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The tequila worm.

Subjects: Family life -- Texas -- Fiction; Neighborhood -- Fiction; Mexican Americans -- FictionTexas -- Fiction

  • Abstract: Summary: Sofia finds that her experiences as a scholarship student at an Episcopal boarding school in Austin only strengthen her ties to her family in ...

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The evolution of Calpurnia Tate.

Subjects: Fiction; Nature stories; Family life -- Texas -- FictionTexas -- History -- Fiction

  • Abstract: Summary: In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love ...

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How not to be popular.

Subjects: Popularity -- Fiction; High schools -- Fiction; School storiesAustin (Tex.) -- Fiction

  • Abstract: Summary: Seventeen-year-old Sugar Magnolia Dempsey is tired of leaving friends behind every time her hippie parents decide to move, but her plan to be unpopular ...

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The jumping tree : a novel.

Subjects: Mexican Americans -- Fiction; Family life -- Texas -- Fiction; Father-son relationship -- FictionTexas -- Fiction

  • Abstract: Summary: Rey, a Mexican American living with his close-knit family in a Texas town near the Mexican border, describes his transition ...

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Indio.

Subjects: Pueblo Indians -- Fiction; Indians of North America -- Texas -- Fiction; Native Americans -- Texas -- FictionAmerica -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Juvenile fiction; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Fiction; Texas -- Fiction

  • Abstract: Summary: Thirteen-year-old Ipa struggles to survive a brutal time of change as the Spanish begin the conquest of the native people along the

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A line in the sand : the Alamo diary of Lucinda Lawrence.

Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas -- Fiction; Family life -- Texas -- Fiction; Diaries -- FictionTexas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836 -- Juvenile fiction; Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836 -- Fiction; Texas -- History -- Fiction

  • Abstract: Summary: In the journal she receives for her twelfth birthday in 1835, Lucinda Lawrence describes the hardships her family and other residents of the "

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Heart bones.

Subjects: Mothers -- Death -- Fiction; Fathers and daughters -- Fiction; Neighbors -- FictionTexas -- Fiction

  • Abstract: Summary: "Life and a dismal last name are the only two things Beyah Grim's parents ever gave her. After carving her path all on her ...

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Derby girl.

Subjects: High schools -- Fiction; Individuality -- Fiction; Interpersonal relations -- FictionTexas -- Fiction

  • Abstract: Summary: Sixteen-year-old rebel Bliss Cavendar, miserable living in a small Texas town with her beauty pageant-obsessed mother, secretly joins a roller ...

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The whole sky full of stars.

Subjects: Boxing -- Fiction; Gambling -- Fiction; Friendship -- FictionTexas -- Fiction

  • Abstract: Summary: Eighteen-year-old Barry competes in a non-sanctioned boxing match in hopes of helping his recently-widowed mother, unaware that his best friend and manager, Alby, has ...

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A mammoth murder.

Subjects: Mystery fiction; Police -- Fiction; Rhodes, Dan (Fictitious character) -- FictionTexas -- Fiction

  • Abstract: Summary: Sheriff Dan Rhodes is thrown into a murder case when the body of Bud Turley is found in the forest and the local residents ...

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