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Secret coders volume 3
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Volume 3 in the mind-bending new series from Gene Luen Yang! Hopper never dreamed that there was a connection between the Bee School and her missing father -- but it turns out that Albert Gracie was also a student of this mysterious coding school. His disappearance can only be the work of Dr. One-Zero. Once a star pupil of the Bee School, Dr. One-Zero is now a green-skinned villain on the hunt for "the most powerful turtle in the world." And the coders...
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En mitad de la nocha en un barrio tranquilo de Minneapolis raptan a Luke Ellis, de doce años, tras haber asesinado a sus padres. Una operación que dura menos de dos minutos. Luke se despierta en el Instituto, en un cuarto exactamente igual al suyo pero sin ventanans. En habitaciones parecidas hay más niños: Kalisha, Nick, George, Iris, y Avery Dixon, entre otros, que comparten capacidades especiales como la telequinesia o la telepatía. Todos...
43) The last samurai
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New Directions paperbook volume 1340
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English
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Sibylla, an American-at-Oxford turned loose on London, finds herself trapped as a single mother after a misguided one-night stand. High-minded principles of child-rearing work disastrously well. J.S. Mill (taught Greek at three) and Yo Yo Ma (Bach at two) claimed the methods would work with any child; when these succeed with the boy Ludo, he causes havoc at school and is home again in a month. (Is he a prodigy, a genius? Readers looking over Ludo's...
44) Gifted
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English
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Arrogant, mentally gifted George Clark has dreaded the eighth-grade class camping trip and its inevitable bullying, but a hurricane and a friend's loyalty make him realize what is important in life.
45) Gakuen Alice
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Gakuen Alice volume 1
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English
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Young Mikan runs away to Tokyo following her friend Hotaru, who has been enrolled in a secretive private school for geniuses. But it turns out that Alice Academy is a lot more than meets the eye. Everyone at the school has some special talent, but what talent does Mikan possess?
47) Fresh air
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English
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Lucinda Hunter has been a virtual recluse in a Connecticut farmhouse for 27 years. Katanya Taylor is a nine-year old from Harlem who is staying with a host family for two weeks and meets Lucinda while admiring her garden. Lucinda's acquaintance with Katanya prompts the older woman to reexamine her life.
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Young Miss Holmes volume 1
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English
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"Christie Holmes is a prodigy. At ten years old, she's as familiar with the sciences and classics as any older student at Cambridge or Oxford. And her facility with logic is reminiscent of her uncle, the eminent Sherlock Holmes himself. So, what's a brilliant young girl to do when her parents are away in India, leaving her behind in the care of maids and servants? Solve mysteries, of course. Along with her giant hound Nelson, Christie's implacable...
51) Chopsticks
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Told entirely with images, this is the story of Glory, a piano prodigy. Brilliant and lonely, Glory falls in love with Frank, who moves in next door, and is soon unable to play anything but the song "Chopsticks."
54) The perfect son
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English
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Ella Fitswilliam takes care of her special needs son, Harry by herself, with husband Felix too focused on other things. But after Ella has a heart attack Harry is forced to face life alone and Felix must fight to keep the family together.
59) The parasites
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English
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The indolent offspring of two famous entertainers use their limited talents to maintain the fantasy world they have created.
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