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Twelve-year-old Quijana is a biracial girl, desperately trying to understand the changes that are going on in her life; her mother rarely gets home before bedtime, her father suddenly seems to be trying to get in touch with his Guatemalan roots (even though he never bothered to teach Quijana Spanish), she is about to start seventh grade in the Texas town where they live and she is worried about fitting in--and Quijana suspects that her parents are...
62) The yearling
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A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet.
65) Buscando a Dory
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¿Recuerdan a Dory?
Es una pez cirujano azul que tiene una manera muy peculiar de resolver los problemas.
Ella padece pérdida de memoria a corto plazo, y recordar las cosas más simples siempre le ha sido casi imposible. Pero un día, los recuerdos de sus padres comienzan a asomarse por su mente. Dory se embarcará en una aventura que la llevará a través del océano y hacia las profundidades de su pasado.
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"This simple, touching picture book shows readers a women's shelter through the eyes of a young girl, who, with her mother's help, uses her imagination to overcome her anxiety and adjust. Includes factual endnotes detailing various reasons people experience homelessness and the resources available to help."--Publisher's website
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Aurora County, Mississippi, is only the latest stop on the Cakes' nomadic lifestyle, opening bakeries wherever they go; but Emma Alabama Lane Cake (only girl of the six Cake children) is sick of it, and determined not to form any friendships here because they will just disappear as soon as the family moves again--but Aurora County has other ideas, and so does a girl named Ruby Lavender who plans to teach Emma a thing or two about friendship.
73) New kid
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Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds--and...
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Mal, Evie, Carlos, and Jay return to the Isle of the Lost to recruit a new batch of villainous offspring to join them at Auradon Prep, but when Hades, the former god of the underworld, almost breaches the barrier when they go back to Auradon, Mal fears that an unwelcome villain could wreak vengeance on the kingdom and her peaceful life. Mal resolves to permanently close the barrier to save everything she loves, but an unfathomable dark force unexpectedly...
76) Love you forever
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Describes the relationship of a mother and child as the child grows into a man and has a child of his own.
78) Soon, your hands
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A parent's ode to everything their child is, and will be, capable of doing as they grow. Includes American Sign Language Glossary.
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1st Grade Reading
Laura Numeroff
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Laura Numeroff
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes the reader through a young child's day.