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2) Sangre nueva
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
163 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"Casandra heredo el departamento de su infancia, luego de la inesperada muerte de su madre. No vio el cadaver, pero lo sono por dias. Casi los mismos que le tomo ordenar las pertenencias y limpiar el espacio, deshacerse de aquellas fotos familiares que mama habia recortado para amputar su propio rostro. Bajo la promesa de estar solo por un tiempo, Casandra y su novio, Fernando, se instalan en aquel departamento aun habitado por rencores y secretos....
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 22 cm
Description
When twelve-year-old Fern and her mother abruptly leave their isolated, off-the-grid community, Fern wants nothing more than to return, but things get murky as she slowly adjusts to her new life and discovers unsettling truths about her old one.
Author
Series
Book of Lost Things volume 2
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books, Atria
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 24 cm
Description
While reading aloud fairy stories in hopes of bringing her comatose eight-year-old daughter back to this world, Ceres is called to a land colored by the memories of childhood and the folklore beloved by her father where old enemies are watching and waiting.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Sent to her grandmother's estate in Trinidad, Rika meets a group of kids with elemental powers called Minders, who reveal that her long-lost mom is in danger, sending Rika on a magical adventure where she must learn to believe in herself to destroy evil.
Author
Publisher
Cross Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
471 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"¿Cómo se ignora lo que late en tu interior? ¿Cómo se recupera el rumbo de una vida trazada por una mentira? Desde muy pequeña, Maya se ha sacrificado en cuerpo y alma por el ballet. Trabaja como solista en la Companía Nacional de Danza y los ballets más prestigiosos han puesto sus ojos en ella. Sin embargo, un grave accidente acaba con su futuro prometedor. El único mundo que Maya conoce se ha derrumbado. Su abuela, que ha guiado cada uno...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
345 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"Discovering that the creatures and deities of Tagalog myth are real when her mom is kidnapped, Lulu Sinagtala is drawn into a centuries-long war that threatens to throw the whole universe into chaos while trying to save her mom with her newfound powers"--
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"Nineteen-year-old Ada adores spending every summer in a Turkish seaside town with her mother and grandmother at the family villa. The glittering waters, picturesque olive groves, and her spirited friends make it easy for Ada to leave her idle life in California behind. But no matter how much Ada feels she belongs to the country where her mother grew up, deep down, her connection to the culture feels as fleeting as the seasons. When Levent, a mysterious...
10) Alas de sangre
Author
Series
Empyrean volume 1
Publisher
Editorial Planeta M�exico
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
522 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
Description
�El libro de fantas�ia m�as adictivo que he le�ido en una d�ecada! .--Tracy Wolff, autora bestseller del New York Times Bestseller del New York Times Un drag�on sin su jinete es una tragedia. Un jinete sin su drag�on est�a muerto. --Art�iculo uno, secci�on uno del C�odigo de jinetes de dragones Violet Sorrengail cre�ia que a sus veinte a�nos se unir�ia al Cuadrante de los Escribas para vivir una vida tranquila, estudiando...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xiv, 283 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Embarking on another journey into uncharted territory: the past, the author, world-famous crossing 1,700 miles of Australian desert in 1977, presents the story of a mother and daughter through time: of their despair and survival, and their unbreakable bond with a landscape that would define, scar and heal them.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Krya has always felt like she's a bit too much. Too tall. Too loud. Too earnest. But she's okay with that, because she's got her mom. Ever since Mom got sober about five years ago, she and Kyra have always been there for each other—something Kyra is thankful for every week when she attends her group meetings with other kids of alcoholics. When Mom is managing her cleaning business and Kyra is taking care of things at home, maybe, she thinks,...
14) Aquellos dias
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo, Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
131 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"Cuando el papa de Abigail muere, ella y su mama deciden comenzar una nueva vida en otra provincia y, aunque les duele alejarse del mundo que hasta entonces han conocido, descubren poco a poco que la vida les depara muchas sorpresas y que la felicidad siempre logra abrirse camino. La hacienda chocolatera Tunkuluchu sera el escenario de las aventuras que protagonizaran Abigail y su nueva amiga, Justina, quienes gozan de la inocencia propia de la ninez....
15) We could fly
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Description
"At a sparrow's urging, a young girl feels a mysterious trembling in her arms, a lightness in her feet, a longing to be free. Her mother tells her that her Granny Liza experienced the same, as did many of their people before her. Perhaps it's time, Mama says, to slip the bonds of earth and join the journey started long ago. To hold each other tight and rise. Drawing on lyrics from the song "We Could Fly" by Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk Powell, which...
Author
Publisher
Entangled Teen
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
331 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"It looks like paradise…only it’s not. This was supposed to be a once-in-a-lifetime family trip to Thailand. One last wish for my dying mama. Instead, we’re stranded on a lush, stunning island with ten strangers—held captive as Thai mythology unfolds around us…and within us. Now we’re being tested. We’re expected to face our greatest fears—and possible deaths—in hopes of awakening some...
Author
Series
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
134 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"Holding on is all fourteen-year-old Stephanie Clare Smith can do when she's left home alone in New Orleans during the summer of 1973. As she seeks to ease her loneliness through her summer algebra class, the city itself, and her friendship with a streetcar operator, adults fail her again and again with devastating consequences. Dreamlike and beautifully paced, this lyrical debut memoir traces that harrowing summer and its repercussions throughout...
18) Light and air
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2024].
Physical Desc
188 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Halle and her mother find unexpected solace on a tuberculosis ward in 1930s upstate New York"--
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
199 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Ever since her dad died, 11-year-old Jerry Blum and her mom have bounced around dead-end towns, staying in a series of rundown motels where her mother picks up housekeeping work and Jerry can get around in her wheelchair. But the Slumbering Giant motel is different. Lights blink on and off in the surrounding trees, a mysterious radio station plays only at midnight, and people disappear into the woods, never to been seen again. Not to mention that...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"It's the final years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and Br�id and her sister, Ina, try to maintain a stable life in a divided country. Pushed by her mother's fanaticism and a family tragedy, Br�id joins the IRA and makes a devastating choice. Frightened and guilt ridden, she flees, leaving behind Ireland and her family for America. Years later, her guilt and tragic history still buried, Br�id is an overprotective mother raising her sensitive...
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