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Arriving on Block Island - the place she swore she'd left for good-after her estranged sister Blake is murdered-Thalia must uncover the real reason for Blake's demise before the forces conspiring to keep the island's secrets dead and buried rise up to consume her, too.
305) Ghost Island
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"You are on a sailing trip with your family and two of your friends in the Carribbean [sic]. One night you stop on the island of Antigua. Some children who live there tell you that the island is haunted by a ghost. They are going to spy on the ghost as soon as the sun set. Should you go with them, or go by yourself to meet this ghost? Are you brave enough for Ghost Island?"--Page 4 of cover.
306) El problema final
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Junio de 1960. Un temporal mantiene aisladas en la idílica isla de Utakos, frente a Corfú, a nueve personas alojadas en el pequeño hotel local. Nada hace presagiar lo que está a punto de ocurrir: Edith Mander, una discreta turista inglesa, aparece muerta en el pabellón de la playa. Lo que parece un suicidio revela indicios imperceptibles para cualquiera salvo para Hopalong Basil, un actor en decadencia que en otro tiempo encarnó en la...
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" While on vacation in Bermuda, Jessica Fletcher is surprised to hear the local population is abuzz over a trio of murders, each bearing an eerie resemblance to the 1888 Jack the Ripper killings. Jessica dismisses the panicked chatter as just that-until her friend Thomas Betterton's niece is found dead on the beach after a party. And when Scotland Yard Inspector George Sutherland arrives to investigate, Jessica can't help but get involved-an act that...
308) Lola
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Books for Summer, in English and Spanish/Libros para el verano, en inglés y español
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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Todos los niños de la escuela de Lola venían de otra parte. Era una escuela de lugares lejanos. Así que cuando la maestra de Lola pide a los estudiantes que hagan un dibujo del lugar de donde emigraron sus familias, todos los niños se entusiasman. Todos, menos Lola. Ella no recuerda la Isla: se fue cuando era apenas un bebé. Pero con la ayuda de su familia, de sus amigos y de sus recuerdos --felices, maravillosos, tristes, aterradores--...
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After the death of her father, street photographer Cordelia takes a summer gig at a cozy cottage on Ireland's Inishmore Island where she meets Niall O'Connor, a grumpy Irish chef, and the more their paths cross, the more they make each other's lives hell until their hatred turns into undeniable attraction.
310) The golden gecko
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Elena and her sister Isabel must work together to help undo a curse when an explorer is turned into a gecko!
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Based on a concept by Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney comes Poptropica, a brand-new graphic novel adventure series by Jack Chabert and Kory Merritt. In Mystery of the Map, Oliver, Mya, and Jorge take a ride in a hot-air balloon, only to crash-land on an unknown island filled with extinct animals and a horde of angry Vikings. Welcome to Poptropica, an uncharted group of islands whose existence is hidden from the rest of the world. As the three friends...
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Dr. Christopher Lemuel escapes England on a privateer after he has the misfortune of winning a duel. With his life in jeopardy, he signs on as ship's doctore only to face further dangers on the high seas. The good doctor is wounded in a sea battle, captured by pirates, and relucantly becomes a buccaneer. Then matters become stranger still when Dr. Lemuel is marooned on an island populated by enormous beasts unknown in natural history.
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Four years after being shipwrecked on the lost island of Dinotopia, sixteen-year-old Will Denison, now a fully trained Skybax Corps pilot, explores the skies over the island while his scientist father leads an expedition into the forgotten caverns of the legendary World Beneath.
314) The rattled bones
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After her father's death, Rilla Brae puts off thoughts of college to take over his lobstering business. She begins helping Sam, an archaeology student excavating nearby Malaga, an uninhabited island. Sam's work-- and the haunting song of a ghostly girl-- uncover a tragedy kept silent for years... a tragedy that involves Rilla's past.
315) Summer Island
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Mr. Summerling has left Marly, Sai, and Isla a set of brand-new clues to follow, including tickets to the mysterious Summer Island, where they hope to finally discover what lies at the end of the treasure hunt.
316) Forbidden sea
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When a mermaid attempts to lure her into the sea, fourteen-year-old Adrianne, who lives in a superstitious island community, must choose between the promise of an underwater paradise and those she loves.
318) Stitch!: 2
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"Stitch's Japanese adventures continue as he explores an island near Okinawa with his new friend, Yuna. Join Stitch as he learns to mow a lawn, attempts to babysit, and tries to become a Japanese ninja. His hilarious hijinks are literally out of this world"--Page 4 of cover.
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With nowhere left to live after losing his parents and working his way through a long list of relatives on the mainland, Ollie finds himself at his grandpa's house in Sueño Bay, "home of the supernatural." Miserable and intending to get away from the earthquake-prone, rain-soaked island on the next bus out of town, Ollie's getaway plans are altered abruptly when he and three classmates discover something they shouldn't have in a trailer in the woods....
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"In Metsan Valo, her family home on Lake Superior, Anni Halla's beloved grandmother has died...When another tragedy strikes near home, Anni must dive headfirst into the mysterious happenings to discover the truth about her home, her family, and the wooded island's ancient lore. Plunging into the past may be the only way to save her family from whatever bedevils Metsan Valo"--