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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.

1) Al Capone does my shirts

Author

Choldenko, Gennifer

Series

Al Capone at Alcatraz volume 1

Formats:

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

Description

A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.

2) Al Capone me lava la ropa

Author

Choldenko, Gennifer

Description

A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.

3) Amari and the night brothers

Author

Series

Amari volume 1

Formats:

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

Description

Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor African American girl from the projects, gets an invitation from her missing brother to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and join in the fight against an evil magician.

4) Amari y los hermanos de la noche

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Series

Supernatural investigations (Spanish) volume 1

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook, Playaway

Description

"Amari sabe tres cosas: Su hermano Quinton ha desaparecido. Nadie quiere hablar sobre el asunto. Una misteriosa invitación es su única pista. La invitación es para una prueba en la Agencia de Investigadores Sobrenaturales y es una oportunidad para descubrir qué le pasó a Quinton. Pero ¿cómo se las arreglará en un mundo donde las sirenas, los alienígenas y la magia son reales? ¡Y con una compañera de habitación que es un niña...

5) Are you there God? It's me, Margaret

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Book, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook

Description

Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private God.

6) 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...

7) La caseta mágica

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Description

Milo está triste y aburrido porque no sabe qué hacer. Nada le parece interesante ni tampoco se le ocurre ningún sitio al que le gustaría ir. Pero un día todo cambia cuando encuentra un regalo muy extraño en su habitación. Este extraordinario regalo es la caseta mágica que lo conducirá al Reino de Sabiduría: un lugar insólito en el cual se venden letras en los mercados y los mineros desentierran números. Desgraciadamente, este...

8) Casi, casi un hogar

Author

Arango, Andrea Beatriz

Description

De la autora de Iveliz lo explica todo llega esta conmovedora novela en verso, donde un perro extraviado ayuda a una nią solitaria a reencontrarse con su familia. . .Cuánto tiempo tienes que vivir en un lugar antes de que puedas llamarlo casa? Laura Rodríguez Colón tiene un plan: no importa lo que digan los adultos, ella vivirá nuevamente con sus padres. Después de todo, cómo les explicas a los dems̀ que estás en un hogar de acogida,...

9) Charlie and the chocolate factory

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Series

Formats:

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

Description

Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.

10) Charlie y la fábrica de chocolate

Author

Series

Alfaguara clasicós

Description

Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his or her own way.

11) Charlotte's web

Author

Formats:

Book, Talking Book, eAudiobook, Playaway, CD audio book, Kit

Description

Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.

12) El curioso mundo de Calpurnia Tate

Author

Kelly, Jacqueline

13) 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.

Author

Series

Punto de encuentro

Description

Diciembre es el mes en el que se celebra la Ceremonia anual, en la que los Doce reciben sus asignaciones vitalicias determinadas por el Comité de Ancianos. Pero Jonás, un niño que cumple doce años, ha sido elegido para algo muy especial.

15) Dancing home

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Description

When Margie's cousin Lupe comes from Mexico to live in California with Margie's family, Lupe must adapt to America, while Margie, who thought it would be fun to have her cousin there, finds that she is embarrassed by her in school and jealous of her at home.

16) De cómo Tía Lola salvo el verano

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Series

The Tia Lola Stories

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Description

A Miguel Guzmán no le emociona mucho el verano que tiene por delante, ahora que su mamá ha invitado a toda la familia Espada—el papá, sus tres hijas y su perro (ipor los menos uno que no es niña!)—a que se queden en su casa mientras deciden si se trasladan a vivir a Vermont. Pero Miguel no sabe que su tía Lola pondrá a funcionar toda su magia para hacer de estas vacaciones las mejores de...

17) De como tia Lola termino empezando otra vez (How Aunt Lola Ended Up Starting Over Spanish Edition)

Author

Series

The Tia Lola Stories

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Description

Bienvenidos al bed & breakfast de tía Lola!
Con la ayuda de sus sobrinos y de las tres hermanas Espada, tía Lola abrirá las puertas de la majestuosa casa Antigua del coronel Charlebois a visitants de todas las procedencias. Pero pronto se darán cuenta de que poner a funcionar este pequeño hotel no resulta tan fácil como pensaron en un principio. ¡Y menos cuando todo parece indicar que...

18) De cómo Tía Lola vino (de visita) a quedarse

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Series

The Tia Lola Stories

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Description

Julia Alvarez’s heartwarming novel—now in Spanish.
De cómo tía Lola vino de visita a quedarse, una novela juvenil de Julia Alvarez, cuenta la deliciosa historia de una familia dominicana, instalada en Vermont, que recibe la visita de una pariente muy especial. La irresistible, incontrolable e incluso mágica tía Lola transforma la vida de su familia. Sombreros, pañuelos, vestidos alegres, tacones,...

19) The dragon slayer: folktales from Latin America

Author

Hernandez, Jaime

Description

"A collection of three Latin American folktales retold in graphic novel form"-- Provided by publisher.

20) The dreamer

Author

Ryan, Pam Muñoz

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook

Description

A fictionalized biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who grew up a painfully shy child, ridiculed by his overbearing father, but who became one of the most widely-read poets in the world.