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This is an exceptional choice for students because it is a beautifully written, deeply human story about poverty, resilience, family love, and survival that introduces South Asian life and culture with literary depth and emotional power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books del Sur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43837567991926,"sku":"9781681373515","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1752\/6773\/files\/the-village-by-the-sea-9781681373515.png?v=1786465927"},{"product_id":"they-call-me-guero","title":"They Call Me Güero","description":"\u003cp\u003eThey Call Me Güero is an award-winning novel in verse that follows twelve-year-old Güero — a red-headed, freckle-faced Mexican American boy who is puro mexicano to his core — as he navigates the start of seventh grade on the Texas-Mexico border, guided by his loyal squad Los Bobbys, his family's traditions, his trusty accordion, and his new English teacher who shows him that poetry is the perfect way to make sense of his expanding world. David Bowles's vibrant, funny, and deeply felt verse captures the bilingual, bicultural rhythms of border life with authenticity and joy. This is a wonderful choice for students because it celebrates Hispanic heritage, bilingualism, and the power of poetry and community, while showing young readers that their language, their culture, and their story are worth writing about.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books del Sur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43837568024694,"sku":"9780593462553","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1752\/6773\/files\/they-call-me-guero-9780593462553.png?v=1786465927"},{"product_id":"before-the-ever-after","title":"Before the Ever After","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore the Ever After is a moving novel in verse by Jacqueline Woodson that follows twelve-year-old ZJ, whose father was once the beloved football hero of their neighborhood — charming, generous, and the center of their world — but who is now forgetting things, losing his temper, and slowly disappearing into the effects of chronic traumatic encephalopathy from years of head injuries in professional football. Told through ZJ's spare, heartbreaking poems, the book captures his grief, his love for his father, and his slow coming to terms with a loss that hasn't yet fully happened. This book is a powerful choice for students because it explores Black family life, sports culture, health, and the process of grieving someone who is still alive — all through the lyrical, emotionally honest verse that makes Woodson one of the greatest voices in children's literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books del Sur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43837585326198,"sku":"9780399545443","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1752\/6773\/files\/before-the-ever-after-9780399545443.png?v=1786465927"},{"product_id":"when-stars-are-scattered","title":"When Stars Are Scattered","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Stars Are Scattered is the true story of Omar Mohamed, who spent most of his childhood in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya, caring for his nonverbal younger brother Hassan after they were separated from their parents in Somalia. When Omar finally has the chance to attend school, he faces an impossible choice between pursuing an education that could change his future and leaving his vulnerable brother behind every day. Told to New York Times bestselling author Victoria Jamieson by Omar himself and rendered in vivid graphic-novel art, this National Book Award finalist is an essential choice for students because it offers an intimate, humanizing look at the daily realities of refugee life, balancing hardship with genuine hope, humor, and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books del Sur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43838223974518,"sku":"9780525553908","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1752\/6773\/files\/when-stars-are-scattered-9780525553908.png?v=1786465970"}],"url":"https:\/\/booksdelsur.com\/collections\/5th-grade-advance-unit-2-developing-characters-relationships.oembed","provider":"Books del Sur","version":"1.0","type":"link"}