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MAYA`S DIVIDED WORLD is the second installment in Gloria Velasquez`s Roosevelt High School Series of fictional narratives dealing with the pressures and mysteries of young adult life. The highly-regarded series takes place in a high school with a multicultural student body and explores the problems of growing up in today`s world. In Maya`s Divided World, the well ordered and productive life that Maya has been able to accomplish during her high school years receives a sudden jolt, and everything seems to come undone when her parents announce their impending divorce. Her mother`s traditional family almost disowns her when they hear the bad news, but their surprise and dismay is nothing compared to the depression and loss experienced by Maya, who had no idea that her parents were growing apart. In her confusion, Maya abandons her friends for a newer, rougher set, and generally turns her back on all of the positive values, aspirations and accomplishments that once meant so much to her. The reaction of Maya`s friends and family to her disorientation makes for engrossing, enriching reading. AUTHOR: Gloria Velasquez
PUBLISHER: Arte Publico Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | The Earth & I by Frank Asch
A young boy details his special friendship with the earth. He explains how they care for each other--he by tilling soil and planting seeds, the earth by providing the boy with food to eat and so on. The boy also tries to keep his friend happy by cleaning up a polluted stream, planting a flower, and hugging a tree. Illustrated with watercolor paintings. AUTHOR: Frank Asch
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Children's Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Gracias, the Thanksgiving Turkey by Joe Cepeda, Joy Cowley
In this warm holiday story, a young Puerto Rican boy saves the life of his pet turkey with help from his close-knit New York City family and neighborhood. Beginning Spanish vocabulary is woven into the text. Four color. AUTHOR: Joe Cepeda, Joy Cowley
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Working Hard with the Mighty Loader by Steven James Petruccio
Steve and his Mighty Loader lay the foundation for a store, build a new road, dig ditches for pipes, level the dirt on a farm, and work in a coal mine--all in one busy week! AUTHOR: Steven James Petruccio
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Absentee by Flo Gibson, Maria Edgeworth
This important novel, written in 1812, was a work of social criticism that raised people's consciousness about the evils of absentee landlords, specifically the English in Ireland. The story involves the efforts of young Lord Colambre to right the wrongs done by his aristocratic parents, who are oblivious to the wretchedly impoverished condition of the tenants on their Irish estates. AUTHOR: Flo Gibson, Maria Edgeworth
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Candide by Andre Maurois, David Wootton, J. H. Brumfitt, John Butt, Lowell Blair
Candide, the quintessential innocent, has been taught by his tutor, Pangloss, that all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds. Gradually, Candide and his beloved, Cunegonde, learn--as they travel through a world peopled with evil characters and various cruelties--the limits of Pangloss's philosophy. Voltaire's great comic masterpiece is a satire of the doctrine of optimism, which Voltaire sees as a blind acceptance of human misery. AUTHOR: Andre Maurois, David Wootton, J. H. Brumfitt, John Butt, Lowell Blair
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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