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Misjudged (Urban Underground)

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Publisher
Saddleback Publishing
Language
English
Published
2014
  • Mystery
  • Hispanic American families
  • JUVENILE FICTION
  • High school students
  • Prejudices
  • Social classes
  • Fiction
  • Dating (Social customs)

More than entertainment, these books can be a powerful coping tool when a struggling reader connects with the text. Paperback books look and feel like a trade edition and are complete in just under 200 pages. Mona Lisa is average. Not pretty. Not ugly. She's very insecure and lacks self confidence. Mona's mom harps on her to start dating. Then Julio begins to show an interest in her. He's on the track team and a close friend of Ernesto's. When Mona returns Julio's interest, though, her mom is upset because Julio is not from a good family. He's poor. His father is practically a bum. They live i.