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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Meggy arrives in London expecting to be welcomed by her father, who sent for her, but he doesn't want her to assist in his laboratory when he sees that not only is she female, she needs two sticks to walk. Sent on trivial errands, she learns to navigate the city, which is earthy and colorful as well as dirty, noisy, and filled with rogues and thieves. Meanwhile she is befriended by the alchemist's former assistant, and when it appears that her father...
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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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SHAINDY is a twelve-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl who struggles in school and has no good friends. She watches with envy as her next-door neighbor, GAYIL, excels socially and academically. They have little to do with each other, and it comes as a surprise when Shaindy looks out her window one September evening and sees Gayil staring out at her from her own window with a sign reading want to know a secret?
The secret (at first) is that Gayil has...
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English
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In one way, Princess Laura was just like all the other princesses you read about in fairy stories… She liked pretty new dresses and shiny new shoes. But in most ways Princess Laura was very different to the silly princesses you read about in other stories. When the young Princess Laura secretly rescues a baby dragon from her father's hunt the dragon predicts that - one day in the future she will be the cause of his death. When Laura's 18th birthday...
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Two teenage girls on a dark journey. Two girls stand on the edge of discovering something bigger than themselves. The Tenebrous Two combines two origin novels from the Tenebrous Chronicles. Though Angel Spits and Party Girl Crashes the Rapture are set in contrasting locations, both novels explore challenging girls solving a possible murder while enriching a mythology created by a different series. The bundle also includes an introduction about the...
5) Cast Away
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English
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He set himself out to ruin me. But I'm not going down without a fight.When my parents sent me away, little did I know it would turn out to be the best and most heartbreaking summer of my life. My complicated existence began once I moved to Feather Lake, North Carolina. A job offer and a bus ticket and I was gone for the entire summer. My parents just forgot to mention my "vacation" would last for more than a week. A little detail that didn't sit well...
6) Elves' world
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Elves' worldAt the age of twelve, Cathy Merlin discovers Brazil where her diplomat father has just been appointed. Arriving in an unknown country is often difficult. So Cathy has adjust to new habits and discover her new home. She can count on Mathilde, the housekeeper who has looked after her for years. Her dad loves her very much but cannot always be there to help her. As a result, she will need a lot of courage to get used to her new school and...
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Español
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Cómo llevarte a una mujer a la cama de manera exitosa va a sumarte tanto en diversos aspectos, personal, intelectual, también mental, la verdad es que es impresionante la cantidad de personas que le darán utilidad, el uso adecuado a este manual, dónde encontrarás soluciones a problemas muy frecuentes.Tan sencillo, que vale la pena sumergirte e invertir tiempo al que de acuerdo con tu disposición le darás el mayor provecho. Al inicio de esta...
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Amelia: young, naive, in love. Geoff: charming, narcissistic, intelligent. In a decidedly European affair, a young couple consummates a courtship destined for differences. The resultant pregnancy provides a haunting yet charming backdrop for the challenges of love and its often unwanted decisions.
In the first person and in a creative journal style, author Abigail Calkin explores three choices that Amelia can make-give birth, give the baby up for...
9) Angst
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English
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Collected here for the first time, the first three young adult novels of M.E. Purfield. A Pentecostal girl not only questions her faith when she meets a Buddhist punk in her school but also what it means to be family in jesus freakz + buddha punx. A guitarist bored with her art runs off to New York to live with her father and join the circus brewing in a time of great cultural change in Breaking Fellini. Delicate Cutters documents a teen girl's struggle...
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Español
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"Descubre la conmovedora historia de Marina en el cuento "La Canción de la Sirena Marina", la pequeña sirena que lucha contra el cambio climático. Con su valentía y compromiso, Marina nos enseña la importancia de cuidar y proteger nuestro planeta. Una historia épica y emotiva que inspirará a los niños a ser agentes del cambio en la protección del medio ambiente. ¡Únete a Marina y forma parte del movimiento global para salvar nuestro mundo...
11) Miracle's Song
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Darkness has a way of bringing things to life. Things forgotten. Things from our past. This becomes all too apparent for Miracle Jenkins. All she wants is a normal life filled with friends, family, and the occasional red Slurpee. But a life-changing event involving the police turns her world upside-down. Miracle's only retreat is music, which takes her soul on adventures of the past while she still has to confront the truths of today. But even music...
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English
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Smarty Marty Takes the Field is an inspiring picture book from Emmy Award-winning sports journalist Amy Gutierrez-better known as Amy G-and award-winning author/illustrator Anika Orrock about the courage it takes to break down gender barriers in the world of sports and beyond.
Special Interview with Alyssa Nakken
Having proven her baseball chops in Smarty Marty's Got Game, this time Marty is making a play for manager, something no girl...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Standing Up Against Hate tells the stories of the African American women who enlisted in the newly formed Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in World War II. They quickly discovered that they faced as many obstacles in the armed forces as they did in everyday life. However, they refused to back down. They interrupted careers and left family, friends, and loved ones to venture into unknown and sometimes dangerous territory. They survived
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Publisher
Kids Can Pr Ltd
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
An endearing story about a little girl who doesn't think she can. "Up there! The tree can be our ship!" one of Lou's friends exclaims when they decide to play pirates. "Ummm …" responds Lou. Usually she loves adventures. But this is new. Lou has never climbed a tree before. And she knows she can't do it. She doesn't even want to try. But this adventure does look fun, and when all her excuses run out, Lou realizes the bravest adventurers are those...
15) For You, I Will
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ESPN SportsCenter anchor Elle Duncan and Corretta Scott King Illustrator Honoree Laura Freeman team up in this moving ode to Duncan's daughter that will resonate with mothers and daughters everywhere.
I will wrap my arms around you, so you will know comfort.
And when you're ready to leave, I'll be brave enough to let you go.
I will stand steady while you find your footing.
I'll walk tall while you find your stride.
For you, I will.
Inspired...
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Français
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Une jeune fille trouve une lettre chez sa mamie, avec qui elle aime passer du temps.
À sa vue, la grand-mère se souvient de sa propre enfance, une époque pendant laquelle ces bouts de papier sont devenus particulièrement précieux, car difficiles à trouver. Elle raconte…
Anne-Sophie Plat et Odette Barberousse posent délicatement des mots et des images sur la Première Guerre mondiale avec une approche singulière, tournée vers la solidarité...
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English
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Turn Your Color Up at Rainbow High!
Retelling a key episode from the hit Rainbow High animated series, this colorful chapter book is the perfect addition to any Rainbow High fan's library. With easy to read text and eye-catching art, these books are ready to share with any young reader at home or in the classroom.
When Bella learns of a contest to win a summer internship, she can't take her mind off of the possibility of entering-and winning!-it....
18) Mirage
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Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Ryan Poitier Sharpe is a gutsy, outgoing girl who spends her summer days hurling herself out of planes at her parents’ skydiving center in the Mojave Desert. Fiercely independent and willing to take risks, she challenges those around her to live life fully. But after a brush with death, Ryan is severely altered—she’s not the same thrill-seeking girl she once was and seems to be teetering on the edge of psychosis.
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