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Gloria Velasquez
Full Series List in Order
Roosevelt High School
Juanita Fights the School Board (Jan-1994)Tommy Stands Alone (Jan-1995)
Maya's Divided World (Mar-1995)
Rina's Family Secret (Oct-1998)
Ankiza (Jan-2000)
Teen Angel (May-2003)
Tyrone's Betrayal (Nov-2006)
Rudy's Memory Walk (Oct-2009)
Book List in Order: 12 titles
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Juanita Fights the School Board
- Jan-1994
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When Juanita's dreams of being the first in her family to graduate from high school are thwarted by an expulsion after getting in a fight with another student, the young Mexican-American girl enlists the help of a lawyer and the school counselor to f...
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Tommy Stands Alone
- Jan-1995
- / General Fiction
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When Tommy realizes that he is uncomfortable with dating girls, he finds himself struggling with the idea that his sexual preferences might be different from everyone he knows. Tommy begins to cut classes and drink alcohol in order to avoid his frien...
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Maya's Divided World
- Mar-1995
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Maya's well-ordered and productive highschool life receives an unwelcome jolt and begins to unravel when her parents announce their impending divorce. How Maya copes with this blow and the reaction of her friends and famiy make for engrossing reading...
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Rina's Family Secret
- Oct-1998
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This compelling novel portrays, with realism and compassion, one young adult's experience with domestic violence and her attempts to keep it a secret from her friends.
This is the fourth novel in the Roosevelt High School Series, which features a ...
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Lorenzo's Secret Mission
- Nov-2001
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Armed with a long knife, flint-lock musket, and his father’s medical bag, fifteen-year-old Lorenzo Bannister sets off to fulfill his father’s last, deathbed wish. Lorenzo joins a secret flatboat operation delivering much-needed medi...
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Teen Angel
- May-2003
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This new installment in the Roosevelt High School series focuses on teen pregnancy Celia is a beautiful young girl on the brink of her sophomore year of high school. She watches her weekly soap opera Teen Angel and dreams about cute boys. One day, wh...
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Tyrone's Betrayal
- Nov-2006
- / General Fiction
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Not again, Tyrone thinks as loud, angry voices wake him up in the middle of the night. Looking down at his parents from the stairway, Tyrone can tell that his father has had too much to drink. Drinking and fighting are nothing new, but this time, Tyr...
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Rudy's Memory Walk
- Oct-2009
- / General Fiction
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Rudy can't believe it when his dad says he will have to watch his abuela while his parents go out. He shouldn't have to babysit his own grandmother! And he had plans to go out with his girlfriend, Juanita. His brother Manuel isn't happy either, and w...
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Tommy Stands Tall
- Nov-2013
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Tommy is excited to finally be a senior at Roosevelt High School. There was a time when he thought he’d never graduate, especially after he tried to kill himself to avoid dealing with his sexual orientation. But with the help of his friends, he has...
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Forgiving Moses
- Jun-2018
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Moses Vargas hates his life. He has been forced to move four times in as many years, and he s tired of starting at another school, having everyone stare at him and trying to make new friends. Most of all, he doesn t want to have to deal with question...
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Zakiya's Enduring Wounds
- Jun-2022
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Zakiya, a sophomore at Roosevelt High School, has settled into the new school year. She loves her friends, the volleyball team and her dance class. There’s even a cute guy she has her eye on. But her world falls apart when her dad dies unexpect...
