The Last Cuentista - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Last Cuentista write by Donna Barba Higuera. This book was released on 2022-09-01. The Last Cuentista available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An unforgettable journey through the stars, to the very heart of what makes us human. The incredible Newbery Medal-winning novel from Donna Barba Higuera. "Gripping in its twists and turns, and moving in its themes - truly a beautiful cuento." - NEW YORK TIMES Había una vez . . . There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra's world is ending. Earth will soon be destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children - among them Petra and her family - have been chosen to journey to a new planet. They are the ones who must carry on the human race. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet - and the discovery that she is the only person who remembers Earth. A sinister Collective has taken over the ship during its journey, bent on erasing the sins of humanity's past. They have systematically purged the memories of all aboard - or purged them altogether. Petra alone now carries the stories of our past, and with them, any hope for our future. Can she make them live again?
Lupe Wong Won't Dance
Lupe Wong Won't Dance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lupe Wong Won't Dance write by Donna Barba Higuera. This book was released on 2020-09-08. Lupe Wong Won't Dance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. My gym shorts burrow into my butt crack like a frightened groundhog. Don't you want to read a book that starts like that?? Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues. She's also championed causes her whole young life. Some worthy...like expanding the options for race on school tests beyond just a few bubbles. And some not so much...like complaining to the BBC about the length between Doctor Who seasons. Lupe needs an A in all her classes in order to meet her favorite pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, who's Chinacan/Mexinese just like her. So when the horror that is square dancing rears its head in gym? Obviously she's not gonna let that slide. Not since Millicent Min, Girl Genius has a debut novel introduced a character so memorably, with such humor and emotional insight. Even square dancing fans will agree...
Serafina's Stories
Serafina's Stories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Serafina's Stories write by Rudolfo Anaya. This book was released on 2015-06-02. Serafina's Stories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This innovative novel combines Spanish folktales with Native American legends to create a captivating Southwestern version of The Arabian Nights. Like Scheherezade, who ensured her survival by telling her royal husband stories, the title character in Rudolfo Anaya’s creative retelling of The Arabian Nights must entertain the recently widowed governor with legends of Nueva Mexicana, or she and her fellow captives will die. With fresh snow covering the high peaks of Sangre de Cristo, a group of native dissidents prepare for revolt. In seventeenth-century Santa Fe, insurrection against a colony of the king of Spain is punishable by death. A Spaniard loyal to the governor names twelve conspirators. One of them is a young woman. Raised in a mission church, fifteen-year-old Serafina speaks excellent Spanish and knows many of her country’s traditional folktales. She and the governor strike a bargain: Each evening, she will tell him a cuento. If he likes it, he will release one prisoner the following day. The twelve tales recounted here mirror the struggle of a divided country. They include the social and political symbolism behind “Beauty and the Beast” and retell “Cinderella” as “Miranda’s Gift.” Interspersed with these timeless cuentos is the story of Serafina herself, and that of a people battling to preserve a vanishing way of life under the long shadow of the Inquisition.
Each of Us a Desert
Each of Us a Desert - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Each of Us a Desert write by Mark Oshiro. This book was released on 2020-09-15. Each of Us a Desert available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From award-winning author Mark Oshiro comes a powerful coming-of-age fantasy novel about finding home and falling in love amidst the dangers of a desert where stories come to life Xochitl is destined to wander the desert alone, speaking her troubled village's stories into its arid winds. Her only companions are the blessed stars above and enigmatic lines of poetry magically strewn across dusty dunes. Her one desire: to share her heart with a kindred spirit. One night, Xo's wish is granted—in the form of Emilia, the cold and beautiful daughter of the town's murderous conqueror. But when the two set out on a magical journey across the desert, they find their hearts could be a match... if only they can survive the nightmare-like terrors that arise when the sun goes down. Fresh off of Anger Is a Gift's smashing success, Oshiro branches out into a fantastical direction with their new YA novel, Each of Us a Desert. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Tarantula Vs. Scorpion ( Who Would Win? )
Tarantula Vs. Scorpion ( Who Would Win? ) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tarantula Vs. Scorpion ( Who Would Win? ) write by . This book was released on 2019. Tarantula Vs. Scorpion ( Who Would Win? ) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
