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Bartholomew Biddle's life has always been pretty ordinary, but when a huge wind blows past his window one night, he feels the call of adventure, grabs his bedsheet and starts flying. Soon he's soaring far above his little town, heading wherever the wind takes him. But will he be able to find his way home again?
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"Betita, de nueve años, sabe que es una grulla. Papi le contó la historia desde antes que su familia emigrara a Los Ángeles buscando refugio de la guerra del narco en México. Los aztecas procedían de un lugar llamado Aztlán, en lo que es hoy el sureste de Estados Unidos, cuyo nombre significa 'tierra de las grullas', y establecieron su gran ciudad en el centro del universo: Tenochtitlán, la actual Ciudad de México. Cuenta una profesía que...
443) When clouds touch us
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Inspired by the authors experience, this stunning novel in verse, sequel to the award-winning #1 bestseller Inside Out and Back Again, picks up two years after Ha and her family arrive in Alabama as refugees from the Vietnam War, and Newbery Honor author Rajani LaRocca said "is a gorgeous book about upheaval, the strength of family, and fiercely reaching for the future." Two years ago, Ha and her family arrived in Alabama as refugees from the Vietnam...
446) Casi, Casi Un Hogar
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"¿Cùnto tiempo tienes que vivir en un lugar antes de que puedas llamarlo casa? Laura Rodr̕guez Col̤n tiene un plan: no importa lo que digan los adultos, ella vivir̀ nuevamente con sus padres. Despǔs de todo, ¿c̤mo les explicas a los dem̀s que est̀s en un hogar de acogida, aunque sea el apartamento tu t̕a? ¿C̤mo explicas que quieres volver a casa?"--
447) Dandelion travels
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"Eric Wallace is sick of secrets. As a Black queer teen, Eric's efforts to conform to fit his parents' and classmates' expectations have left him exhausted by the summer after senior year. When Eric finds out his pastor father has been cheating on his mother, his picture-perfect family crumbles. Eric rages at the double standards he's been held to. He travels to Los Angeles with his best friends to escape his home life and finally start to live on...
448) Eva of the farm
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Twelve-year-old Eva writes beautiful poems on the farm in Washington State that her family has owned for generations, but when money runs out and then her baby brother gets sick, the family faces foreclosure and the way of life she loves is threatened.
449) Blood brothers
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"Calvin Johnston's secret is out. He and his brothers are tainted. Untouchable. And the bad blood flowing through their veins is threatening to kill them. So are some of their neighbors in Ashland, the "Friendliest Little Town" in Florida. The Johnston brothers are kicked out of everything--school, baseball, scouts, even church. Ashland's anger has erupted into the fireball of hate. The only silver lining is that Calvin's best friend Izzy lives 65...
450) Star fish
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Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.
452) La luna dentro de mí
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Eleven-year-old (nearly twelve) Celi Rivera, who is a mix of Black-Puerto Rican-Mexican Indian is uncomfortable about her approaching period, and the changes that are happening to her body; she is horrified that her mother wants to hold a traditional public moon ceremony to celebrate the occasion--until she finds out that her best friend Magda is contemplating an even more profound change of life.
453) Blue birds
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"As tensions rise between the English settlers and the Native peoples on Roanoke Island, twelve-year-old Alis forms an impossible friendship with a native girl named Kimi"--
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After his parents' death, his own near-drowning, and months in foster care, twelve-year-old Eckhart Lyon moves to his Uncle Al's orchard on trial but yearns for a real home, and with new friend Eva's help he sets out on a quest to atone and prove himself worthy like his hero, Sir Gawain.
455) Looking for me
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In 1936 Baltimore, an eleven-year-old Jewish girl, one of twelve siblings, tries to find her place in her overcrowded family.
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"Colonel Victor Von Vector has a blunderbuss gun with a peculiar recoil. When he shoots, he gets kicked back in time 600 million years to the Cambrian Period. With each subsequent shot, Victor moves through geologic time, encountering beasts of the past and wandering through the varied environments that have colored Earth's history. Utilizing the Shakespearian sonnet as his means of record, Victor's journey from Cambrian, to Ordovician, Silurian,...
457) Red doc>
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A continuation of the author's Autobiography of red (1998), following the characters in later life, but in a different style and with changed names.
458) Toppling
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All John cares about is setting the world record for knocking down dominoes and spending time with his best friends at school until his closest friend, Dom, is hospitalized, leaving John and the gang wondering what to do for him.
459) Brushing Mom's hair
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A fourteen-year-old girl, whose mother's breast cancer diagnosis and treatment have affected every aspect of their lives, finds release in ballet and art classes.
460) Always June
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June's secret eating disorder has been exposed to her whole school, and she knows there's no going back to the way things were. Plus, her mom has started dating again-and it's serious. What's worse, her big sister Mae leaves for college early after a big fight. While taking refuge at the local bowling alley, June gets roped into joining the girls' bowling team. As she improves her bowling game, June finds a newfound appreciation of all her body can...
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