his dreams. Chico has his grief. Pequeña has her pride. And these three teens have one another. But, none of them have illusions about the town they've grown up in and the dangers that surround them. Even with the love of family, threats lurk around every corner. And when those threats become all too real, the trio knows they have no choice but to run: from their country, from their families, from their beloved home. Crossing from Guatemala...