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- When reason breaks / by Rodriguez, Cindy L.,1971-author.(CARDINAL)552828;
Elizabeth Davis and Emily Daniels seem to have little in common except Ms. Diaz's English class and the solace they find in the words of Emily Dickinson, but both are struggling with to cope with monumental secrets and tumultuous emotions that will lead one to attempt suicide.- Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Emotional problems; Family problems; Goth culture (Subculture); High schools; Hispanic Americans; Schools; Suicide;
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- Lola Reyes is so not worried / by Rodriguez, Cindy L.,1971-author.(CARDINAL)552828;
Lola Reyes doesn't want to leave Guatemala, a place full of warmth and sun, laughter and music--where her abuela and prima and tíos and tías surround her with love. Back in Sunnyside, it's cold. There's schoolwork and chores. And her mama transforms into Lola's super-serious school principal, Dr. Reyes. Back at home... Lola can see, crystal clear, the empty place where Pop used to be. So Lola decides to bring a little bit of Guatemala--and Pop--back with her. She discovers his box of childhood worry dolls and sneaks them into her luggage, ignoring the warnings on the box not to use them. Later, when she tells them all her worries, from her friendship woes to the way Mama won't talk about how sad she is, the worry dolls come to life! Worse--they escape! Lola has to enlist her neighbor and nemesis, Chance Townsend, to recapture the dolls because she discovers they're cursed! And as they absorb worries, they'll grow bigger and bigger. If Lola can't find a way to stop them, they'll burst, releasing all the worries they've absorbed a hundredfold on everyone in town! But when breaking the curse might mean confronting her own anxieties and grief, will Lola be able face her emotions before it's too late?- Subjects: School fiction.; Grief; Mothers and daughters; Friendship; Worry; Blessing and cursing; Guatemalan American teenagers; Middle schools;
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- Gymnastics payback / by Maddox, JakeAuthor(DLC)n 2006033809; Rodriguez, Cindy L.,1971-Author(DLC)no2007051048;
Mia Hernandez's middle school gymnastics team, the Ridgefield Rams, are the defending champions, and this year they have a new coach, one who was once a gymnast for their arch rivals; but a series of increasingly dangerous practical jokes begins to happen to their competitors, and it starts to looks like someone from the Rams is trying to sabotage the competition--Mia suspects Allison, a girl who always wants to finish on top, but she needs to prove it.Ages 8-11.Grades 4-6.- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Fiction.; Juvenile works.; Sports fiction.; Detective fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Gymnastics; Gymnastics coaches; Practical jokes; Sabotage; Detective and mystery stories; Mystery and detective stories.; Gymnastics; Coaches (Athletics); Practical jokes; Sabotage;
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- Jake Maddox JV mysteries Gymnastics payback / by Maddox, Jake,author.; Rodriguez, Cindy L.,1971-author.;
Mia Hernandez's middle school gymnastics team, the Ridgefield Rams, are the defending champions, and this year they have a new coach, one who was once a gymnast for their arch rivals; but a series of increasingly dangerous practical jokes begins to happen to their competitors, and it starts to looks like someone from the Rams is trying to sabotage the competition--Mia suspects Allison, a girl who always wants to finish on top, but she needs to prove it.Ages 8-11.Grades 4-6.660LAccelerated Reader AR- Subjects: Sports fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Gymnastics; Practical jokes; Girls; Cultural pluralism; Multiculturalism; Mexican Americans; Mexican Americans; Hispanic American teenage girls; Hispanic American girls; Hispanic Americans; Mexican American families; Hispanic American children.; Latin Americans; Vandalism; Sabotage; Detective and mystery stories; Detective and mystery stories; Teamwork (Sports); Sportsmanship; Girls.;
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- Jake Maddox JV girls Drill team determination / by Maddox, Jake,author.; Rodriguez, Cindy L.,1971-author.;
Thirteen-year-old Aniyah's mother and all of her aunts went to historically Black universities and were drill and step team members, but Aniyah does not like performing and has avoided stepping, until her friend Stacy convinces her that now they are entering eighth grade they should both join the school step club which does not compete; Aniyah discovers that stepping can be fun--but when the club decides to enter a competition all of Aniyah's fears come back and she wants to quit.Ages 9-12.Grades 4-6.620LAccelerated Reader AR- Subjects: Action and adventure fiction.; Sports fiction.; Fiction.; Dance; Performing arts; African American girls; Teamwork (Sports); Contests; Self-confidence; Friendship; Anxiety in children.; Anxiety; Worry; Worry in children.; Middle schools; African Americans; African Americans; African American girls; African American Interest.; African American families; Friendships.;
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- Jake Maddox JV girls. Aerials and envy / by Maddox, Jake,author.; Rodriguez, Cindy L.,1971-author.;
Eighth-grader Tamaya Jackson is captain on her gymnastics team, but she sometimes feels like her coach spends a lot more time with the other gymnasts, and that she is expected to do more with less help--and an interview with the local TV station only makes matters worse when it focuses on her and makes her teammates jealous, so somehow Tamaya and the others must pull it all together because a regional competition is coming up fast.530LAccelerated Reader AR- Subjects: Action and adventure fiction.; Sports fiction.; Fiction.; Artistic gymnastics; Teamwork (Sports); Jealousy; Self-confidence; Contests; Gymnastics; Dance; Performing arts; African American girls; Friendship; Middle schools; African Americans; African Americans; African American girls; African American Interest.; African American families; Friendships.;
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- Three pockets full : a story of love, family, and tradition / by Rodriguez, Cindy L.,1971-author.(CARDINAL)552828; Corbalán, Begoña Fernández,illustrator.(CARDINAL)631121;
"Beto won't wear a guayabera to the wedding. Nope! Nunca! Not going to happen! Beto tries his best to rid himself of the traditional Mexican wedding shirt. He even gets help from his dog Lupe and a drone, but the shirt ends up back on his bed each time with notes from Mami, who becomes increasingly frustrated with Beto. Mami insists that Beto attend the wedding, and wear the shirt, because--after all--it's her wedding! Beto has to accept the fact that Mami is getting remarried and that she wants him to wear the shirt, which is part of his cultural heritage"--550L- Subjects: Fiction.; Picture books.; Dogs; Families; Guayabera shirts; Mexican Americans; Remarriage; Weddings;
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- The doomed search for the lost city of Z / by Rodriguez, Cindy L.,1971-author.(CARDINAL)552828; Bustamante, Martín(Illustrator),artist.(CARDINAL)411650;
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.The Birth of an explorer -- Fawcett's first expeditions -- Returning to the Amazon again and again -- One final journey -- The hunt for Fawcett."Percy Fawcett was a mapmaker and an adventurer. In the early 1900s, he spent years mapping out the jungles of South America. Fawcett became obsessed with the idea of a lost city of gold hidden deep in the jungle. At the age of 57, Fawcett, his 21-year-old son Jack, and Jack's friend Raleigh Rimell left on a quest to find the Lost City of Z. The three men were never heard from again. Untangle the clues they left behind"--- Subjects: Graphic novels.; Fawcett, Percy Harrison, 1867-1925?; El Dorado; El Dorado; Explorers; Explorers;
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