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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
From age seven, Loma relishes traveling with her beloved grandfather across fifteenth-century Spain, working to keep the Jews safe, but soon realizes she must also make sacrifices to help her people. Includes historical notes, recipe, glossary, and a link to a bibliography.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Avery Armisted and sixteen-year-old Kayla Butts, once good friends, begrudgingly travel to Spain together for a summer vacation where they uncover a secret their families kept hidden from them their entire lives.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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In the late 1500s, while the conductor of the Royal Orchestra of Barcelona prepares for a concert to celebrate Spain's colonies in the New World, his son secretly practices playing the Shofar to help Jews, who must hide their faith from the Inquisition, to celebrate Rosh Hashanah. Includes historical facts and glossary.
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Language
English
Description
After losing her parents in a mysterious attack, seventeen-year-old Estela suffers from survivor's guilt and is sent to live with her Aunt in their ancestral Spanish castle, where she uncovers family secrets and meets a supernatural, silver-eyed boy whoclaims he is trapped in the castle.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Manolito recounts further exploits in his small Madrid neighborhood with his grandfather, his little brother Bozo, and his school friends, including a shoplifting prank, recycled art, and the Filthy Feet Gang.
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Mysterium volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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While searching for more clues to the murder of his circus performer parents, talented magician Danny Woo follows the Mysterium circus to Barcelona, where he discovers a traitor and a dangerous woman in green.
17) Lost cause
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Steve travels to Spain and uncovers his late grandfather's invlovement in the Spanish Civil War.
18) Toro! Toro!
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Language
English
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Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation's favourite storyteller
Best-selling author Michael Morpurgo turns his storytelling skills to the drama and tragedy of the Spanish Civil War, illustrated by Michael Foreman.
TORO,TORO is the story of a young boy growing up in Andalucia, Spain, on a farm rearing bulls for the bull ring. Antonito hand rears a little black calf and they become firm friends, but the...
19) Broken arrow
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
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Steve thinks he made the right choice turning down a snowy week with his cousins at a cabin in northern Ontario in favor of a relaxing (and perhaps romantic) time under the Spanish sun with his friend, Laia. But when an email from his brother DJ arrives, implicating their grandfather in some shadowy international plots involving nuclear bombs, Steve and Laia immediately put aside all thoughts of a lazy, sun-drenched vacation. In a desperate attempt...
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Language
English
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"This is a touching and inspiring story of a cattle egret and the fighting bull who saves his life -- after which, years later, Little Egret is able to return the favor. The egret warns the bull that he will wind up in the butcher shop if he goes into the bullring. Thus when he does fight, the bird devises a plan to save him"--Jacket flap.
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