Books for Children and Young Adults in Spanish 2021

Jerry Spinelli Stargirl Stargirl ILLUSTRATIONS Albert E. Knopf GR S Identity / Making a Difference / Changes and New Experiences 9781631139574 5" x 8" / 224 pp $11.95 / PB Literature Narrative / Novel / Realistic Fiction Leo feels fascinated and intimidated by Stargirl, the new girl at school. She is a special girl, immune to the criticism of the rest of the kids; she also draws a lot of attention to herself, something that he would never do. She touches the lives of many, and her story becomes a lesson of how those who are considered different almost always become immortal. NEWBERY MEDAL-WINNING AUTHOR AND MULTIPLE AWARD-WINNING TITLE Lauren Wolk La fosa del lobo Wolf Hollow GR U Building Character / Bullying / Feelings and Emotions 9786070134272 5½" x 8½" / 280 pp $17.99 / PB Literature Narrative / Novel / Realistic Fiction Growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has lived a mostly quiet, steady life in her small Pennsylvania town—until the day new student Betty Glengarry walks into her class. Betty quickly reveals herself to be a cruel and manipulative bully. Annabelle will soon need to find the courage to stand as a lone voice of justice as tensions mount. 2017 NEWBERRY HONOR BOOK Gary Soto Tomando partido Taking Sides ILLUSTRATIONS Sandy Young GR R Friendship / Sports / Multicultural 9781631139123 5" x 8" / 156 pp $10.95 / PB Literature Narrative / Novel / Realistic Fiction Lincoln is in a jam when his basketball team at his new school—where the students are rich and mostly white— faces his old team from the barrio on the boards. How can he play his best game against his friends? Yet how can he betray his new teammates by not giving the game everything he’s got? No matter who wins, it looks like it will be a lose-lose situation for Lincoln. MULTIPLE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR Gary Soto Cruzando el Pacífico Pacific Crossing ILLUSTRATIONS Sandy Young GR R Identity / Family / Sports 9781631139109 5" x 8" / 172 pp $11.95 / PB Literature Narrative / Novel / Realistic Fiction In Japan for the summer to practice the martial art of kempo, Lincoln sometimes feels like little more than a brown boy in a white gi. But with the help of his Japanese “brother,” Mitsuo, Lincoln sees that people everywhere, whether friends or kempo opponents, share passions much like his own—for baseball, family traditions, and new friendships. MULTIPLE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR AUTHENTIC TITLE AWARD-WINNER 159 MIDDLE GRADE READERS