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Sisters Matilde, Pastora, Camila, and Flor thought they knew each other well, until Flor--inspired by a documentary her daughter Ona made her watch--decides she wants a living wake, a party to bring her family and community together and celebrate the long life she's led, while she's still around to enjoy it. She's not ill, as far as anybody knows, but Flor does have a gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. Has she foreseen her own...
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"In the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow is waiting for fate to find her. The Farrow women are known for their thriving flower farm--and the mysterious curse that has plagued their family line. The whole town remembers the madness that led to Susanna Farrow's disappearance, leaving June to be raised by her grandmother and haunted by rumors. It's been a year since June started seeing and hearing things that weren't there....
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Peachtree Teen
Pub. Date
2023.
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227 pages ; 22 cm
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In 1836 Wisconsin, Catalina's determination to keep her family alive is tested when a bark-covered man abducts her brother, prompting her to delve into a world of strange beasts and tormented spirits as she uncovers the deep-rooted connection between herfate and the Man of Sap.
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Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
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x, 404 pages ; 24 cm
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After a childhood filled with heartbreak, Irene, a talented artist, finds herself in a small Central American village where she checks into a beautiful but decaying lakefront hotel called La Llorona at the base of a volcano.
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Unseen magic volume 2
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Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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309 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Deep in the redwoods, in a magical town, anything can happen, and any creature—or monster—could exist. But when a team of myth-busters comes to Aldermere, they threaten its very existence—and eleven-year-old Fin will do anything to protect her home.
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Before the coffee gets cold volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
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The regulars at the magical Café Funiculi Funicula are well acquainted with its famous legend and extraordinary time-travel offer. Many patrons have reunited with old flames, made amends with estranged family and visited loved ones. But the journey is not without risks, and there are rules to follow. In the tradition of Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s sensational Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, readers will once again be introduced to a new set of visitors:...
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Heidi Heckelbeck volume 36
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Little Simon
Pub. Date
2023.
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When Heidi's magic unexpectedly transfers to her best friend Lucy, Heidi reveals her secret in an effort to get it back.
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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When ten-year-old Indian American Geetanjali, part of a family of classical Hindustani music singers, believes her neighbor has become an ichchaadari naagin, a cobra that can turn human, she must overcome her fears and harness the power of her voice before the naagin changes the whole town into snakes.
10) Coyote queen
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Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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264 pages ; 23 cm
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"Twelve-year-old Fud feels trapped. She lives a precarious life in a cramped trailer with her mom and her mom’s alcoholic ex-boxer boyfriend, Larry. Fud can see it’s only a matter of time until Larry explodes again, even if her mom keeps on making excuses for his behavior. If only Fud could find a way to be as free as the coyotes roaming the Wyoming countryside: strong, smart, independent, and always willing to protect their own. When...
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
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267 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"When six-year-old Beatrice Willoughby vanished at the Amadeuses’ annual All Hallows Eve party, people in the tiny mountain town of Nevermore were quick to whisper: They were always odd. Their house is full of dark magic. And when Mort Amadeus was pegged for the crime, the Amadeuses, once the center of society, retreated. They closed their doors, disappeared from life. People almost forgot. Until thirteen years later, when six envelopes land...
12) House of cotton
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2023.
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Nineteen years old, broke, and effectively an orphan, Magnolia doesn't have much to look forward to. She feels stuck and haunted: by her overdrawn bank account, by her predatory landlord, by the ghost of her late grandmother Mama Brown. One night while working at her dead-end gas station job, a mysterious, slick stranger named Cotton walks in and offers to turn Magnolia's luck around. He offers her a lucrative "modeling" job at his family's funeral...
13) Miseria
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Cometierra volume 2
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Alfaguara, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2023.
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335 pages ; 24 cm.
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"Cometierra ha elegido dos cosas: un barrio nuevo y no volver a usar su poder adivinatorio nunca m�as. Rodeada de desconocidos, va saliendo poco a poco de su encierro y aprende a manejarse en su nuevo entorno, al tiempo que aguarda el nacimiento de su sobrino, hijo de su hermano Walter y de su novia, Miseria. Es precisamente esta �ultima quien, al ver en el don de Cometierra un lucrativo potencial econ�omico, la anima a recuperar las visiones...
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[2023]
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When Harlow Estrada is abruptly fired from her dream job and her boyfriend proves to be a jerk, her world turns upside down. She flees New York City to the one place she can always call home—the enchanted Hacienda Estrada. The Estrada family farm in Mexico houses an abundance of charmed flowers cultivated by Harlow’s mother, sisters, aunt, and cousins. By harnessing the magic in these flowers, they can heal hearts, erase memories, interpret dreams—but...
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Ediciones Kiwiw
Pub. Date
2022.
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302 pages ; 22 cm
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Julie Clarke, de diecisiete anos, tiene todo su futuro planeado: marcharse de su pequeno pueblo junto a su novio, Sam, ir a la universidad en la ciudad, pasar un verano en Japon. Pero entonces Sam muere. Y todo cambia. Desesperada por escucharle una vez mas, Julie llama al movil de Sam para escuchar la grabacion de su buzon de voz. Y Sam coge el telefono
Seventeen-year-old Julie fell in love with Sam the day she met him, and planned to attend college...
16) Time after time
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Best wishes (Mlynowski) volume 3
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"In this book, written by bestselling author Sarah Mlynowski and three-time Newbery Honor recipient Christina Soontornvat, the magic bracelet comes to a girl in Texas, who ends up in a Groundhog Day-style time loop."--
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Puck
Pub. Date
2022.
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474 pages ; 22 cm
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"Orion Pagan lleva años esperando a que alguien le diga que va a morir. Ahora que se ha registrado en Muerte Súbita para saber si la grave enfermedad cardiovascular que padece acabará con él, está listo para empezar a vivir. Ese es el motivo por el que decide ir a un evento único e irrepetible: la víspera de Muerte Súbita en Times Square. Recibir su llamada de Último Día es algo que Valentino Prince jamás había imaginado, ya que ni siquiera...
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
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23 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"Dolores Madrigal has the amazing ability to hear things that are very far away, from across the whole Encanto she calls home. But one morning when she wakes up, she doesn't hear something she usually does. But what? To find out, join Dolores and her magical Madrigal family as they team up to solve a mystery in this sweet and silly story set in the world of Disney Encanto!"--
19) Make me a liar
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Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
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250 pages ; 22 cm
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"It's an open secret at Harvey Davis High School that Tia Dante can solve all your problems (for a fee, of course). As one of the few blessed with the genetic gift of transferable consciousness, she can slip inside your mind and do your dirty work--humiliate your cheating boyfriend, bring a bully to his knees, tell your boss where to stick it--and then return your body with no one the wiser. No task is too awkward, and unlike the competition, she...
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HarperCollinsEspañol
Pub. Date
[2023]
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421 pages ; 21 cm
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"Por la sangre de las mujeres Marte corre una magia que les concede dones especiales. Creciendo en República Dominicana, y luego al migrar a Nueva York, las hermanas Flor, Matilde, Pastora y Camila aprendieron a valerse de ellos, y de la fuerza de su vínculo, para protegerse de las hostilidades del mundo. Pero también, a callarse sus deseos, temores y anhelos más profundos. Por eso, cuando Flor anuncia que va a celebrar un velorio en vida, el...
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