Montes, Marisa

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No more Spanish!

2004
After getting teased for making mistakes, Gab?i swears she will never speak Spanish again, forgetting that her grandmother cannot speak English.

Who's That Girl?

Get Ready for Gabi! #2
2003
New neighbors! A new family is moving into the spooky old house down the street. And Gabi's going to get the inside scoop! After a little snooping, Gabi finds a pink-and- purple bike-and that can mean only one thing: a new friend!.

Los Gatos Black on Halloween

The monsters crowd the Haunted Hall. This lively poem introduces a spooky array of creatures and Spanish words to little ni?os everywhere.

Juan Bobo goes to work

a Puerto Rican folktale
2000
A retelling of the Puerto Rican folktale in which a boy named Juan Bobo tries to do exactly as his mother tells him, but keeps getting things all wrong.

Who's that girl?

2003
Gab?? is delighted when a girl her age moves into her northern California neighborhood, but Lizzie's "big bully brothers" and secretiveness threaten their new friendship.

A crazy mixed-up Spanglish day

2003
In Northern California, Maritza Gabriela Morales Mercado struggles to deal with the third grade bully, to control her temper, and to remember to speak Spanish at home and English at school.

A circle of time

2002
In 1996, a fourteen-year-old girl in a coma is forced back in time by a girl who died in 1906, and who needs help in righting a series of terrible wrongs.

Something wicked's in those woods

2000
When their parents are killed in an accident, eleven-year-old Javier and his younger brother leave their home in Puerto Rico to go live with their aunt in Northern California, where a ghost from an unsolved crime and Javi's new-found psychokinetic powers make their adjustment all the harder.

Egg-napped!

2002
Gabbler goose and his wife are thrilled when their first egg arrives, but the forest animals are sent into a tizzy when the egg disappears during the celebration party.

Los gatos black on Halloween

2006
Easy to read, rhyming text about Halloween night incorporates Spanish words, from las brujas riding their broomsticks to los monstruos whose monstrous ball is interrupted by a true horror.

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