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61) Pursued
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Axel Jack and Daisha Tandala are two thirteen-year-old friends running from a billionaire madman who killed their scientist parents and now wants what the kids have-a GeoPort (Geographical Transportation System.) The GeoPort, invented by their parents, has the ability to transport a person to any place on Earth within seconds. Knowing the power they had created, their parents' dying wish was for the kids to destroy the GeoPort before it lands in the...
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Step into the bright blue webbed feet of Bryony; who will show you the world from a blue-footed booby's point of view.The action takes place in the Galapagos Islands; through Bryony's eyes you meet the different characters and creatures that make this island rich in variety. From Eloise and Maceo the Sally Lightfoot crabs, Ignacio the Iguana, Otto the Octopus through to Bryony's only enemy on the island; Greta the Galapagos Hawk, you are taken on...
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Brittany was a ten-year-old girl who lived with her mother in a small house up in the mountains. She was born and raised in the house where she lived since her father disappeared many years before. Brittany was a lonely little girl. She had no friends, and she had never seen any other kids near her home. She didn't even know if any other kids even existed. She spent most of her days playing down by the river.
Brittany was playing near her home down...
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This is the Diary Of Don & Jon the funny redneck twins. Don & Jon love hunting sneaky snakes and frogs in the Mississippi woods and soon discover that there are even freakier phenomenons out there in the wild. The twins love hunting everything edible like slimy frogs, snakes, alligators and even spiders. Inside you'll find some hilarious Mississippi Bayou hunting stories with vibrant colored illustrations. Make sure to check out your pants before...
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A CHILD, A YOUTH, AN ADULT
LOVE, FRIENDSHIP, QUEST...
What is life? Are there any other worlds?, Who am I?
All this is combined in the work, "Talking to the stars", turning fantasy into reality through its character "Pipilet Mandala", a humanoid snail, who has crossed space and come to Earth as a "Universal Correspondent."
Through the different dialogues, not only will you discover new horizons and concepts of life, but you will also, feel like...
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Earth, as we know it, is dying. Natural resources are being depleted to the point that wars are being fought over a water supply. Social structure is breaking down. Every man for himself. The powerful control what little resources still exist. The governments of the world decide to send a number of colonists to a moon just the other side of our solar system. The last valiant attempt to save mankind. This is the story of that moon and its colonists....
67) Cave of Danger
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"Well, hi, hillbilly." Kurt's grin shone as big and bright as the sun-gold letter L on his velour turtleneck. It was his same arrogant, sneering grin as always, except for the slight tint of embarrassment from having fallen.Matt nodded warily and said nothing. He didn't trust his voice. His throat felt tight, and his chest ached with anxious pressure as he watched the big four-letter athlete casually slapping dust out of his Levis.He tailed me, Matt...
68) Robinson
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A boy who loves adventure.
A mysterious solo journey.
A remote island wilderness.
Cast away in this beautiful dreamlike story
and discover what surprises await.
Peter Sís blends a true story from his childhood
with the fictional adventure of Robinson Crusoe to create
a magical picture book filled with heart and imagination
that readers will want to return to again and again.
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This short Christmas story will no doubt warm your heart - about a nine year young boy called Jonny who is taken to Santa Claus' grotto, Now that he is almost ten he has reached an age when he questions the existence of Santa Claus; so, he has a few questions up his sleeve; number one to ask the big man to prove that Santa Claus exists. But what ensues is they are both almost blown away - literally - when they meet the REAL BIG MAN.
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When a rainbow fish saves the stranger Nii and dumps him on the coast of the Zulu Kingdom, little did he know he would be starting a fishing revolution that will change lives. The Zulus had plenty of cattle and plenty of sea, but nobody went to fish. Nii begins to fish with his host and new partner Tofi, because "Sea Never Dry". Soon the whole community joins in the march towards the sea. One day the rains fail to fall, the grass withers, the cows...
71) Zaira
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Zaira es una chica de un pueblo remoto en los desiertos de Afganistán, un rincón olvidado del mundo, cerca de las montañas. Vive tranquilamente con sus padres y su hermano menor, repartiendo su tiempo entre las tareas del hogar, los juegos y las noches mágicas en las que el abuelo Ahmed, el jefe de la tribu, les cuenta leyendas de dioses antiguos que se remontan a la mitología sumeria. Pero llega el enfrentamiento con los Estados Unidos de América...
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ResumenExpress.com presenta y analiza en esta guía de lectura la novela de aventuras Dos años de vacaciones, del célebre escritor francés Julio Verne. En esta trepidante historia, quince niños solos a bordo de un barco naufragan en una isla, donde deberán organizarse y luchar para sobrevivir, enfrentándose a muchos peligros y situaciones límite que dejarán al lector sin aliento.
¡Ya no tienes que leer y resumir todo el libro, nosotros lo...
73) Isle of Tatsu
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What started out as a four-day sailing adventure off the western coast of Australia for ten-year-old Matt Sawyer and his older brother, Sam, turned into an epic battle for survival that no one could have predicted. Out of nowhere, a freak storm took them by surprise on their third evening at sea. It blew them off course, disabled all the navigation and communication instruments, and landed them on a hostile, uninhabited island.
While scouting the...
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The body of Ben Haversham's Uncle Izzy vanishes and Ben, although he attended the funeral, suspects that his uncle is still alive. He's told that his uncle was working undercover to bring to justice a group of iconoclasts who destroyed the town's monument, the Big Prawn.
75) Duck
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A young boy, faced with trying to figure out what he wants to be when he grows up, aids a yearling duck who, as it happens, is on a similar pursuit with possibly serious consequences.
Can a young person help a duck be a duck? Can a duck instill a passion in a young person?
Together they might unknowingly help each other discover their futures.
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TO FIND HIS LOST SISTER...A BOY BECOMES HIS WORST ENEMY.BUT WILL IT BE ENOUGH TO SAVE HER? After three long years of searching, Twist finally has the power to track down his sister.
But when her trail leads him to dark secrets, he learns that some things are better left undiscovered.
Twist must risk everything for the sister he loves, confronting both Overlords and the Underworld.
Will his gamble be enough?
Or will he lose everything?
This gripping...
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Las tierras mágicas del PIM PAM PUM es el primero de lo que será una colección de tres libros, y narra la historia de Lila la niña de los 4 arcoíris y los hermanos gemelos Magda y Jorgito.
Juntos viajarán a estas tierras mágicas donde hay criaturas increíbles que existen gracias a las visitas secretas de los niños.
Por no respetar las reglas este mundo de fantasía se verá amenazado y así juntos todos tendrán que encontrar la manera de...
78) Nantucket Boat
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This book is based on a true story. In August 2008, two men from Nantucket went fishing for the day on the twenty-six-foot boat the Queen Bee. As they made their way back to shore, a wave tossed both men into the water. They were rescued by the Coast Guard, but the boat was believed to be lost at sea. In January 2012, the boat was discovered floating off the coast of Spain.
79) Traviesa Girl
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Dicen que Erika es una niña muy buena. Hace todo bien en el colegio, en casa, en el parque...
Pero a veces se pone su disfraz y se convierte en TraviesaGirl...
Y hace ¡lo que le da la gana!
¿Es tan buena Erika? ¡Descúbrelo en el nuevo cuento de José Carlos Andrés, ilustrado por Leire Martín!
80) Elvene
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Elvene, a solo Space Corps agent, is on a reconnaissance mission when she is ambushed by space marauders: militaristic robotic drones, designed to hunt and kill.
She escapes by taking refuge on an uncharted planet, where she discovers the Kiri, an unknown tribe living a subsistence life on an ocean archipelago. They have no knowledge of her world nor her of theirs; but they readily adopt her and give her the title of Ocean Woman.
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