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In The Break

author: L?pez, Jack
Juan Barrela's best friend Jamie faces a violent home situation, so the tenth-grader steals his mother's car and drives with Jamie's sister Amber to Mexico.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 890
subjects: surfing, best friends [X], friendship, mexican americans [X], family life, california

Cecilia And Miguel Are Best Friends

author: Bertrand, Diane Gonzales
Cecilia and Miguel are best friends no matter what, even though they each succeed and fail at different things.
FIC
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copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
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Lou Lou And Pea And The Mural Mystery

author: Diamond, Jill
"Two best friends with a flair for adventure use their gardening and art skills to catch a criminal during Dia de los Muertos"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
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Barely Missing Everything

author: Mendez, Matt
Three Mexican-Americans---Juan, JD, and Fabi---each try to overcome their individual struggles as they all grapple with how to make a better life for themselves when it seems like brown lives don't matter.
FIC
year:
copies: 24
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: families, conduct of life, prejudices, mexican americans [X], best friends [X], el paso (tex.)

Soccer Superstar

author: Terrell, Brandon
Thirteen-year-old Javier Moreno has just transferred to Howard Middle School, but his skill as a striker is already well known and the Bisons are expecting that he will turn their season around; but soon the fame goes to his head, and he starts hogging the ball and showing off--and it is up to his friend Aimee to remind him that soccer is a team sport.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 560

United To Strike

author: Zenk, Molly
"The Delano Grape Strike brings Filipino and Mexican farmworkers together, but threatens Tala Mendoza's relationship with her best friend"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720

Falling Short

author: Cisneros, Ernesto
Best friends Isaac and Marco--one athletically gifted and one academically gifted--have more in common than they realize when their goals intersect, forcing them to find a way to support each other so they don't fall short.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 53
call number/section: FIC
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I Miss You, I Hate This

author: Saedi, Sara
Best friends Parisa Naficy and Gabriela Gonzales grapple with the complexities of their relationship even while they spend their senior year apart due to a pandemic that disproportionately affects young people.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: epidemics, quarantine, best friends [X], friendship, social classes, iranian americans, mexican americans [X]

Casi Alcanzar Todo

author: Mendez, Matt
"Three Mexican-Americans--Juan, JD, and Fabi--each try to overcome their individual struggles as they all grapple with how to make a better life for themselves when it seems like brown lives don't matter"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
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The Broke Hearts

author: Mendez, Matt
A year after losing their best friend, JD and Danny are still brokenhearted.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: best friends [X], friendship, grief, mexican americans [X]

Chronically Dolores

author: Van Wagenen, Maya
"Dolores Mendoza is not thriving. She was recently diagnosed with a chronic bladder condition called interstitial cystitis.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
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