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416641) Pas de pardon à Locronan
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Pourquoi la ville de Locronan en veut-elle tant à Anne ?
Quel délit avait pu commettre Anne pour se voir rejetée de Locronan à vingt ans et victime d'un sabotage criminel lors de son retour au pays, près de trente années plus tard ? Ami de la victime qui s'apprêtait à lui révéler les faits, Paul Capitaine se joint, avec Sarah, aux investigations des gendarmes locaux. Sous les giboulées de mars, Locronan révèle sa face obscure ; les...
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"Brilliant." -Kirkus Reviews, starred review
What if princesses didn't always marry Prince Charming and live happily ever after? In this stunning anthology-elegantly presented in a red, clothbound hard cover with gold-toned metallic debossing-15 favorite fairytales have been retold for a new generation. These princesses are smart, funny, and kind, and can do anything they set their minds to.
Focused on issues including self-image, confidence,...
416643) Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams
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From award-winning verse novelist Shari Green comes an unforgettable story of friendship, first love, and an impossible choice between integrity and duty, family and friends, all while fighting for a dream.
Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams is a historical YA novel in verse that centers around a young pianist in East Germany trying to make sense of love, duty, and the pursuit of dreams during the unsettled months of protest that led to the fall of...
416644) Autumn's Dawn
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After a school year of dealing with personal issues, Autumn Dawn is happy summer is finally here. Autumn plans on visiting her aunt Jessie in Minneapolis before heading back home for the class she needs to attend in order to pass to the next grade. On the first day of class, Autumn finds herself face-to-face with Sydney, the bully who thinks it is fun to pick on her. What could be worse? They are paired together and will be tutoring each other! Between...
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Every day at the hospital is a new adventure for Cricket, and today is no exception. She and her handler are on the neurology floor visiting nine-year-old Braden, a young boy with epilepsy.
Can Cricket help Braden cope with a blood draw and other important tests and procedures in the hospital? Join Cricket and her handler to find out more about Braden and explore epilepsy.
Therapy dogs are specially trained to help kids through medical experiences-from...
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A chilling short story taking us back to DI Sean Corrigan's days as a detective from Luke Delaney, ex-Met detective and author of COLD KILLING. Perfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Peter James and Stuart MacBride. INCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT FROM THE TOY TAKER. DI Sean Corrigan is not like other detectives. The terrible abuse he suffered as a child has left him with an uncanny ability to identify darkness in others. Early in his career as a Detective,...
416647) Danger in Detroit
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The Leland family is in Detroit with their grandpa for a family conference! Will Mark finally experience an adventure? Where did Grandpa and the boys go? Will the bad guys be caught? Why are all of these things happening? Join the Lelands as they are chased through the dark alleys of Detroit, take part in an exciting donut delivery, and more, while trusting God through it all.
416648) Pin Drop
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Self-proclaimed atheist virgin, Mo Perez, has no interest in meeting Mr. Right. She has enough problems trying to cope with her foster care upbringing, her alternative education classes, and constant financial hardships thanks to Marci, her 21-year-old sister and legal guardian who refuses to get a real job. It's a lot for a 16-year-old to handle. But Mo Perez is no ordinary 16-year-old. Her razor sharp wit and unmistakable street smarts earn her...
416649) Float
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Float (Laura Martin) volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
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From the critically acclaimed author of the Edge of Extinction series comes this fast-paced, action-packed, and heartfelt adventure about a group of kids with uncontrollable abilities, perfect for fans of Gordon Korman, Lisa McMann, and Dan Gutman!
Emerson can float…he just can't do it very well.
His uncontrollable floating is his RISK factor, which means that he deals with Reoccurring Incidents of the Strange Kind. The last place Emerson wants...
416650) The Girls
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Meet Mary: She's beautiful, she's nice, and her ski star boyfriend is cheating on her.
Meet Crystal: She's a townie, she works at Mod Jeans, and she's cheating with Mary's boyfriend.
Meet Sylvia: She's nasty, she's rich, and she's got something up her Prada-designed sleeve.
Meet Amber: She's a flake, she's the barista at the hottest coffee shop in Aspen, and she serves up gossip even hotter than grande skim lattes.
Meet Peggy: She's Mary's best...
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What should we learn from A Bottle in the Gaza Sea, the story of the dialogue between an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man? Find everything you need to know about this work in a complete and detailed reading sheet.
You will find in this booklet:
- A complete summary of the novel
- A psychological study of the characters: Tal, Naïm, Eytan, Ouri, Efrat and Tal's parents
- An analysis of the specificities of the work : The Israeli-Palestinian...
416652) Baghdad Central
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Baghdad Central is a noir debut novel set in Baghdad in September 2003. The US occupation of Iraq is a swamp of incompetence and self-delusion. The CPA has disbanded the Iraqi army and police as a consequence of its paranoid policy of de-Ba'athification of Iraqi society. Tales of hubris and reality-denial abound, culminating in Washington hailing the mess a glorious "mission accomplished." Inspector Muhsin al-Khafaji is a mid-level Iraqi cop who deserted...
416653) Prototype
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A single breakthrough could change the world forever.
Having just completed a complex recovery assignment, covert salvage specialist Korso is in no mood to take on another job so soon, but he has little choice when he's contacted by Cole Ashcroft, an ex-colleague who's calling in a debt. An official at the US Embassy in Bulgaria has approached Cole with a well-paying salvage job, but only if he can persuade Korso to plan the whole operation.
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Lynne Truss's first novel, in which she shows herself to be one of the very best comic writers.
'It was nobody's fault, this widely held assumption that 'Come Into the Garden' had long since sought eternal peace in the great magazine rack in the sky. Nevertheless, it required strength of character for those intimately acquainted with the title not to take the comments personally. After all, it was a bit like being dead but not lying down'.
Osborne...
416655) Don't Call Me Grandma
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Great-grandmother Nell eats fish for breakfast, she doesn't hug or kiss, and she does NOT want to be called grandma. Her great-granddaughter isn't sure what to think about her. As she slowly learns more about Nell's life and experiences, the girl finds ways to connect with her prickly great-grandmother.
416656) Escape from Fire Lake
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Last chance detectives volume 3
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Will Mike find his way out before he runs out of water?
Winnie, Ben, and Spence have just found Mike's compass in the dirt at an old abandoned motel in town. And worse, the empty getaway car from yesterday's bank robbery is sitting in the motel's courtyard. The Last Chance Detectives launch a desperate search for one of their own-but it's a race against time, and the odds are against them.
A manhunt...the figure of a winged jaguar...flames in the...
416657) The Ol' Switcheroo
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Cindy Poo the Squirrel listens to EZ tell the story about Isaac and Rebekah's twins, Jacob and Esau, to Avra and Scooter. Jacob lands himself in trouble with Esau and goes away to his uncle Laban's house. Hear about the strange dream Jacob has along the way (Gen 25:21 - 28:22).
416658) In the Woods of Memory
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The novel focuses on two incidents during the Battle of Okinawa, 1945: the rape of Sayoko, 17, by four US soldiers; and Seiji's stabbing revenge. Narrations through nine points of view, Japanese and American, from 1945 to present reveal the full complexity of events and how war trauma ripples through the generations. Medoruma's first full-length English translated work.
416660) Greetings, Leroy
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The first day at a new school is nerve-wracking enough, never mind when it's in a new country! In this lively picture book from award-winning storyteller Itah Sadu, Roy realizes he may come to love his new home in Canada as much as he loves his old home in Jamaica. Written as an email to a friend back home, this picture book tells the story of Roy, whose family has just moved to Canada from Jamaica. His new home is different from his old home –...
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