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Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
Introduces the life of Pittsburgh Pirates rightfielder Roberto Clemente, the first Latino baseball player to gain wide recognition for his contribututions on and off the playing field.
Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
1993.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of Simon Bolivar from his wealthy childhood in Venezuela to his rise to power as the revolutionary leader of Spanish-held Latin America.
Author
Series
Hispanic heritage volume 3
Publisher
Abdo & Daughters
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
16) Frida Kahlo
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Mexican painter who survived a near-fatal bus accident at the age of eighteen, learned to paint as a form of therapy, had a stormy marriage with Diego Rivera, and became a world-famous artist.
18) Pancho Villa
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of the Mexican outlaw who helped overthrow the Diaz government in the revolution of 1910, but later surrendered to Mexican forces.