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11741) Rat rule 79: an adventure
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"Fred and her math-teacher mom are always on the move, and Fred is getting sick of it. She's about to have yet another birthday in a new place without friends. On the eve of turning thirteen, Fred sees something strange in the living room: her mother, dressed for a party, standing in front of an enormous paper lantern--which she steps into and disappears. Fred follows her and finds herself in the Land of Impossibility--a loopily illogical place where...
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What happens when a man lives his life backwards, or a family owns a diamond as big as the Ritz Hotel? How can a boring girl become more popular, a careless young woman become more sensible, or a cut-glass bowl destroy a married woman's life? What does a young man do to save the girl that he likes from an evil ghost, or to forget old feelings for a woman when she marries another man? Read this collection of short stories by one of America's finest...
11746) Let's play =: Vamos a jugar
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¡Ayuda a dos ratones amigos a decidir qué hacer hoy en este juguetón libro cartoné de Leo Lionni, cuatro veces ganador del Premio de Honor Caldecott, para los lectores más pequeños de inglés y español!--
Help two mouse friends decided what to do today in this playful board book from four-time Caldecott Honor winner Leo Leonni for the very youngest readers of both English and Spanish!
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"Buffy struggles to deal with her mom Joyce's newfound interest in spending time with her. Balancing that with her schoolwork, her friends, and her regular vampire-slaying duties is a challenge. However, when Joyce becomes hypnotized by a child-like demon that craves motherly care, Buffy experiences a new kind of sibling rivalry--except in Buffy's case, her "sibling" is actually a monster! Author Kel McDonald (Misfits of Avalon) and artist Yishan...
11749) Giant days: Volume eleven
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"The end of university is upon BFFs Daisy, Esther, and Susan. Between Halloween run-ins with Daisy's dreaded (dreadful) ex, part-time gigs at a shady pop-up Christmas market, Esther dating a tech-bro, and Susan attempting to be--romantic, there's still plenty to learn and more than enough misadventure to squeeze in before it's time to don caps and gowns"--Publisher marketing.
11750) La cabane dans l'arbre
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"Pat le chat a construit une belle cabane dans un arbre. Ses amis viennent lui rendre visite, mais ... la cabane est trop petite! Il va falloir l'agrandir ..."--Back cover.
11751) Giant days: Volume twelve
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"It's never a quiet day at the University of Sheffield as best friends Esther, Susan and Daisy try do regular things like solving comic book shop capers, attending McGraw's brother's wedding, and Daisy learning to drive! OH MY GOD WE'RE ALL DOOMED. Meanwhile, Ed has to have a hard conversation with his girlfriend about her behavior when she drinks and what it means for their future...if they have one."--Page [4] of cover.
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A bet about wardrobes between the wealthy Massie and middle-class Claire results in a testing of old friendships, a forging of new ones, and a change for the student body at Octavian Country Day School.
Massie Block sigue siendo la reina de la escena social en la Escuela Octavian Country Day -- o al menos es lo que ella espera. Claire Lyons sigue fuera de la clique pero quiere entrar.
11753) The world's end
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"It's been three months since the Snow Queen and OzCorp infiltrated Maidenkeep and nearly seized the Nine Maidens. Ryker is still unconscious and the rest of the group is feeling the effects of the prolonged war. Not to mention that Abigail Fey's curse has far-reaching consequences, and many in the Royal States have been using it to stir unrest and hostilities against Avalon. When the Adarna, a firebird-like creature appears in Avalon, the gang discovers...
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Cuando los condes de Taimado se mudan al barrio de Violeta, ella está segura de que hay algo raro en ellos. Y cuando a su vecina, la excéntrica Didí Derota, le roban una joya muy valiosa llamada la Perla de Oriente, una serie de pistas hacen que Violeta crea que la nueva familia es la culpable del robo. Pero como nadie la escucha, violeta deberá utilizar toda su habilidad detectivesca para destapar la verdad.
"Meet Violet Remy-Robinson, an...
11756) This means war!
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In 1962, when her best friend Lowell begins to hang around new friends who think girls are losers, Juliet, a fearful fifth-grader, teams up with bold, brave Patsy who challenges the boys to a series of increasingly dangerous contests.
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Ophaned at a young age, fifteen-year-old Kata is a trained ninja who works alone and can take care of herself. She is fully prepared for her first solo assignment, that is until she learns she is to be an assassin and she flees with her target and his sister, fighting to survive against skilled samurai warriors, deceptive ninjas, and supernatural beings in order to protect a powerful family secret.
11759) Forest of the ancients
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As Elio lies stricken under a powerful curse, the only way his friends Thanis, Alish, Kiri and Kaspar can cure him is to venture into the Forest of the Ancients. Rumour tells of a race of healers who dwell there, the mysterious tree-folk known as the Sylvaneth, but are they allies or enemies?
11760) Love at fourteen: 9
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"Kanata and Kazuki may have everyone fooled with their convincingly mature act, but there's no denying that they are still in middle school. Between the season's first snow and a rogue fire alarm, many things can happen to perilous young love. When challenging situations get the best of them and emotions get messy, will it be possible to continue navigating the turning points of their lives together?" --Back cover.