Vicenza doesn’t have the perfect life. She’s an immigrant from the Philippines and just got to the USA. Her BFF is in Manila (in the Philippines) and is named Peaches. (I know! Who names their daughter Peaches, like seriously!) They email back and forth. Peaches thinks that Vicenza has the perfect life. At least that is what she writes … [Text-A-Holic]
Fresh off the Boat
December 11, 2009 — falconmediaParade of Shadows
February 12, 2009 — falconmedia
Miss Julia Hamilton, of Durham Place, England, is going on an adventure in the Ottoman Empire. Taking place in 1907, this book has adventure and love. While taking a trip with her father, he falls ill. He soon recovers from being poisoned. Julia soon finds out that someone is causing trouble, but who? This book is historical fiction and multicultural.
- Monica
Romiette and Julio
February 10, 2009 — falconmedia
An African American and a Hispanic get together by meeting in an online chat, and realize they go to the same school. They fall for each other at first sight, but the hate-filled students of the school disagree with their relationship. From gang threats they begin to be afraid. Then they come up with a plan to bust the “family,” the gang at their school. But not everything goes as planned, and they end up being kidnapped by the gang, finding themselves in the of a huge lake, facing Romiette’s biggest fear — drowning. Read the rest of this entry »
Voss: How I Come to America and Am Hero, Mostly
February 10, 2000 — falconmedia
smuggled in cheese puffs
father trapped in hospital
gangster wants revenge
