Cecilia’s Magical Mission
Cecilia’s Magical Mission

Author: Viola Canales

Publisher: Arte Publico Press

Published: 2020-10-31

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1518505619

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Everyone in fourteen-year-old Cecilia’s Mexican-American community has a don—a special gift or talent. Her father, who’s named after St. Anthony, helps people find things, or parts of themselves, that they’ve lost. Paco, the janitor in the building where she lives, can tell fortunes. Cecilia can’t figure out hers, and she really needs to since her confirmation is coming up. The truth is, Cecilia doesn’t really believe people have celestial gifts. Her opinion begins to change when she gets apprenticed to Dona Faustina, who has a magic way with coffee. Soon Cecilia realizes that her apprenticeship involves something more sinister than a mystical brew! And on a trip back to the special Mexican village of Santa Cecilia, she and her friends Julie and Lebna learn something about friendship, community and the powers of good and evil. Award-winning author Viola Canales returns with an appealing novel for teens that highlights a Mexican-American immigrant community and the conflict first-generation young adults experience caught between contemporary American life and their parents’ traditional ways.

Cecilia's Magical Mission
Cecilia's Magical Mission

Author: Viola Canales

Publisher: Pinata Books

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781558858770

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Fourteen-year-old Cecilia worries that she will not discover her special gift before her Confirmation, especially after learning that she is expected to lift a curse tied to the village of St. Cecilia, Mexico.

The Magic Fair
The Magic Fair

Author: Sally Morgan

Publisher: Fremantle Press

Published: 2015-02-26

Total Pages: 29

ISBN-13: 1925162893

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Kayla could not be more excited to visit the carnival—a day filled with cotton candy and fun rides. But Kayla and her mean cousin Peter quickly discover that there's much more to be had at this particular festival. The sign at the entrance says “Magic Fair, Beware”—but will they? Humorous and imaginative, this beautifully illustrated story delivers a strong moral of not being greedy and looking out for others.

Flower Power
Flower Power

Author: Ann Walsh

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Published: 2005-09-01

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1554696216

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Key Selling Points This is a story full of humor and heart with a cast of multigenerational women working together for change. Flower Power was shortlisted for the Chocolate Lily Book Award. Enhanced features (dyslexia-friendly font, cream paper, larger trim size) to increase reading accessibility for dyslexic and other striving readers.

Catching Spring
Catching Spring

Author: Sylvia Olsen

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Published: 2004-04

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1551434563

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The year is 1957, and Bobby lives on the Tsartlip First Nation reserve on Vancouver Island where his family has lived for generations and generations. He loves his weekend job at the nearby marina. He loves to play marbles with his friends. And he loves being able to give half his weekly earnings to his mother to eke out the grocery money, but he longs to enter the up-coming fishing derby. With the help of his uncle and Dan from the marina his wish just might come true.

The Tequila Worm
The Tequila Worm

Author: Viola Canales

Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books

Published: 2007-12-18

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 030743401X

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Sofia comes from a family of storytellers. Here are her tales of growing up in the barrio in McAllen, Texas, full of the magic and mystery of family traditions: making Easter cascarones, celebrating el Dia de los Muertos, preparing for quinceañera, rejoicing in the Christmas nacimiento, and curing homesickness by eating the tequila worm. When Sofia is singled out to receive a scholarship to boarding school, she longs to explore life beyond the barrio, even though it means leaving her family to navigate a strange world of rich, privileged kids. It’s a different mundo, but one where Sofia’s traditions take on new meaning and illuminate her path.

Every Day Is Exciting
Every Day Is Exciting

Author: Jacqueline Jules

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2018-03-01

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1515823431

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When Sofia is around, every moment of every day is exciting. This spunky 7-year-old can even make having the hiccups fun! Can you imagine what kind of fun Sofia will have at her first quincea_era or when the lights go out? No matter what happens, it will be memorable if Sofia is involved! This early chapter book from the Sofia Martinez series includes Spanish words in the text and a Spanish glossary.

Out of Season
Out of Season

Author: Kari Jones

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Published: 2012-04-01

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 1459800990

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Key Selling Points New, enhanced features (dyslexia-friendly font, cream paper, larger trim size) to increase reading accessibility for dyslexic and other striving readers.

The Tunnels Below
The Tunnels Below

Author: Nadine Wild-Palmer

Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books

Published: 2021-02-23

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1782692231

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A twelfth birthday takes a very unexpected turn when a girl finds herself at the centre of a plot to save a community from the brutal Corvus rule On her twelfth birthday Cecilia goes out with her parents and sister to celebrate with a visit to a museum. On their way Cecilia drops the marble that her sister gave her as a present, and running to pick it up she is taken away on an empty underground train into a dark and deep tunnel. The fun family outing becomes a much more serious mission when Cecilia finds that she and her marble have a very important role to play in freeing the inhabitants of the tunnels from the tyrannical rule of the Corvus. A truly inventive, clever and magical story about the power of friendship and the importance of self-belief by debut novelist Nadine Wild-Palmer.

Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew

Author: Margaret Sidney

Publisher: Applewood Books

Published: 2007-06

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 1557095914

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In New England in the late nineteenth century, a fatherless family, happy in spite of its impoverished condition, is befriended by a very rich gentleman and his young son.