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13201) The Dream Bearer
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David Curry doesn't know what to make of his father, Reuben, who's violent out bursts and chilling nightmares torment his family. His older brother, Tyrone, says Reuben is crazy. But lately, even Tyrone isn't acting like himself. Then David meets the mysterious Mr. Moses, who tells him that dreams might be the only things we have that are real. And it is Mr. Moses's gift of dreams that gives David a new way to see inside his father's troubled heart....
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What if I can't?
¿En qué dirección están las flores?
Por ahí, a 320 kilómetros.
¡¿Cómo voy a llegar tan lejos?!
Vasovolando.
¿Puedo ire n avión?
No.
¡Entonces no llegaré nunca!
Esta simpática continuación de La oruga muy impaciente , de Ross Burach, es un cariñoso homenaje al esfuerzo de cada niño de perseverar ante los desafíos a la vez que una alegre lección sobre la migración de las mariposas. Recuerda: si no lo logras al primer...
13203) A Higher Geometry: A Novel
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Anna loves math, and her boyfriend, Mike. Will she have to choose between them?
Anna Conway sometimes wishes her relationships would come as easy to her as math does. A natural math talent, Anna is at odds with what's expected of her as a teenager in the 1950s. While Anna aspires to leave her small town for college to study mathematics, her parents want her to follow the more traditional path of getting married and starting a family. Anna's never...
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On the farm, some eggs are hatching. A flock of sweet ducklings are popping out but one duckling looks different from all the others.
Kamila Shamsie retells The Ugly Duckling with great empathy and a warm heart. Cast out and all alone, the odd duckling will need all her bravery and curiosity to survive. Her journey is a search for belonging, but what she finds is the right to be different.
13205) West of the Moon
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In West of the Moon, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Margi Preus expertly weaves original fiction with myth and folktale to tell the story of Astri, a young Norwegian girl desperate to join her father in America.
After being separated from her sister and sold to a cruel goat farmer, Astri makes a daring escape. She quickly retrieves her little sister, and, armed with a troll treasure, a book of spells and curses, and a possibly...
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A timeless story about the connection between a young girl and her pet pig for kids 4 to 8, featuring nostalgic, 1960s photographs that kids will love, and parents will too!
Have you ever dreamed of having a pet pig?
When Angela finds a lost pig wandering on the road, she adopts her and names her Paulina. Together, the two explore the small Greek island where they live, and become inseparable "Forever Friends." Until one day, when someone comes...
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Millie isn't like the other cows. The other cows make milk. Millie makes milkshakes. The other cows meander. Millie sashays. The other cows wear spots. Millie wears polka dots. Despite being teased, Millie continues to be herself. When her actions earn the attention and respect of the other farm animals, the cows start to wonder if they should be more tolerant of Mille's uniqueness. Can Millie's sparkle help others learn to celebrate differences so...
13208) The Servant
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Faten's happy life in her village comes to an abrupt end when her father arranges for her to work as a servant for a wealthy Beirut family with two spoiled daughters. What does a bright, ambitious seventeen-year-old do when she is suddenly deprived of her friends, family, education and freedom? Could the mysterious, wealthy young man who lives in the next apartment building help? When Faten finally manages to make contact with Marwan, a musician and...
13209) We Belong to the Drum
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The drum represents the heartbeat of Mother Earth. We all belong to the earth and we all belong to the drum.
Nikosis grew up going to powwows with his family, happily immersed in music, dance and the sounds of the drum. But when he starts going to daycare, he doesn't feel like he belongs. Nikosis cries every time his mother leaves him in the unfamiliar environment until, one day, she and the teachers use drums to help Nikosis find connection and...
13210) Spotting Dottie
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In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, fourteen-year-old Charlotte wants to use her new drone to prove that Dottie, the elusive lake monster of Dorothy Lake, really exists.
The truth is about to surface.
Charlotte is going to prove her grandma is right-the lake monster is real!
When Charlotte gets a drone for her fourteenth birthday, she's determined to get footage of Dottie, the elusive lake monster of Dorothy Lake....
13211) Shin-chi's Canoe
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This moving sequel to the award-winning Shi-shi-etko tells the story of two children's experience at residential school. Shi-shi-etko is about to return for her second year, but this time her six-year-old brother, Shin-chi, is going, too.
As they begin their journey in the back of a cattle truck, Shi-shi-etko tells her brother all the things he must remember: the trees, the mountains, the rivers and the salmon. Shin-chi knows he won't see his family...
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As the second book in the Peter Abbitt series, Peter Abbitt and the Big Flood tells the story of how flooding can impact a community, and how Peter-the horse who thinks he's a dog-uses his unique talents to save the day!After a flood swells the river to unstable levels, Peter Abbitt the horse finds a group of people unable to cross the river and in need of food and supplies. He and Mr. Abbitt are afraid to cross the bridge with milk and food, until...
13213) Basketball Breakdown
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One minute eighth-grader Shaena is rushing to grab a rebound, and the next she's lying on the basketball court, dizzy with a horrible pain in her head. A collision with an opponent has left Shaena benched with a concussion, two weeks before the big rival game. And she's angry-why does she need to stop playing just because of a headache? Forced to take things slow, she watches as the other girls practice and improve without her, and Shaena starts to...
13214) Seraphina Does Everything!
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If I don't open every door to see what lies within,
I'll miss an opportunity that might not come again.
I stay busy day and night, through winter, fall, and spring.
I crush my fear of missing out by doing EVERYTHING.
Seraphina wants to do it all.
And she does! From soccer to ballet to French club, her schedule is jam-packed. There are so many options and doors to walk through in life, and Seraphina doesn't want to miss a thing!
So, if Seraphina...
13215) On the Flip Side
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Living your dreams is the hard part . . .
Sunday Tolliver has a mega-smash album up for major awards--and her first few months as a college freshman are everything she hoped for. But juggling all this and her long-distance romance with boyfriend Sam is taking drama to mad-crazy levels. Hot up-and-coming video star DeShawn isn't letting Sunday's relationship keep him from getting close. And relentless online gossip is seriously shaking Sunday's trust...
13216) Ma couleur
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Fathi ne sait pas quelle est sa couleur. Son père dit qu'il est noir, sa mère qu'il est blanc, d'autres disent café au lait ou chocolat, et certains élèves de son école disent même qu'il est couleur de crotte. Qui croire ou qui écouter, surtout maintenant que ses parents ont divorcé ? C'est en lui qu'il trouvera la réponse : une couleur unique, unissant en un arc-en-ciel dans son cœur toutes celles que les autres lui ont donné, et ainsi,...
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Un mini-roman plein de suspense et d'émotions !
« Singe-Roi », c'est ainsi que tout le monde nomme Huyo depuis qu'il est devenu l'esclave d'un riche général inca. Une personne, cependant, l'appelle par son nom. C'est Carhua, la plus jeune fille de son maître. Un jour, Huyo découvre que la jeune fille est promise en sacrifice aux dieux. Carhua peut-elle échapper à son sort funeste ? Cela devient le seul objectif de Huyo.
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Celebrate the star in your sky and inspire them to shine bright in this heartwarming adaptation of the beloved nursery rhyme!
Discover all that you can be and more! Inspired by the classic nursery rhyme "Star Light, Star Bright," this encouraging picture book reminds children everywhere that in each of them is a world of wonder and boundless promise. Filled with breathtaking animal illustrations and heartwarming rhymes about the wishes that all...
13219) Our Dreams Were Waking Up
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Josh and Amber had the love story people spend their lives searching for, and then, in a single moment, it was destroyed. A decade later Josh unexpectedly confronts the person who ruined it all, now in the worst moment of their life…Does he have what it takes to forgive them, or should he just walkaway and leave them to certain death?For fans of Emery Lord, John Green and E. Lockhart - Josh and Amber's story of first love will have you swooning...
13220) The Christmas Witch
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What if who you are doesn't fit in with where you're from?
Poinsettia finds joy in all things jolly and bright, but as a witch born in a dark and spooky Halloween town, this means she doesn't really fit in. One day, Poinsettia comes up with a plan, and begins practicing her merry magic in secret. On Christmas Eve Day, with her loyal cat Tinsel by her side, Poinsettia sets out to discover her place in the world. Will who she is be enough to make...
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