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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
21 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
In the ancient South Pacific world of Oceania, Moana, a born navigator, sets sail in search of a fabled island. During her incredible journey, she teams up with her hero, the legendary demi-god Maui, to traverse the open ocean on an action-packed voyage, encountering enormous sea creatures, breathtaking underworlds, and ancient folklore. -- Amazon.com
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Description
"When she and her lion are together, one little girl feels like she can do anything. Whether she's afraid of the dark, or too shy to speak and in need of finding her voice, her big, bold companion always looks out for her. But one day, the inseparable pair decide to climb the new, dizzyingly high rocket slide at the playground together, and the girl discovers that even lions sometimes get afraid. Can she summon the strength to be his lion when he...
Author
Publisher
Thule
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
35 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Description
Si no hallas dentro de ti mismo aquello que buscas, tampoco podrás hallarlo fuera. Si ignoras las excelencias de tu propia casa, ¿cómo pretendes encontrar otras excelencias? En ti se halla oculto el tesoro de los tesoros.
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"For more than a decade, Jenna Metcalf has never stopped thinking about her mother, Alice, who mysteriously disappeared in the wake of a tragic accident. Refusing to believe that she would be abandoned as a young child, Jenna searches for her mother regularly online and pores over the pages of Alice's old journals. A scientist who studied grief among elephants, Alice wrote mostly of her research among the animals she loved, yet Jenna hopes the entries...
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Series
Ultra Violets volume 1
Publisher
Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Physical Desc
327 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
Acquiring superpowers through a genetics experiment gone awry, four best friends including girly Cheri, tough Scarlet, shy Opaline and peacemaker Iris become fashionable champions for justice while their scientist mothers diligently work in the secret lab where their powers were created.
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Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers?Owen?s sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. Bailey, who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother. As Hannah?s increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, as the FBI arrests Owen?s boss, as a US marshal...
10) Boys I know
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Teen
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"June Chu is the 'just good enough' girl. Good enough to line the shelves with a slew of third-place trophies and steal secret kisses from her AP Bio partner, Rhys. But not good enough to meet literally any of her Taiwanese mother's unrelenting expectations or to get Rhys to commit to anything beyond a well-timed joke. While June's mother insists she follow in her (perfect) sister's footsteps and get a (full-ride) violin scholarship to Northwestern...
11) Snow foal
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Pubishing Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
282 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Sent to stay with a foster family on a remote Exmoor farm, 11-year-old Addie, who is hurt, angry and mistrustful, discovers she's not so alone after all after rescuing a tiny wild foal from the moorland snow, leading to adventure and an unexpected friendship.
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 1
Description
Fourteen-year-old Nikki Maxwell writes in her diary of her struggle to be popular at her exclusive new private school, then of finding her place after she gives up on being part of the elite group.
Author
Series
Hopeless novels volume 1
Publisher
Debolsillo
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
395 pages ; 19 cm.
Description
"En ocasiones, conocer la verdad resulta más doloroso que creer las mentiras... Eso es lo que la joven Sky descubre cuando su camino se cruza con el de Dean Holder, un chico conflictivo que tiene la irritante habilidad de despertarle emociones que ni siquiera comprende. Es capaz de aterrorizarla, y al mismo tiempo cautivarla, con una simple mirada o un roce apenas perceptible. Sky comienza a darse cuenta de que Dean atesora una importante pieza...
14) Little robot
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
132 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
"When a little girl finds an adorable robot in the woods, she presses a button and accidentally activates him for the first time. Now, she finally has a friend. But the big, bad robots are coming to collect the little guy for nefarious purposes, and it's all up to a five-year-old armed only with a wrench and a fierce loyalty to her mechanical friend to save the day!" --
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Alice Lange's neighbors are proud to know her-a high-achieving student, cheerleader, and all-around good citizen, she's the perfect emblem of their sunny neighborhood. But the night before she's expected to be crowned Homecoming Queen, Alice commits a shocking act of vandalism, then disappears. She hasn't been kidnapped. She's run away with a magnetic stranger named Wesley, who has promised her freedom and enlightenment in his nearby bungalow. But...
16) The vaster wilds
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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"A servant girl escapes from a colonial settlement in the wilderness. She carries nothing with her but her wits, a few possessions, and the spark of God that burns hot within her. What she finds in this terra incognita is beyond the limits of her imagination and will bend her belief in everything that her own civilization has taught her. Lauren Groff's new novel is at once a thrilling adventure story and a penetrating fable about trying to find a...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
272 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Mahalia Harris wants. She wants a big Sweet Sixteen like her best friend, Naomi. She wants the super-cute new girl Siobhan to like her back. She wants a break from worrying—about money, snide remarks from white classmates, pitying looks from church ladies . . . all of it. Then inspiration strikes: It’s too late for a Sweet Sixteen, but what if she had a coming-out party? A singing, dancing, rainbow-cake-eating celebration of queerness on her own...
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A mother and daughter confront respective challenges, cope with celebrity and work through tragedy while maintaining an idyllic facade to the outside world, in an uplifting tale.
"[A] heartwarming and inspirational novel about a mother and daughter who face challenges, cope with celebrity, and overcome tragedy while maintaining the outward appearance of . . . A PERFECT LIFE. The epitome of intelligence, high-powered energy, and grace, Blaise McCarthy...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
Based on the children's book series Ordinary People Change the World by New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer and illustrator Christopher Eliopoulos, the series will introduce kids to inspiring historical figures and the character virtues that helped them succeed. It's time for Yadina to start first grade, but she's really nervous. Alexander Hamilton helps her realize that new adventures can be exciting. --
A leveled Reader based on an episode...
Author
Series
Three rancheros volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
241 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"Beverly Tapinski has run away from home plenty of times, but that was when she was just a kid. By now, she figures, it's not running away. It's leaving. Determined to make it on her own, Beverly finds a job and a place to live and tries to forget about her dog, Buddy, now buried underneath the orange trees back home; her friend Raymie, whom she left without a word; and her mom, Rhonda, who has never cared about anyone but herself. Beverly doesn't...
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