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1) Me (Moth)
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IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
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Moth, who lost her family in an accident, and Sani, who is battling ongoing depression, take a road trip that has them chasing ghosts and searching for ancestors, which helps them move forward in surprising, powerful and unforgettable ways.
2) Color Struck
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"A deathbed shouldn't be the peacemaker in this family."
Fifteen-year-old Renee Steele never understood what PaPa's words meant until she's caught in the middle of a growing battle between her two older cousins. Their clashing attitudes, regarding skin tone, threaten to tear the family apart. Renee struggles to keep peace between her cousins, and she turns to Grandma Bell for help. Detecting trouble returning from the grave, Grandma Bell is determined...
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Join us for the first book of the CADY WHIRLWIND THUNDER MYSTERIES Winner of the Historical Society of Michigan's book award for Children & Youth (2020) Winner of the Midwest Book Award for Young Adult Fiction (2020) Winner of the Upper Peninsula Notable Books award (2020) Cady, a 13-year-old girl of Native American heritage, has experienced major changes in the past year-her father's marriage to a younger woman, a new baby brother, and a move from...
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Tecky watched his very old beaver hat fly into a puddle. Again. When would his new school bullies stop sneering at him, for being a Chief's son; descended from the great chief, Tecumseh, of the Shawnee people. The jeering slobs watched him cycle towards his sisters, who were waiting to grab him, like the old game. Living with their grandparents, managers of a trailer park for addicted Native Americans, was a new experience for the girls and Tecky....
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A devastating sacrifice. A daring rescue. A new world of magic unveiled.
As a fourteen-year-old outsider girl in the Worker village, Isika is destined for endless drudgery, serving her priest stepfather and worshiping the four goddesses of the Worker people. She doesn't fit in and she hates the goddesses, but her mother is dead, and her three remaining siblings need her to be good and keep them safe. She can't think of anything beyond surviving each...
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>>World Whisperer Book 1
Rich with adventure and magic, Rachel Devenish Ford's debut fantasy is the tale of a fearful girl stepping into her true destiny.
As a fifteen-year-old outsider girl in the Worker village, Isika is destined for endless drudgery, serving her priest stepfather and worshiping the four goddesses of the Worker people. She doesn't fit in and she hates the goddesses, but her mother is dead, and her three remaining siblings need...
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44 pages / 6800 wordsSimon's world is finally turning around. He's at last gotten his very first real job, working at a local pet store in Grafton, Massachusetts. He's out of the reach of his overbearing older brother who somehow manages to do everything perfectly. Captain of the football team. Captain of the baseball team. In comparison, Simon is a failure. Nothing in his life ever seems to be right.
Even when Cindy starts hanging out at the pet...
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«El hotel Ellesmere se halla al sur de Hyde Park, en uno de los barrios más elitistas de Londres, hogar del creador de Peter Pan: el célebre South Kensington».
Allí va a parar LILY, admitida en la universidad gracias a una beca y atónita por su lujosa residencia. Para MEREDITH, ese ambiente es muy común, al igual que para AVA, más interesada en que sus secretos no salgan a la luz pese a la insistencia de CONNOR, ese chico coreano que siempre...
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Based in a daunting village of the East, the novel focuses on a variety of complex emotions and behaviours that portray not only the perplexing depth of humans but also the disdainful affect of culture. It begins with a vivid portrayal of justice - or so it seems - where the death penalty of one of our most beloved character is announced. The novel continues into the aesthetic and soothing introduction of our protagonist, Azmina, who's an eighteen...
10) The Teenager
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This book is timely in our society, when family virtues have been under serious attack by high rate of divorces and long hours spent in the office or outside the home by parents. These have contributed in depriving our young people of love and care, and has left some of them disillusioned, confused, and clamoring for attention. The Teenager attempts to draw our attention to the good son, Morris, who was a product of dedicated loving parents and caring...
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«En Las Vegas, el tiempo se congela entre fiestas y casinos».
Y por eso no es sorprendente que MEREDITH vaya a ir, aunque sí que lo es su propuesta. AVA no puede dejar de pensar que ahí hay algo extraño, por más que CONNOR intente tranquilizarla y que LILY no desconfíe porque lo único que quiere es no pensar en TOM ni FINN ni XIMENA ni JASMINE, puesto que lo que ha pasado es horrible, atroz, y ¿por qué OLIVER no puede limitarse a desaparecer...
12) Demon's Arrow
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A poison arrow. A prophecy of two sisters. A journey into the heart of the resistance.
While Isika is preparing for her future role with the Maweel, members of the Karee tribe come to ask for help with the problem of masses of disappearing people. Meanwhile, Aria grows weaker daily from the poison arrow lodged inside her, and time seems to be growing short.
A disturbing Karee prophecy might contain more answers, and as Aria is pulled deeper into...
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Holly has been keeping a low profile at school to avoid situations where the class bully can make unkind comments about her single sex parents and exclude her. Her strategy is upset when Azita, an Iranian refugee, joins her Year 7 class, and they become friends.
The two girls are opposites, and Holly's world expands in unexpected ways. It will take her on a journey towards independence and self-belief and towards a greater understanding of the natural...
14) Breathe for Me
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Tara Fowler can't wait to leave home. Raised by Maggie, her drunken mother, Tara, is desperate for love. With the help of her favorite teacher, Tara overcomes cold nights, empty cupboards, and an inappropriate teenage crush to finally graduate and leave Asheville, North Carolina.On the campus of A&T State University, she finds hope and a handsome boy named Marcus Stallings. He shares his family and faith with Tara, eventually finding a place in her...
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Femi is a spoiled rich Prince who likes to have fun with his friends. Unlike his elder brother, Prince Timmy, Femi uses his power to belittle and hurt innocent people for his gratification. One day, his boat was cast away to a deserted island.
There, he met ordinary villagers who led simple and peaceful lives. However, Femi struggled to live among them. Out of arrogance, he lost a bet to the jewel of the village, Becky. His forfeit was that he had...
16) The Blue Cat
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A boy stood in the playground under the big fig tree. 'He can't speak English,' the children whispered.
Sydney, 1942. The war is coming to Australia - not only with the threat of bombardment, but also the arrival of refugees from Europe. Dreamy Columba's world is growing larger. She is drawn to Ellery, the little boy from far away, and, together with her highly practical best friend Hilda, the three children embark on an adventure through the harbour-side...
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There is no 'I' without Identity. When Daniel wakes up in hospital, he has no memory of how he got there or who he is. Driven by a desire for the truth, Daniel discovers the road to recovery is full of obstacles and that familiar faces are acting differently. In his quest to reclaim his true identity and solve the larger mystery surrounding him, he discovers that the hardest person to truly know is himself as he meticulously begins Rediscovering Daniel......
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Welcome to the Dark.
We are all familiar with tropes of the horror genre: slasher and victims, demon and the possessed. Bloody screams, haunted visions, and the peddler of wares we aren't sure we can trust. In this young adult horror anthology, fans of Jordan Peele, Lovecraft Country, and Horror Noire will get a little bit of everything they love-and a lot of what they fear-through a twisted blend of horror lenses, from the thoughtful to the...
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Three 17-year-olds. One Sunday morning. And a single riders line. What could possibly go wrong? After Seong Duri gets in a fight with her sister, Duri skips church to go to an amusement park. But when she runs into the pastor's son, she asks the next person in line to switch places. She has no idea this decision will change more lives than one. Alex Danieli is heartbroken after their boyfriend dumped them. Missing him, Alex decides to go on their...
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Tom é um menino insatisfeito com sua aparência. Em razão disso, faz inúmeros questionamentos sobre o motivo pelo qual todos se parecem, usam os mesmos cabelos ou as roupas semelhantes. Preocupado com isso, ele tem uma ideia: tingir o cabelo com uma cor diferente. Essa interessante história, narrada em inglês, mostra ao leitor como a mudança e a diferença podem gerar surpresas bastante agradáveis e inusitadas.
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