Curveball
Now that it is summer Victoria Torres and her friends have all signed up to play co-ed softball in their town's league, but soon things start to go wrong--her father is the coach of her team (the Chihuahuas), her friend Jenny is on a rival team, and worst of all her nemesis, bossy Annelise, is her teammate and competitor for the position of pitcher.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: softball, hispanic american children, fathers and daughters [X], competition (psychology), teamwork (sports), friendship, hispanic americans, sports fiction, latinos (u.s.) [X], father-daughter relationship, electronic books, electronic books
La Luna Mango
Ten-year-old Maricela, her brother Manuel, and mother face many challenges when her father is taken away to face deportation, but love binds them close.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: families, fathers and daughters [X], separation (psychology), illegal aliens, deportation, hispanic americans, family life, spanish language materials, father-daughter relationship, unauthorized immigrants, latinos (u.s.) [X], spanish language, juvenile fiction / social issues / emigration & immigration, juvenile fiction / people & places / united states / hispanic & latino, juvenile fiction / family / general (see also headings under social issues), picture books
Each Tiny Spark
Sixth-grader Emilia Torres struggles with ADHD, her controlling abuela, her mother's work commitments, her father's distance after returning from deployment, evolving friendships, and a conflict over school redistricting.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 34
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: fathers and daughters [X], attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, families, middle schools, schools, hispanic americans, family life, father-daughter relationship, attention deficit disorder, school stories, latinos (u.s.) [X], juvenile fiction / people & places / united states / hispanic & latino, juvenile fiction / family / parents, juvenile fiction / social issues / prejudice & racism, georgia