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Author
Series
John Santana novel volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a prominent leader of St. Paul's close-knit Hispanic community is murdered, Detective John Santana promises the widow he will bring down the killer. Despite the snow and bitter cold, the case heats up quickly--suspects are killed before they can be questioned; his alcoholic partner's trigger finger draws the attention of Internal Affairs; a sexually explicit photo of a murder victim surfaces in an unlikely place; a snow plow becomes a deadly...
Author
Series
John Santana volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
The bodies of young men have been turning up in the Mississippi River for years, their deaths attributed to excessive drinking. But when an Iraq war vet suffering from PTSD is found in the river, St. Paul Homicide Detective John Santana Must decide if the young man's death was accidental od the result of something far more sinister. Caught between a reporter trying to rescue his flagging career, an FBI agent with a troubled past, and a beautiful private...
Author
Series
John Santana novel volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Forced to flee Colombia at the age of sixteen and haunted by guilt for leaving his younger sister Natalia behind, Homicide Detective John Santana is a man on a mission. When a blood spattered Mercedes belonging to the daughter of a prominent psychologist is found abandoned, there are few clues to her whereabouts but a million dollars' worth of reasons why someone might want her dead. Confronted with a list of suspects--a philandering boyfriend with...
Author
Series
Jimmy Vega mystery volume 2
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Latino police detective Jimmy Vega must strike a precarious balance between the local immigrant community and his hometown's most powerful and privileged citizens during a dangerous murder investigation. --Publisher
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
While practicing for their next baseball game, thirteen-year-old friends Rabi, Miguel, and Joe discover that the nefarious activities of the Delbe, Iowa, meatpacking plant have caused cows to turn into zombies.
Author
Series
Jimmy Vega mystery volume 4
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Detective Jimmy Vega has his hands full when the disappearance of a teenage girl in upstate New York sets off a powder keg of accusations, bigotry and fear--with deadly results.
Author
Series
Jimmy Vega mystery volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A tense stand-off between a Hispanic police officer and an undocumented immigrant leads to the shooting death of one, the shattered life of the other, and the shocking connection between them... --Publisher
Author
Series
Gumazing Gum Girl! volume 1
Publisher
Disney Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Mom issues a no-gum rule, Gabby Gomez sneaks a piece of special bubble gum that turns her into a superhero.
13) Pick a pet
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Choosing a pet as her birthday gift proves to be difficult for a young girl as she and her parents visit a zoo, a farm-animal petting zoo, and a pet store searching for the very best animal friend.
Author
Series
John Santana novel volume 8
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
The death of a DEA agent pulls Santana off the cold case investigation of a young woman's murder and into the dark and lethal world of drug smuggling and sex-trafficking. Soon, he suspects there is a link between the two cases and a group of wealthy and highly influential men belonging to a secretive club. Working with the DEA agent's partner and hunted by a deadly sicario searching for the cartel's missing half-million dollars and the young woman...
Author
Series
John Santana novel volume 6
Publisher
Conquill Press
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
When St. Paul Homicide Detective John Santana is assigned a cold case involving the murder of an environmental engineer, he begins to see connections to another case he once investigated--the murder of a young Native American woman.
Author
Series
Jimmy Vega mystery volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Latino homicide detective Jimmy Vega must investigate the ethnically charged murder of a Hispanic woman found fifty miles north of New York City, as well as locate the baby pictured in a photograph found on the dead woman.
18) Mountain dog
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When his mother is sent to jail in Los Angeles, eleven-year-old Tony goes to live with his forest ranger great-uncle in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where Tony experiences unconditional love for the first time through his friendship with a rescue dog.
19) Lola's fandango
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
After learning how to dance a style of flamenco known as the fandango, Lola plans a surprise for her mother's birthday.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"A blazing talent debuts with the tale of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her social ambitions, absent mother, and Puerto Rican roots, all in the wake of Hurricane María. It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro "Prieto" Acevedo, are bold-faced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular congressman representing their gentrifying Latinx neighborhood in Brooklyn while Olga is the tony wedding planner for Manhattan's powerbrokers....
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