Matt de la Peña
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Appears on these lists
DEN - Kids + Teens: Hispanic Heritage Month
HAR--Kids Summer Reading 2023 All Together Now
MCL - John Newbery Medal
HAR--Kids Summer Reading 2023 All Together Now
MCL - John Newbery Medal
Formats
Description
A young boy rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things.
4) Patchwork
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Matt de la Peña and Corinna Luyken explore the endless possibilities each child contains: A young dancer may grow into a computer coder; a basketball player might become a poet; a class clown may one day serve as an inspiring teacher; and today’s quiet empath might be tomorrow’s great leader....[This work presents an] empowering message for readers of all ages: Your story is still being written." --publisher's website
Author
Series
Infinity ring volume 4
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Sera has seen the future, and it is terrifying. Unfortunately, she can't do anything to prevent the Cataclysm while stranded with Dak and Riq thousands of years in the past. Their only hope lies with the ancient Maya, a mysterious people who claim to know a great deal about the future. Is there more to these ancients than meets the eye?
7) The living
Author
Series
Living volume 1
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After an earthquake destroys California and a tsunami wrecks the luxury cruise ship where he is a summer employee, high schooler Shy confronts another deadly surprise.
8) Eternity
Author
Series
Infinity ring volume 8
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Library edition.
Language
English
Description
Dak, Sera, and Riq fix the Great Breaks in history and prepare for the ultimate confrontation with the SQ.
10) Retazos
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"An ode to the richly varied tapestry of experiences and identities that make every child unique"--
11) The hunted
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After surviving the earthquake and tsunami, Shy manages to make it back to land, but he's far from safe because a secret his cruise ship coworker Addie shared with him is one that people have killed for, and now that Shy knows, he's become a moving target.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Primera edicion.
Language
Español
Description
Jackson y su abuela toman el autobus y juntos descubren la belleza y la magia de la vida cotidiana y del mundo que los rodea.
A young boy rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don't own a car like his friend Colby. Why doesn't he have an iPod like the boys on the bus? How come they always have to get off in the dirty part of town? Each question is met with an encouraging answer from grandma, who helps him see the beauty--and fun--in their routine and the world around them. This energetic ride through a bustling city highlights...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
This jacketed picture book pairs Newbery Winner Matt de la Pena and Pixar artist Ana Ramirez with the highly anticipated Pixar Studios film, Coco. Featuring a beautiful original story based on the characters of the film, as well as vibrant stylized artwork.
15) Ball don't lie
Author
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Sticky lives to play basketball at school and at Lincoln Rec Center in Los Angeles and is headed for the pros, but he is unaware of the many dangers--including his own past--that threaten his dream.
17) Mexican whiteboy
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Danny searches for his identity amidst the confusion of being half-Mexican and half-white while spending a summer with his cousin and new friends on the baseball fields and back alleys of San Diego County, California.
18) We were here
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Haunted by the event that sentences him to time in a group home, Miguel breaks out with two unlikely companions and together they begin their journey down the California coast hoping to get to Mexico and a new life.
19) I will save you
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Kidd Ellison runs away to work for the summer at a beach campsite in California where his hard work and good looks lead to friendship and love but painful past memories surface in menacing ways.
Author
Series
Infinity ring volume 8
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Library edition.
Language
English
Description
Dak, Sera, and Riq fix the Great Breaks in history and prepare for the ultimate confrontation with the SQ.