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Rebel girls (Chapter books) volume 4
Publisher
Timbuktu Labs
Pub. Date
[2020]
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128 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
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"Alicia was born to dance. From the moment she slips on pointe shoes for the first time, she's determined to become a professional ballerina. A few years later, Alicia moves from Cuba to the United States to follow her dreams. Then, Alicia begins to lose her sight. How can a ballerina dance if she can't see where she's going? Stuck in bed and only able to practice with her fingertips, Alicia doesn't give up. She finds a way to get back on stage, dancing...
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Petra Luna volume 1
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It is 1913, and twelve-year-old Petra Luna's mama has died while the Revolution rages in Mexico. Before her papa is dragged away by soldiers, Petra vows to him that she will care for the family she has left—her abuelita, little sister Amelia, and baby brother Luisito—until they can be reunited. They flee north through the unforgiving desert as their town burns, searching for safe harbor in a world that offers none. Each night when Petra closes...
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Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
405 pages ; 22 cm
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The daughter of Polish Jewish immigrants, Gerda Pohorylle doesn't quite fit in with her German classmates. When she returns from school, she joins a group of young activists and is arrested for distributing anti-nazi propaganda. In Paris, Gerda meets Andre Friedmann, a Hungarian photographer eager for fame and fortune, who fosters Gerda's interest in photography. Together the pair reinvents their brand of photojournalism under the names Robert Capa...
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Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.
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