How Tia Lola Saved The Summer

Author : Julia Alvarez
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0375897666
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Tia Lola Saved the Summer written by Julia Alvarez and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miguel Guzman isn't exactly looking forward to the summer now that his mother has agreed to let the Sword family—a father, his three daughters, and their dog—live with them while they decide whether or not to move to Vermont. Little does Miguel know his aunt has something up her sleeve that just may make this the best summer ever. With her usual flair for creativity and fun, Tía Lola decides to start a summer camp for Miguel, his little sister, and the three Sword girls, complete with magical swords, nighttime treasure hunts, campfires, barbecues, and an end-of-summer surprise! The warm and funny third book in the Tía Lola Stories is sure to delight young readers and leave them looking forward to their own summer fun!

Author : Julia Alvarez
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0375895841
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Tia Lola Learned to Teach written by Julia Alvarez and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tía Lola has been invited to teach Spanish at her niece and nephew’s elementary school. But Miguel wants nothing to do with the arrangement. He hasn’t had an easy time adjusting to his new school in Vermont and doesn’t like living so far away from Papi, who has a new girlfriend and an announcement to make. On the other hand, Miguel’s little sister, Juanita, can’t wait to introduce her colorfully dressed aunt with her migrating beauty mark to all her friends at school—that is, if she can stop getting distracted long enough to remember to do so. Before long, Tía Lola is organizing a Spanish treasure hunt and a Carnaval fiesta at school. Will Miguel be willing to join the fun? Will Juanita get her head out of the clouds and lead her classmates to victory in the treasure hunt? Told with abundant humor and heart, Julia Alvarez’s new Tía Lola story is the long-awaited sequel to the beloved How Tía Lola Came to Visit Stay.

Author : Julia Alvarez
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780613579070
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Tia Lola Came to Stay written by Julia Alvarez and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For use in schools and libraries only. Miguel embarks on a journey of self-discovery when Tia Lola, his eccentric aunt from the Dominican Republic, comes to live with them after his Mami's divorce.

Author : Julia Alvarez
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0375891617
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Return to Sender written by Julia Alvarez and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2009-01-13 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn’ t sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters, particularly Mari, the oldest, who is proud of her Mexican heritage but also increasingly connected her American life. Her family lives in constant fear of being discovered by the authorities and sent back to the poverty they left behind in Mexico. Can Tyler and Mari find a way to be friends despite their differences? In a novel full of hope, but no easy answers, Julia Alvarez weaves a beautiful and timely story that will stay with readers long after they finish it.

Author : Julia Alvarez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780329924874
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Tía Lola Saved the Summer written by Julia Alvarez and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When three girls and their father visit for a week in the summer, it takes Tía Lola to make Miguel forget his unhappiness at the absence of any boys and embrace the adventures that ensue.

Author : Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
ISBN 13 : 9781558856677
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Girl From Playa Blanca written by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 1995-09-30 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Elena and her little brother, Carlos, leave their Mexican seaside village to search for their immigrant father in Los Angeles, they encounter intrigue, crime, mystery, friendship, and love.

Author : Julia Alvarez
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616200987
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents written by Julia Alvarez and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2010-01-12 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the international bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and Afterlife, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents is "poignant...powerful... Beautifully captures the threshold experience of the new immigrant, where the past is not yet a memory." (The New York Times Book Review) Julia Alvarez’s new novel, The Cemetery of Untold Stories, is coming April 2, 2024. Pre-order now! Acclaimed writer Julia Alvarez’s beloved first novel gives voice to four sisters as they grow up in two cultures. The García sisters—Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofía—and their family must flee their home in the Dominican Republic after their father’s role in an attempt to overthrow brutal dictator Rafael Trujillo is discovered. They arrive in New York City in 1960 to a life far removed from their existence in the Caribbean. In the wondrous but not always welcoming U.S.A., their parents try to hold on to their old ways as the girls try find new lives: by straightening their hair and wearing American fashions, and by forgetting their Spanish. For them, it is at once liberating and excruciating to be caught between the old world and the new. Here they tell their stories about being at home—and not at home—in America. "Alvarez helped blaze the trail for Latina authors to break into the literary mainstream, with novels like In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents winning praise from critics and gracing best-seller lists across the Americas."—Francisco Cantú, The New York Times Book Review "A clear-eyed look at the insecurity and yearning for a sense of belonging that are a part of the immigrant experience . . . Movingly told." —The Washington Post Book World

Author : Kareem Rosser
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250270871
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crossing the Line written by Kareem Rosser and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A marvelous addition to the literature of inspirational sports stories." - Booklist (Starred Review) "This remarkable and inspiring story shines." - Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) "Crossing the Line will not just leave you with hope, but also ideas on how to make that hope transferable” - New York Times bestselling author Wes Moore An inspiring memoir of defying the odds from Kareem Rosser, captain of the first all-black squad to win the National Interscholastic Polo championship. Born and raised in West Philadelphia, Kareem thought he and his siblings would always be stuck in “The Bottom”, a community and neighborhood devastated by poverty and violence. Riding their bicycles through Philly’s Fairmount Park, Kareem’s brothers discover a barn full of horses. Noticing the brothers’ fascination with her misfit animals, Lezlie Hiner, founder of The Work to Ride stables, offers them their escape: an after school job in exchange for riding lessons. What starts as an accidental discovery turns into a love for horseback riding that leads the Rossers to discovering their passion for polo. Pursuing the sport with determination and discipline, Kareem earns his place among the typically exclusive players in college, becoming part of the first all-Black national interscholastic polo championship team—all while struggling to keep his family together. Crossing the Line: A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport That Changed Their Lives Forever is the story of bonds of brotherhood, family loyalty, the transformative connection between man and horse, and forging a better future that comes from overcoming impossible odds.

Author : Joyce Hansen
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618611232
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gift-Giver written by Joyce Hansen and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year she is in fifth grade, Doris meets a special friend in her Bronx neighborhood.

Author : Julia Alvarez
Publisher : Laurel Leaf
ISBN 13 : 030743317X
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Before We Were Free written by Julia Alvarez and published by Laurel Leaf. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic. But by her 12th birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have emigrated to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared without a trace, and the government’s secret police terrorize her remaining family because of their suspected opposition of el Trujillo’s dictatorship. Using the strength and courage of her family, Anita must overcome her fears and fly to freedom, leaving all that she once knew behind. From renowned author Julia Alvarez comes an unforgettable story about adolescence, perseverance, and one girl’s struggle to be free.