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1562) Speak easy, speak love
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"Six teenagers' lives intertwine during a summer of romantic misunderstandings and dangerous deals in this retelling of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, set in the era of Prohibition in the 1920s"--
After she gets kicked out of boarding school, Beatrice goes to her uncle's estate on Long Island. It's a rundown old mansion, where Beatrice's cousin, Hero, runs a struggling speakeasy out of the basement. As Beatrice and Hero throw all their efforts...
1563) This book won't burn
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While still coping with her parents' sudden divorce and having to start at a new school midway through her senior year, Noor and two new friends take a stand against book bans at their small-town Illinois high school.
1565) La sorpresa verde
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Uncle Alex se apunta a la barbacoa de la familia García y trae una sorpresa. Una gran sorpresa verde. Al principio, Carlos y Carmen están decepcionados por esa sorpresa verde y abultada. Pero con la ayuda de su madre y con unas cuantas varillas y estacas, el bulto se convirtió en una sorpresa repleta de diversión.
For twins Carlos and Carmen, Uncle Alex's big green surprise turns into the best backyard camping experience ever.
1569) Blood justice
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Cristina and Clement Trudeau have conjured the impossible: justice.They took back their family's stolen throne to lead New Orleans' magical community into the brighter future they all deserve. But when Cris and Clem restored their family power, Valentina Savant lost everything. Her beloved grandparents are gone and her sovereignty has been revoked--she will never be Queen. Unless, of course, someone dethrones the Trudeaus again. And lucky for her,...
1570) Before we were free
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In the early 1960s in the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Anita learns that her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo.
1571) La casa de una llanta
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Carlos y Carmen reciben una noticia inesperada. Se mudan a una nueva casa. Su nueva casa es grande, roja y tiene una llanta. ¿¡Qué!? ¿¡Una casa con una llanta!? Los gemelos están nerviosísimos hasta que descubren que la casa de una llanta puede ser divertida.
The Garcia family is moving to a new house, and twins Carlos and Carmen do not want to leave their small, familiar home--especially since they do not understand why their father...
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Sixteen-year-old Novah feels like her life has been put on hold, taking care of her four younger siblings while her older sister Ariana gets to play volleyball and hang out--but when their parents are killed in a car crash Ariana and Novah will have to learn to cooperate.
1573) Imagina
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"Have you ever imagined what you might be when you grow up? When he was very young, Juan Felipe Herrera picked chamomile flowers in windy fields and let tadpoles swim across his hands in a creek. He slept outside and learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his family moved to a new town. He went to school and taught himself to read and write English and filled paper pads with rivers of ink as he walked down the street after school. And when...
1574) La lluvia torrencial
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No ha parado de llover, y llover y llover. Cuando por fin se asoma el sol por detrás de las nubes, Carlos y Carmen descubren que to do su jardín se ha convertido en un enorme charco. Pero a los gemelos deja de importarles en cuanto descubren que no solo es un charco de agua: ¡es un charco de diversión!
After a three-day rainstorm, twins Carlos and Carmen go out to play in their wet and muddy backyard--and soon their parents join in the fun....
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Join this energetic, fishy tale of one family's quest among all the fish in the sea to find the fish with the deep sea smile - but can they catch it? Best-selling children's author Margaret Wise Brown sends us on a rollicking rhyming adventure, taking us from the poles to the tropics along the way. This watery world is brought colourfully to life by the fun and vivid artwork of illustrator Henry Fisher.
1576) Hear me
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"After being diagnosed with progressive hearing loss, Rayne resists her parents' efforts to 'fix' her and rethinks her own assumptions about what her condition means for her"--Provided by publisher.
1577) Srta. Quinces
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"Sue solo quiere pasar el verano leyendo y haciendo cómics en el campamento con sus amigos, pero en lugar de eso se embarca con sus padres y sus dos hermanas en un viaje a Honduras a visitar a la familia, que vive en medio del campo, ¡así que no podrá mandar mensajes y no tendrá cable ni internet! Las cosas empeoran cuando la mamá de Sue anuncia que le harán una quinceañera sorpresa a la chica, aunque esto es lo último que ella desearía....
1578) The soccer secret
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Twins Zack and Zoe investigate when someone mails Zach a soccer jersey, identical to the one he wears on his travel team, with no explanation.
1579) The night war
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"During World War II, twelve-year old Miriam secretly spirits other Jewish people out of Nazi-occupied France after being separated from her family and forced into hiding"--
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"A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life--perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo. For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, wasn't always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together. So when a vacation to visit friends in Huntsville, Alabama, unexpectedly becomes...