What better day for book trailers than a Saturday? There’s no such thing as being too rich, too popular or too fabulous… Pace Academy is an exclusive private school catering to the rich, pampered and beautiful. And Starr, Dionne and Marisol are its ruling elite, with an endless supply of designer clothes, platinum credit cards—and… Read More Saturday Trailers
title: Border Town: Crossing the Line author: Malin Alegria date: Scholastic; May 2012 main character: Fabiola (Fabi) Garza Crossing the Line had a somewhat slow start but, that’s OK because we’re being introduced to a cast of characters who are meant to sustain this new Latina series. Fabi’s family runs a restaurant in a small… Read More A Review and a Chance to Win!
title: Darkroom: a memoir in black and white author: Lila Quintero Weaver date: University of Alabama Press; 2012 non-fiction Darkroom is a graphic memoir of Weaver’s childhood in Alabama. It’s an unexpected story of an Argentinean family living in Alabama in the 1960s. Through Weaver’s eyes, we see how she and her family try to… Read More book review: Darkroom: a memoir in black and white
title: Pitch Black: Don’t Be Skerd author: Youme Landowne and Anthony Horton date: Cinco Puntos Press, 2008 non-fiction YALSA Top Ten Great Graphic Novels in 2009 reading level: 3.1 They meet on a subway in New York City and although they have little else in common, Youme and Anthony discover they are both artists. Anthony shares the story of… Read More book review: Pitch Black: don’t be skerd
book review: The girl who could silence the wind author: Meg Medina date: Candelwick Press; 2012 main character: Sonia Ocampo From the time of her birth, the people of Tres Montes have believed that Sonia was a special gift, that she could work miracles for them. They pin milagros to her baby blanket and they continue pinning… Read More book review: The girl who could silence the wind
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