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Cooper is lost. Ever since his father left their family three years ago, he has become distant from his friends, constantly annoyed by his little sister, Jess, and completely fed up with the pale, creepy rich girl who moved in next door, who won't stop staring at him. So when Cooper learns of an unsolved mystery his sister has discovered online, he welcomes the distraction. It's the tale of a deadly train crash that occurred a hundred years ago in...
3) Train I ride
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Rydr is on a train heading east, leaving California, where her gramma can't take care of her anymore, and traveling to Chicago to live with an unknown relative. She brings with her a suitcase, memories both happy and sad, and a box containing something very important. As Rydr meets her fellow passengers and learns their stories, her own past begins to emerge. And as much as Rydr may want to forget about her life in California, on the train she finds...
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"Asha lives in the foothills of the Himalayas. Money is tight and she misses her papa, who works in the city. When he suddenly stops sending his wages, a ruthless moneylender ransacks their home, and her mother talks of leaving. From her den in the mango tree, Asha makes a pact with her best friend, Jeevan, to find her father and make things right. But the journey is dangerous: they must cross the world's highest mountains and face hunger, exhaustion,...
5) Paper chains
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Katie and Ana are the kind of friends who share everything with each other. But there are some things you can't even share with your best friend. Katie has always known she was adopted, but recently she's been wondering about her birth parents and her birthplace. She worries that saying this out loud -- even to her best friend -- could mess up the perfect family she has now. Ana's family has been falling apart ever since her dad left, and it's up...
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Eleven-year-old Maybelle Lane collects sounds. She records the Louisiana crickets chirping, Momma strumming her guitar, their broken trailer door squeaking. But the crown jewel of her collection is a sound she didn't collect herself: an old recording of her daddy's warm-sunshine laugh, saved on an old phone's voicemail. It's the only thing she has of his, and the only thing she knows about him. Until the day she hears that laugh--his laugh--pouring...
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Carlitos vive en un hogar feliz con su madre, su abuela y Coco, el gato. La vida en su pueblo es muy acogedora, pero Carlitos decide ir a la capital, al atro lado de la bahía, en busca de su padre.
"Carlitos lives in a happy home with his mother, his abuela, and Coco the cat. Life in his hometown is cozy as can be, but the call of the capital city pulls Carlitos across the bay in search of his father. Jolly piragüeros, mischievous cats, and costumed...
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"When the police come knocking at her door, Maybeth is worried her mother is caught up in their small town's drug scene again. Instead, the police are there to question Maybeth about her beloved and long-absent father. He has become the lead suspect in a string of unsolved murders across the country--and Maybeth may be the key to convicting him. Trapped between her scientific mind and her love for her father, Maybeth is forced to confront the reality...
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La historia de Christopher y su mamá. Este cuento ayuda a los niños a afrontar la ausencia de un padre, una situación muy difícil y complicada. Es interesante saber las razones por las que ciertas cosas son pequeñas para los adultos y pueden ser las más importantes para los niños. Este cuento ayudará a hablar con los niños del abandono o el divorcio; es una excelente herramienta para reflexionar con ellos sus sentimientos porque, muchas veces,...
13) Infinity lost
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(Siah).Infinity trilogy volume 1
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Infinity 'Finn' Blackstone, the daughter of Blackstone's reclusive CEO, has never even met him. When Finn and a group of her peers are invited to Blackstone's top-secret HQ, Finn hopes to have the chance to connect to her father in hopes that he will be able to provide answers as to why Finn is suffering disturbing dreams. The trip decends into chaos as the group becomes trapped inside the shape-shiftning walls of the corporation. Finn's dream-memories...
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