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13101) A Hopeful Hero
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Kirby's life has come full circle. Ten-years ago, he was on top of the world. His best friend Bennett was one of the top basketball prospects in the nation. Instead of moving on to college, Bennett died. The following years passed in a haze but Kirby's desire to find out why Bennett died has consumed him. Now, Simon, a one-time enemy turned friend, lies on his deathbed after getting close to a resolution and Kirby can do nothing but watch and pray....
13102) Perfect As I Am
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Read along with Micah and Myrah as they, use the principles of positive affirmations to demonstrate their self-worth. Perfect As I Am will empower young children to love themselves just as they are. With these powerful affirmations, children will learn to build their confidence in preparation for the many opportunities life will afford them.
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Even the most shattered soul is worth saving.
Michael Harris has every reason to want Jonathan Crane dead. They were best friends as teens, but that changed when Jonathan started his crazy talk-imaginary doorways, a royal family, and freedom. It was heresy to question the state or believe in anything beyond this world, but one by one, people got sucked into Jonathan's Skyborn lies. The madness led to massacre, and Jonathan fled while Michael watched...
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English Italian Bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids learning English or Italian as their second language. This story is about a caterpillar who accidentally went on an adventure, traveling far away from her home in the forest. She had an exciting experience, trying new foods and exploring new places. But at the end, she was the most happy to come back home to her family.
13105) The Quest for the Luminae
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Thirteen-year-old Milo lives beneath the earth.
He works as a bounty hunter's apprentice in the Underground of Aetror. Along with his master, Rod, he tracks criminals through dark tunnels and does his best to not get killed. He dreams of an apprenticeship to a baker, or a carpenter... or anything safer than this.
Milo has never been aboveground. He's never seen the sun, the clouds, or the sea, and he's happy to keep it that way.
The king of Aetror...
13106) Until the Day Arrives
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A fast-moving middle-grade novel set in the seventeenth century about two Portuguese orphans who are sent to Brazil where they encounter slaves from Africa. Together with their new friend, an aboriginal boy, they work towards reuniting the slaves with their families and helping them escape to freedom. The novel opens when Bento is wrongly thrown into Lisbon's prison by the king's guards, leaving his younger sibling, Manu, to fend for himself. Fortunately,...
13107) Corbenic
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It starts when Cal gets off the train at the wrong stop in the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere. He's stranded.
Following a muddy path leads him to a castle that appears to be deserted. But inside is Corbenic, a magnificent hotel filled with rich people preparing for a banquet-and Cal is their guest of honor. During the meal, he experiences a disturbing vision, but when he is asked to talk about what he has seen, he denies it. What if...
13108) Long Story Short
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From Ireland's first laureate for children's literature comes a story of abuse and neglect told with sincerity, heart, and a healthy dose of humor.
Jono has always been able to cope with his mother's drinking, but when she hits his little sister Julie, he decides it's time for them to run away. Told in Jono's funny, self-conscious voice, the layers of his past and the events of his escape are gradually revealed. Amusing and touching but never sentimental,...
13109) The Distance of Hope
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Fifteen-year-old Yeshe Anjur, the nearly-blind heir to the throne of Padma, undertakes a dangerous journey to far-off Tigristan to find the legendary White Bean Lama who may be able to restore his sight.
13110) Histoire en queue de poisson
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Dans une petite ville portuaire, Colin éprouve des sentiments envers Lola, une jeune fille au charme exceptionnel. Cependant, tout bascule après un tragique accident, privant Lola de l'usage de ses jambes.Mais dans cette ville trop parfaite les gens différents ne sont pas les bienvenus…Une aventure pleine de défis et de découvertes les attend à chaque coin de rue !
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Gaëtan Bodet - Né en 1996 en Loire-Atlantique, Gaëtan...
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Un apprentissage de la peur et du courage!
Au coeur des marais de Brière se cachent bien des secrets et des dangers que Thomas et Julien n'hésitent pas à braver afin de sauver une petite fille tombée aux mains de dangereux trafiquants.
Au cours d'une nuit mémorable, portés par la force de l'amitié, les deux garçons vont faire l'apprentissage de la peur et du courage.
Dans ce récit d'initiation plein de suspense, Lalie Walker nous livre...
13112) Elemental: A Family's Dream
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Element City is a place where Fire, Water, Earth, and Air people live as neighbors. Fiery Ember grew up believing that different elements could not be friends. However, a chance encounter with a Water person named Wade shows her a whole new side of life. As their friendship unfolds, Ember begins to see that amazing things can happen when different Elements come together. Based on the Disney Pixar film Elemental, this beautifully illustrated book is...
13113) Going Dark
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"An intense rollercoaster of a thriller and a searing indictment of which victims get our attention and sympathy."
–#1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu
In this ripped-from-the-headlines Gone Girl meets A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz weaves a white-knuckle YA thriller about a beautiful young influencer who vanishes after going on vacation with her boyfriend.
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13114) The Bakehouse
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Bert wants nothing more than to be old enough to fight in the war-to handle weapons, defend his country, and have a life filled with adventure. Little does he know that the secrets and danger of war don't always stay at the front line and that one boy's actions can change everything.
13115) Dust House and the West Wind
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A magic farm, a cursed town, and a man, who can wrestle a force of nature are a bit much for most teenagers to handle. But, Jemma is no ordinary girl. She has the attitude of a surly old woman, a painful limp, courtesy of Black Boot's last brush through Oklahoma, and she's, inherited one special family trait: she's a bit of a witch.
Black Boot drags the west wind in his coattails, and he wants more power. He wants Dust House. The home of Jemma's...
13116) Call Me Penny Pickleberry
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Meet Penelope Pickleberry, first grader extraordinaire. Penelope can do lots of things, like pack her own snack and tie her shoelaces in under thirty seconds. But Penelope has one huge problem-Nelly, the negative voice in her head that tells her about bad things that might happen. At the final game of the soccer season, Nelly's I-just-can't message is getting louder. Luckily, Penelope also has Penny, the positive, confidence-boosting voice inside...
13117) As Far as Birds Can Fly
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First, there was Bird. Then there was Bird-Bird. And now, Third Bird.
Magnolia's daddy won the beloved cockatiel Third Bird at a carnival, just before he, died in a car accident. Magnolia promised to always take good care of Third Bird... but then she loses him, when she accidentally, allows the bird to fly from his cage at her mama's beauty salon.
Magnolia's grief, for her father and for her lost bird, opens up a whole, new world of friends as they...
13118) The Quarterback's Crush
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Do nice guys always have to finish last? For Dylan Porter, it's starting to look that way. His plan is to finish high school, get a football scholarship, and come out to his family and friends when he has the cushion of being away at college. But none of that is going to happen if his failing grades get him kicked off the team. His saving grace comes in the form of Tommy Peterson, the smartest kid in school, who also happens to be the Triple S that...
13120) Lucretia
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Lucretia is a spin-off of the Whirlwind series and reconnects the reader with many of the characters they loved in the first two books, Watch for the Whirlwinds and Meryl Jean Another Whirlwind. The setting is the Bootheel of Missouri in the 40s and 50s in the small, fictitious community of Muddy Ox. It is the story of a girl who doesn't let her family struggles and poor choices of her youth define the rest of her life. Through courage and determination,...
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