Kelly Fernández
1) ¡¡Manu!!
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Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Manu is always getting into trouble. The headmistress at school believes Manu has the potential to help people with her magic, but Manu would rather have fun than fit in. The other students claim she's secretly a demon and that she was raised by wolves. Manu doesn't care what people say about her... until an argument with her best friend Josefina ends with Manu getting cursed so she can't control her magic. Manu is determined to break the curse and...
2) Manu
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A funny and heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel adventure about friendship, defying expectations, and finding your place.
Manu and her best friend, Josefina, live at a magical school for girls, and Manu is always getting into trouble. The headmistress believes that Manu has the potential to help people with her magic, but Manu would rather have fun than fall in line. One day, a prank goes seriously wrong, and Josefina gets angry and wishes for...
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"Finalist for the 2015 C. Wright Mills Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems" Patricia Fernández-Kelly is senior lecturer in sociology at Princeton University.
A richly textured account of what it means to be poor in America
Baltimore was once a vibrant manufacturing town, but today, with factory closings and steady job loss since the 1970s, it is home to some of the most impoverished neighborhoods in America. The Hero's Fight provides...