When Margie's cousin Lupe comes from Mexico to live in California with Margie's family,Lupe must adapt to America, while Margie,who thought it would be fun to have her cousin there,finds that she is embarrassed by her in school and jealous of her at home. D ancing home.(2011) Alma Flor Ada and Gabriel M. Aladdin BooksĮlla has always been friends with a boy known as Z, despite his reputation as the weird kid,but when a new boy, Bailey, moves to town and befriends Ella because they are the only two African American students in the class,she must choose between the popularity Bailey will bring to her life and her lifelong friendship with Z. Hazel and Jack are best friends until an accident with a magical mirror and a run-in with a villainous queen find Hazel on her own,entering an enchanted wood in the hopes of saving Jack's life.Ĭ amo girl.(2011)Kekla Magoon.

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Summer on the Moon by Adrian Fogelin