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Kex & Kola are two hamsters living in Hamster Valley in the sewer. The sewer is no longer what it once used to be as it is clean, with rivers, crystal clear waters and palm trees looking like a tropical paradise occupied by Hamsters that are middle and upper class. Follow Kex & Kola into a magical sewer in a book written for those who like to dream. From adventures of playing soccer by the crystal-clear stream with Vincent who is a colorful turtle...
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"Únete a Jordina, Ana, Luis y Jorge en una emocionante aventura en la que los libros y las rosas son los protagonistas. Los cuatro amigos tendrán que enfrentarse al malvado dragón de peluche que ha invadido la biblioteca del colegio y ha atrapado al bibliotecario en su torre de libros. Con valentía y astucia, los niños se embarcarán en una misión para salvar los libros y rescatar al bibliotecario, demostrando la importancia de la amistad, el...
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Teen fans of The Devil Wears Prada will relish this inside scoop on high society fashion from bestselling authors Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargman, star of the Bravo series Odd Mom Out.
Meet Kira Parker, total teenage fashionista. At her summer internship with one of New York's preeminent fashion magazines, Kira's to-do list includes rounding up models, fetching high-price dry cleaning, and snagging invites to some of the hottest parties in town.
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This mesmerizing narrative nonfiction draws on contemporary accounts as it traces the roots of an explosion that had been building for decades in race relations, politics, business, and clashes of culture.
Coretta Scott King Award winner * Carter G. Woodson Book Award from the National Council for the Social Studies
On a hot day in July 1919, five black youths went swimming in Lake Michigan, unintentionally floating close to the "white" beach. An...
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As a boy, Russell played with bubbles and made a wish…..Unbeknown to him, that bubble floated away and was kept safe by Bubbadream, the wishkeeper.Years later, Russell's day is falling apart. So is his life. And the world too it seems. But who would imagine it was all linked to the bubble and the wish attached to it from so many years ago when Russell was a boy?"Wish upon a Bubble" is a story for children, Young Adults and Adults alike. It is a...
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Best friends Devin and Frankie hate reading, but getting trapped inside Dracula might change their minds. Devin and Frankie may be the best of friends, but they aren't the best of students. When they're busted for not reading Dracula with the rest of the class, their English teacher sends them to the library to mend books as punishment. As the friends fight about who has to mend Dracula, the book flies out of their hands and lands between the library's...
9) Borderline
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The truth is closing in.
Life's not easy for Sami Sabiri since his dad stuck him at a private school where he's the only Muslim kid. But it's about to get a lot worse.
When Sami catches his father in a lie, he gets suspicious. . . . He's not the only one. In a whirlwind, the FBI descends on his home, and Sami's family becomes the center of an international terrorist investigation. Now Sami must fight to keep his world from unraveling.
An explosive...
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It's the holiday season, and Devin and Frankie could use a lesson in selflessness - who better to teach them than Ebenezer Scrooge? It's Christmastime at Palmdale Middle School, and the sixth grade class has organized a holiday banquet for local families in need. Best friends Devin and Frankie are excited to eat, but they forgot to bring in food donations - and they didn't read A Christmas Carol for English class. While the two fight over the library's...
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She promised her mama she'd keep them safe.
It's been six months since Mama died, and Chanda is struggling to raise her little brother and sister. Determined to end a family feud, she takes them to her relatives' remote rural village.
But across the nearby border, a brutal civil war is spreading. Rebels led by the ruthless General Mandiki attack at night, stealing children. All that separates Chanda from the horror is a stretch of rugged bush and...
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Sam the library mouse "continues his adventures in a new arena as he encourages budding artists and authors" (School Library Journal).
Sam the library mouse and his friend Sarah are off on a new adventure. This time they leave the library behind and go to a museum so Sam can make sketches in his explorer's journal. Sarah isn't so sure that explorers have the time or the interest to write in journals. But Sam shows her that a journal can contain...
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