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1) The pearl
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Kino, a poor Mexican pearl-diver, believes he has received the answer to his prayers when he finds a great pearl worth a fortune, but tragedy soon follows.
Author
Series
Border trilogy volume 1, 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
John Grady Cole is too young to be given charge of the family ranch and is cut off from the only life he has ever imagined wanting.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist ... Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then one day a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with four books he would like to buy--two of them her favorites. Javier is erudite. He is charming....
Author
Series
The border trilogy volume 3, 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this final volume of The Border Trilogy, two men marked by the boyhood adventures of All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing now stand together, in the still point between their vivid pasts and uncertain futures, to confront a country changing or already changed beyond recognition.
In the fall of 1952, John Grady Cole and Billy Parham—nine years apart in age, yet with a kinship greater than perhaps they know—are cowboys on a...
In the fall of 1952, John Grady Cole and Billy Parham—nine years apart in age, yet with a kinship greater than perhaps they know—are cowboys on a...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Paloma Marquez is traveling to Mexico City, birthplace of her deceased father, for the very first time. She's hoping that spending time in Mexico will help her unlock memories of the too-brief time they spent together. While in Mexico, Paloma meets Lizzie and Gael, who present her with an irresistible challenge: the siblings want her to help them find a valuable ring that once belonged to beloved Mexican artist Frida Kahlo"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The first time Abuela holds Niña, her heart overflows with tenderness. And as Ni ña grows up, she and Abuela spend plenty of time together. Abuela can't help thinking how much she'd like to give Niña a very special treat, so she saves a little bit of her money every week--a few pesos here, a few pesos there. When the world turns upside down, Abuela's dream of a surprise for Niña seems impossible. Luckily, time spent together--and the love Abuela...
Author
Series
Spy School volume 6
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old spy in training Ben Ripley is sent to Mexico to try to thwart the evil organization, SPYDER--the CIA's main enemy.
11) Viva Frida
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Via spare text, examines Kahlo's creative process.
12) Standoff
Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Television reporter Tiel McCoy, headed out Interstate 20 on vacation, changes her plans when she hears that the teenage daughter of a Fort Worth multimillionaire has been kidnapped, deciding instead to cover the story that brings her face-to-face with a pair of desperate young lovers.
13) Day of the dead
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Day of the Dead." --
14) Burn
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Janeal agrees to help Salazar Sanso recover a vast sum of money from her father in exchange for freedom from her father's Gypsy culture, but when the plan takes a violent turn and Sanso burns the camp to the ground, Janeal is forced to make a decision that will haunt her forever.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A septuagenarian business owner evaluates her grandchildren as possible successors to her multi-million-dollar beauty empire, including New York movie studio editor Daisy, womanizing sports PR representative Matt, and religious Legal Aid lawyer Raquel.
17) This time love
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Young, innocent Joy Anderson, having succumbed to passion with aspiring journalist Gabe Venture, is left with a broken heart, and a baby on the way after he goes off to pursue fame and fortune, and when he returns seven years later to find her independent and worldly, it is she who must decide whether to grant him another chance at love.
19) Cry no more
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Milla, still searching for her son ten years after he was kidnapped from her arms as an infant, now works through Finders, an agency she started to help find lost and missing children, but her quest puts her in touch with two very different and powerful men, one a generous contributor and one a reputed assassin, and she must decide who to trust and who wants her dead.
Author
Series
Dragonbreath volume 4
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When Danny and Wendell find an injured bat at the neighborhood pool, they take it to Mexico where Danny's cousin, a bat specialist, lives, but once there Danny is snatched up by a giant bat monster, and it is up to Wendell to save him.
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