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1) Torch
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When 17-year-old Pavol fatally sets himself on fire in Prague in 1969 to protest the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, his three best friends must figure out how to survive an oppressive regime without him"--
2) Eyes open
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Lab
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Living under the Salazar dictatorship in 1960s Portugal, S�onia must find her voice as a poet and an activist after the government arrests her boyfriend and shuts down her family's business.
4) Moonwalking
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In 1980s Brooklyn, new student JJ Pankowski, an autistic punk rock lover, befriends Pie Velez, an Afro-Latinx math geek and graffiti artist.
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Exiled from their homeland, a young girl and her entire family are unhappy about the monochrome sweaters all children wear until Mom decides to make a change. Includes facts about Portugal's history and government, about Amnesty International, and the text of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Author
Publisher
Picarona
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
La historia de la oveja Olivia describe la aventura de una suave ovejita que, aunque tenía mucho sueño, no tenía ganas de dormir. Este libro, elaboradco basándose en la investigación científica más actual, incluye, de forma stutil y armoniosamente introducidas en la acción, técnicas de integración sensorial y relajación muscular progresiva que, a través del imaginario, inducen estados emocionales destinados a organizar el sistema nervioso...
8) Pardalita
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"16-year-old Raquel lives in a small town in Portugal, the kind of place where everyone knows everyone else's business. Her parents are divorced and she's just been suspended for cursing out a school aide asking about her father's new marriage. She has two best friends, Luísa and Fred, but wants something more. Then, from afar, she sees Pardalita, a senior and a gifted artist who's moving to Lisbon to study in the fall. The two girls get to know...