Torrey Maldonado
1) What lane?
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Language
English
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6th Grade Recommended Reads
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Chapter Books and Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Talking with Children About Racism
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Chapter Books and Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Talking with Children About Racism
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"Biracial sixth-grader Stephen questions the limitations society puts on him after he notices the way strangers treat him when he hangs out with his white friends and learns about the Black Lives Matter movement."--
2) Hands
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Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Trevor has an adult problem to deal with: how to protect himself, his sisters, and his mother from his abusive stepfather (currently in prison) and he thinks the way to do that is to take up boxing--although he would really rather draw.
3) Tight
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
After his quick-tempered father gets in a fight and is sent back to jail, sixth-grader Bryan, known for being quiet and thoughtful, snaps and follows new friend Mike into trouble.
4) Manos
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2024
Language
Español
Description
Trev está estresado. Su padrastro abusivo ha anunciado su regreso después de amenazar a su madre y hermanas. Así que el muchacho decide tomar el asunto en sus propias manos y aprender boxeo. Haría cualquier cosa por proteger a su familia, hasta lanzar un par de puñetazos. Pero no todo el mundo está de acuerdo con su plan, porque Trev es, además de un buen chico, un talentoso artista. Las mismas manos con las que aprende a boxear, podrían servirle...
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In classic stories remixed, Latinx characters take center stage. Pride and Prejudice is launched into outer space, Frankenstein is plunged into the depths of the ocean, and The Great Gatsby floats to an island off the coast of Costa Rica. A shape-shifter gives up her life to save the boy she loves from an evil bruja. La Ciguapa covets a little mermaid's heart of gold. Two star-crossed teens fall in love while the planet burns around them. Whether...
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
How could one teenage boy's life elicit other kids' first experiences -- even after he dies?. Kev's the first kid their age to die. And now, even though he's dead, he's not really gone. Even now his choices are touching the people he left behind. Ellen Hopkins reveals what two altar boys (and one altar girl) might get up to at the cemetery. Rita Williams-Garcia follows one aimless teen as he finds a new life in his new job -- at the mortuary. Will...