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Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family with five boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth. Through her father’s prescience, the family will come through that crisis unscathed, only to face a new one as the...
5) The Cambridge history of Latin America: Volume VIII, Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
1991
Physical Desc
xv, 919 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Discover the "fascinating and outrageously readable" account of the roguish acts of the first pirates to raid the Pacific in a crusade that ended in a sensational trial back in England."--Amazon.
1680, in the heart of the Golden Age of Piracy. More than three hundred hardened pirates gather on a remote Caribbean island with a plan to wreck havoc on the Pacific coastline. The booty: Spanish gold and the chance to become legends. The buccaneers, primarily...
14) The jumbies
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Corinne must call on her courage and an ancient magic to stop an evil spirit and save her island home.
15) I love you too
Author
Publisher
Akashic Books
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The author creates an "I Love You Too" song for his daughter and puts it in this book with engaging illustrations.
16) Freedom Soup
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Every year, Haitians all over the world ring in the new year by eating a special soup, a tradition dating back to the Haitian Revolution. This year, Ti Gran is teaching Belle how to make the soup -- Freedom Soup -- just like she was taught when she was a little girl. Together, they dance and clap as they prepare the holiday feast, and Ti Gran tells Belle about the history of the soup, the history of Belle's family, and the history of Haiti, where...
17) Colombia
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
""Engaging images accompany information about Colombia. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8."
18) Travel to Brazil
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Brazil is the biggest country in South America and has 4,600 miles (7,403 km) of coastline. Discover Brazil's history and government since gaining independence in 1822. Then learn more about its people and cultures"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"What is it like to live in or visit Brazil? What makes Brazil's culture unique? Explore the geography, traditions, and daily lives of Brazilians"--
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A narrative nonfiction story detailing the long distance that dust from the Sahel in Africa travels across the Atlantic Ocean to replenish life in the Amazon Rainforest. Told from the perspective of dust, A River of Dust takes readers on a journey through vibrantly illustrated landscapes, celebrating the power and wonder of Earth's ecosystems, and showing how these tiny particles are in fact key to the health of our planet"--
