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  Skippyjon Jones: Book 1

  Skippyjon Jones

  by Judith Byron Schachner

  My name is Skippito Friskito. I fear not a single bandito. My manners are mellow, I'm sweet like the Jell-O, I get the job done, yes indeed-o. Skippyjon Jones is no ordinary kitten. Oh, no. . . .He's actually El Skippito, a great sword-fighter ready to battle banditos the world over! With a little imagination and a whole lot of fun, this frisky cat dons a mask and cape and takes on a bad... (more)
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  Skippyjon Jones: Book 3

  Skippyjon Jones in Mummy Trouble

  by Judith Byron Schachner

  El Skippito is back! Avoiding a lecture from Mama Junebug, the kitty boy slips into his closet . . . and finds himself in ancient Egypt. His doggy pals, Los Chimichangos, want to visit the Under Mundo —the underworld— where mummitos rest in peas. But they need El Skippito’s brains and courage to answer the riddle of theFinx and enter the mummy’s tomb. Our hero is up to the task, and he’s in for another grand... (more)
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  Skippyjon Jones: Book 2

  Skippyjon Jones in the Doghouse

  by Judith Byron Schachner

  The Siamese kitty boy with the gigantico imagination has returned for another loco adventure. In his room for a time-out, Skippyjon Jones lets his imagination take him to a shack where his Chihuahua friends are yipping and yapping and hiding out from the Bad Bobble-ito, who has taken over their doghouse. How El Skippito chills the Chihuahuas and banishes the Bobble-ito will make more amigos for this... (more)
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  Beverly Hills Chihuahua Junior Novel (Junior Novelization)

  by Analisa LaBianco and Jusher, Jeff Busher

  Chloe, a pampered pet chihuahua, is used to the luxury of Beverly Hills. When her owner's niece takes her to Mexico for the weekend, Chloe soon finds herself lost on the rough-and-tumble streets. Now, with an ex-police dog as a guide and an underground dog-fight ringleader on her tail, Chloe must dig deep to find her own strength and make her way home. A 128-page junior novelization of the upcoming film,... (more)
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  Skippyjon Jones

  Skippyjon Jones and the Treasure Hunt

  by Judith Byron Schachner

  Read, flip, and find with Skippyjon Jones! Skippyjon Jones fans will go loco over this brandnew matching game format! Skippyjon Jones has found a treasure map, and you can help find the treasure by flipping over the correct bilingual tiles in the pop-up matching game included with the book. This book is fun for parents and kids to read aloud and play together, and will help teach little ones tricks of... (more)
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  Costume Crazee

  by Judy Schachner

  In this new adventure, Skippyjon Jones is trying to figure out what to wear for Halloween. None of his friendsÂ’ suggestions are quite right, but then Skippyjon comes up with the perfect idea!
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  The Silver Magnet

  by Grant Shepperd

  The Silver Magnet is about life in a small Mexican mining town. In 1937, the author attempted to depict the ongoing difficulties and rehabilitating a small mining operation in Batopilas, Chihuahua. It includes a bit of history, family activities, and the intermingling of the miners and the townspeople over a 22 year period.
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  El Sicario

  The Autobiography of a Mexican Assassin

  by Molly Molloy, Charles Bowden

  In this unprecedented and chilling monologue, a repentant Mexican hitman tells the unvarnished truth about the war on drugs on the American. El Sicario is the hidden face of America's war on drugs. He is a contract killer who functioned as a commandante in the Chihuahuan State police, who was trained in the US by the FBI, and who for twenty years kidnapped, tortured and murdered people for the drug industry at the... (more)
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  Chihuawolf: A Tail of Mystery and Horror

  by Charlee Ganny

  Paco, a smart, fashionably-dressed Chihuahua, lives in a snug and comfortable world as the pampered pet of tenyear- old Olivia. Although he is locked into a perpetual battle with a pair of cats, his real problem is Natasha, the gorgeous Afghan hound he adores, but who thinks he is just too tiny to be taken seriously. Determined to change his outside to reflect the lion-hearted courage he possesses inside, Paco... (more)
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  Demon Hunter: Book 2

  Demon Hunting In The Deep South

  by Lexi George

  The warrior and the wallflower . . . Shy, self-conscious Evie Douglass tries to stay under the radar, especially when her nemesis Meredith Peterson, aka The Death Starr, is anywhere around. Meredith and her bitch posse of skinny girlfriends have tormented Evie since the seventh grade, calling her names like The Whale and Thunder Thighs. Evie tries to stay invisible, but that’s not an easy thing... (more)
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  A Dog So Small

  by Philippa Pearce

  Ben Blewitt is desperate for a dog. He's picked out the biggest and best dogs from the books in the library - and he just knows he's going to get one for his birthday. Ben is excited when the big day arrives, but he receives a picture of a dog instead of a real one! But the imagination can be a powerful thing, and when Ben puts his to work, his adventures really begin!
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  Cartucho and My Mother's Hands (Texas Pan American Series)

  by Nellie Campobello

  Cartucho and My Mother's Hands are autobiographical evocations of a childhood spent amidst the violence and turmoil of the Revolution in Mexico. They are noteworthy, too, as one of the few first-person accounts of the female experience in the early years of the Mexican Revolution and unique in their presentation of events from a child's perspective.
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  Drug Lord

  The Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin

  by Terrence E. Poppa

  During the last years of his violent life, Pablo Acosta smuggled a staggering 60 tons of cocaine a year into the United States-one third of the total U.S. consumption. Set only miles from the Texas border, Drug Lord is an extraordinary inside look at how drug trafficking really works in Mexico. Based on interviews with Acosta and other insiders, Poppa weaves a tale of the smuggler's rise from humble beginnings,... (more)