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Magic Dogs of the Volcanoes / Los perros mágicos de los volcanes
By Manlio Argueta, Elly Simmons, Stacey Ross
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Magic Dogs of the Volcanoes / Los perros mágicos de los volcanes
By Manlio Argueta, Elly Simmons, Stacey Ross
Whenever Salvadoran people gather to tell stories, someone will have a story about the magic dogs called cadejos.

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Passage to Freedom
The Sugihara Story
By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
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The Sugihara Story
By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
The true story of Chiune Sugihara, the "Japanese Schindler," who, with his family's encouragement, saved thousands of Jews in Lithuania during World War II.

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Pasaje a la libertad
La historia de Chiune Sugihara
By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
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La historia de Chiune Sugihara
By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
In Spanish. The true story of Chiune Sugihara, the "Japanese Schindler," who, with his family's encouragement, saved thousands of Jews in Lithuania during World War II.

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A House by the River
By William Miller, Ying-Hwa Hu, Cornelius Van Wright
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A House by the River
By William Miller, Ying-Hwa Hu, Cornelius Van Wright
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A young girl learns her rickety, old house by the river is stronger than the fiercest storm because it is fortified by love and family.

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Dia's Story Cloth
The Hmong People's Journey of Freedom
By Dia Cha, Chue Cha, Nhia Thao Cha
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The Hmong People's Journey of Freedom
By Dia Cha, Chue Cha, Nhia Thao Cha
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A Hmong American tells of her people's search for freedom.

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¡Celebremos Juneteenth!
By Carole Boston Weatherford, Yvonne Buchanan
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¡Celebremos Juneteenth!
By Carole Boston Weatherford, Yvonne Buchanan
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A young girl, who has just moved to her parents' hometown, realizes that she has come home after the African American emancipation celebration of Juneteenth.

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Juneteenth Jamboree
By Carole Boston Weatherford, Yvonne Buchanan
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Juneteenth Jamboree
By Carole Boston Weatherford, Yvonne Buchanan
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A young girl, who has just moved to her parents' hometown, realizes that she has come home after the African American emancipation celebration of Juneteenth.

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Caravan
By Lawrence McKay Jr., Darryl Ligasan
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Caravan
By Lawrence McKay Jr., Darryl Ligasan
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Through the story of ten-year-old Jura's first caravan trip with his father, Lawrence McKay, Jr. describes the adventures one boy experiences on the journey to young adulthood.

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Heroes
By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
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Heroes
By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
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A Japanese American boy learns about heroism from his father and uncle who served in the U.S. Army.

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Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree
By William Miller, Cornelius Van Wright, Ying-Hwa Hu
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Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree
By William Miller, Cornelius Van Wright, Ying-Hwa Hu
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The true story of the famous writer, who as a young girl, learned about hope and strength from her mother.

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El tapiz de Abuela
By Omar S. Castañeda, Enrique O. Sanchez
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El tapiz de Abuela
By Omar S. Castañeda, Enrique O. Sanchez
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In Spanish. A girl in Guatemala learns about family tradition and trust from her grandmother.

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Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del otro lado
By Gloria Anzaldúa, Consuelo Mendez
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Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del otro lado
By Gloria Anzaldúa, Consuelo Mendez
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Having crossed the Rio Grande into Texas with his mother in search of a new life, Joaquín receives help and friendship from Prietita a brave young Mexican American girl.

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Baseball Saved Us: 25th Anniversary Edition
By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
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Baseball Saved Us: 25th Anniversary Edition
By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
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Twenty-five years ago, Baseball Saved Us changed the picture-book landscape with its honest story of a Japanese American boy in a concentration camp during World War II. This anniversary edition will introduce new readers to this modern-day classic.

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El béisbol nos salvó
Edición especial 25° aniversario
By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
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El béisbol nos salvó
Edición especial 25° aniversario
By Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee
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Now in Spanish, this classic, award-winning picture book tells the story of Shorty and his family, placed in an internment camp after the attack on Pearl Harbor along with thousands of Japanese Americans.

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Abuela's Weave
By Omar S. Castañeda, Enrique O. Sanchez
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Abuela's Weave
By Omar S. Castañeda, Enrique O. Sanchez
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This touching story of personal growth and family pride is illustrated with authentic Guatemalan scenery that gives life to the country's radiant landscape and bustling city streets.

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When You Get to the Other Side
By Mariana Osorio Gumá, Cecilia Weddell
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When You Get to the Other Side
By Mariana Osorio Gumá, Cecilia Weddell
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A spellbinding novel about crossing both natural and supernatural borders--the mystical beauty of Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima meets the urgency of Valeria Luiselli's Lost Children Archives.

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When a Woman Rises
By Christine Eber
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When a Woman Rises
By Christine Eber
Magdalena, her best friend Lucia, and her daughter Veronica, three Zapatista women, navigate poverty and societal expectations in their small Chiapas town. A tribute to the power of women and community.
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House of Purple Cedar
By Tim Tingle
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House of Purple Cedar
By Tim Tingle
A Choctaw tale of tragedy, good and evil, revenge and ultimately forgiveness, laced with healing Choctaw humor and a little magical realism thrown in.

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Make It, Take It
By Rus Bradburd
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Make It, Take It
By Rus Bradburd
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Witty and insightful, this isn't the college basketball we hear about on TV. And Bradburd knows what he's talking about.
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Sofrito
By Phillippe Diederich
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Sofrito
By Phillippe Diederich
A Cuban-American travels to Havana searching for a secret recipe where he finds love and the truth about his father.

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