The Brothers Torres
Sophomore Frankie finally finds the courage to ask his long-term friend, Julianne, to the Homecoming dance, which ultimately leads to a face-off between a tough senior whose family owns most of their small, New Mexico town, and Frankie's soccer-star older brother and his gang-member friends.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 21
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: dating (social customs), interpersonal relations, fighting (psychology), high schools, racially mixed people, new mexico [X], families [X], schools, family, school stories [X], family life [X]
Saige
Upset that her New Mexico school can only afford music and art teachers in alternate years, fourth-grader Saige works with her grandmother, Mimi, to plan a fundraiser but when Mimi has an accident, Saige relies on new friend Gabi to help.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 24
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: fund raising, arts, schools, horses, trick riding, new mexico [X], friendship, family, families [X], family life [X], school stories [X]
Saige Paints The Sky
Saige misses Grandma Mimi terribly when she moves into rehab, but comfort comes in the form of Georgia, Mimi's youngest horse, as well as the painting she can do in Mimi's art studio.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: horses, artists, fund raising, rehabilitation, friendship, new mexico [X], arts, school stories [X], families [X], schools, family life [X]