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Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés

Created on April 27, 2022, 1:20 pm

Last Updated August 12, 2024, 2:30 pm

Children's and middle grade novels available in both English and Spanish (including translations and classic titles). Audience: school age children, teachers, and parents. Created by Klem-Marí Cajigas, Family Literacy Coordinator, BBTL. Last updated: December 2023---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Novelas juveniles y novelas para estudiantes de grados intermedios disponibles en inglés y español (incluyendo traducciones y obras clasicas). Audiencia: niños de grados escolares, maestras y maestros, y padres de familia. Creado por Klem-Marí Cajigas, Family Literacy Coordinator, BBTL. Ultima actuualizacion: diciembre 2023.

61) El curioso mundo de Calpurnia Tate

Author

Kelly, Jacqueline

62) The curious world of Calpurnia Tate

Author

Kelly, Jacqueline

Series

Calpurnia Tate volume 2

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, Playaway, CD audio book

Description

"In rural Texas in 1900, when a storm blows change into town in the form of a visiting veterinarian, twelve-year-old Callie discovers a life and a vocation she desperately wants. But with societal expectations as they are, she will need all her wits and courage to realize her dreams"-- Provided by publisher.

63) El león, la bruja y el armario

Author

Series

Chronicles of Narnia volume 2

Description

Four English school children find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch who has cursed the land with eternal winter.

64) The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe

Author

Series

Chronicles of Narnia volume 2

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook, Playaway, CD audio book

Description

Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist its ruler, the golden lion Aslan, in defeating the White Witch who has cursed the land with eternal winter.

65) James and the giant peach: a children's story

Author

Series

Penguin classics deluxe edition

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, eAudiobook, CD audio book, Kit

Description

A young boy escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant peach.

66) Lupe Wong won't dance

Author

Higuera, Donna Barba

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook

Description

"Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues. She's also championed causes her whole young life. Some worthy ... like expanding the options for race on school tests beyond just a few bubbles. And some not so much...like complaining to the BBC about the length between Doctor Who seasons. Lupe needs an A in all her classes in order to meet her favorite pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, who's Chinacan/Mexinese just like her. So when...

67) Esperanza rising

Author

Ryan, Pam Munoz

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, Talking Book, eAudiobook, Kit

Description

Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.

68) The stars beneath our feet

Author

Moore, David Barclay

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, Talking Book, eAudiobook

Description

Unable to celebrate the holidays in the wake of his older brother's death in a gang-related shooting, Lolly Rachpaul struggles to avoid being forced into a gang himself while constructing a fantastically creative LEGO city at the Harlem community center.

69) Emmie es invisible

Author

Libenson, Terri

Description

Emmie is shy, quiet, and artistic. Katie is athletic, outgoing, and popular. One day in middle school, their lives intersect in surprising ways when an embarrassing note falls into the wrong hands.

70) Invisible Emmie

Author

Libenson, Terri

Series

Emmie & friends volume 1

Formats:

eBook, Talking Book, eAudiobook

Description

Emmie is shy, quiet, and artistic. Katie is athletic, outgoing, and popular. One day in middle school, their lives intersect in surprising ways when an embarrassing note falls into the wrong hands.

71) Because of Winn-Dixie

Author

DiCamillo, Kate

Series

Thorndike Press large print mini-collections

Formats:

Book, eBook, Large Print, Talking Book, eAudiobook, CD audio book

Description

"When ten-year-old India Opal Buloni moves to Naomi, Florida, with her father, she doesn't know what to expect - least of all, that she'll adopt Winn-Dixie, a dog she names after the supermarket where they meet. Right away, Opal knows she can tell Winn-Dixie anything - like the fact that lately she's been thinking a lot about her mother, who left when Opal was three. And that her father, the preacher, won't talk about her mother at all. And that she's...

Author

Series

Thorndike Press large print The literacy bridge

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, Talking Book, eAudiobook, Playaway, CD audio book, CS Lending Library

Description

Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his clasassmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.

73) The one and only Ivan

Author

Applegate, Katherine

Series

One and only Ivan stories volume 1

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, Talking Book, eAudiobook, Playaway, CD audio book, Kit

Description

"When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life"--OCLC.

Author

Engle, Margarita

Description

A Edver no le hace ninguna gracia que lo envíen a Cuba a ver al padre que apenas conoce. Sin embargo, ahora que las leyes de viaje han cambiado y es mucho más fácil reunir a las familias divididas, su mamá piensa que es hora de que padre e hijo pasen tiempo juntos. Edver no se imagina lo que le depara el verano, ¡pero definitivamente no espera conocer a la hermana que ni siquiera sabía que existía! Luza es un año mayor y está muy...

75) El único e incomparable Iván

Author

Applegate, Katherine

Series

Formats:

Description

Me llamo Iván. Soy un gorila. No es tan sencillo como parece.

76) Mañanaland

Author

Ryan, Pam Muñoz

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, Playaway

Description

Twelve-year-old Max, who loves the legend Buelo tells him about a mythical gatekeeper who can guide brave travelers on a journey into tomorrow, sets out on a dangerous quest to discover if he is true of heart and what the future holds, armed with a treasured compass, a mysterious stone rubbing, and Buelo's legend as his only guides.

Author

Series

Giver quartet volume 1

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, eAudiobook, Playaway, CD audio book, Kit

Description

Jonas' world is perfect. But when Jonas turns twelve, he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Now it's time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back......

78) How Tía Lola ended up starting over

Author

Series

Tia Lola stories volume 4

Description

Worried that Papa Espada cannot find a job, Tía Lola, Juanita, Miguel, and the "Sword" sisters decide to start a bed and breakfast at Colonel Charlebois's Vermont house.

79) Hoyos

Author

Series

Barco de vapor. Serie roja volume 131

Description

As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.

80) Holes

Author

Series

Thorndike Press large print literacy bridge

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, Talking Book, eAudiobook, Playaway, CD audio book, Kit

Description

As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.