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81) Red again
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
When a young boy finds an abandoned book, he discovers another world just as real as his own.
82) Shutter
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Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Seventeen-year-old Micheline Helsing is a tetrachromat -- a girl who sees the auras of the undead in a prismatic spectrum. As one of the last descendants of the Van Helsing lineage, she has trained since childhood to destroy monsters both corporeal and spiritual: the corporeal undead go down by the bullet, the spiritual undead by the lens. With an analog SLR camera as her best weapon, Micheline exorcises ghosts by capturing their spiritual energy...
83) Fire the depths
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Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
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357 pages ; 22 cm
Description
When thirteen-year-old Max Tilt happens upon his great-great-great-grandfather Jules Verne's unfinished, unpublished manuscript, The Lost Treasures, he doesn't realize that he's found the answers to all his problems. And Max has a lot of problems--his mother is sick, his father is out of work, and his home is about to be foreclosed on. But when Max and his cousin Alex discover that Verne's last work reveals everything he wrote was fact, not fiction,...
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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427 pages ; 22 cm.
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Kamzin has always dreamed of becoming one of the Emperor's royal explorers, the elite climbers tasked with mapping the wintry, mountainous Empire and spying on its enemies. She knows she could be the best in the world, if only someone would give her a chance.
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En este libro, "Fábulas modernas para el siglo XXI", se presentan veinte fábulas contemporáneas que abordan temas actuales como la tecnología, el medio ambiente, la diversidad cultural, la igualdad de género y la salud mental, entre otros. Cada fábula contiene una enseñanza moral que nos invita a reflexionar sobre cómo podemos ser mejores seres humanos y contribuir a un mundo más justo y equitativo.
Las fábulas aquí presentadas son una...
86) The strange maid
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Series
United States of Asgard volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
404 pages : 22 cm.
Description
"In order to be come one of Odin Alfather's Valkyrie, Signy Valborn must solve a riddle. With the help of Ned the Spiritless and Soren Bearstar, Signy embarks on a journey in search of her destiny"--
90) El Chupacabras
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Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
Description
Farmer Hector and his daughter Carla seek help from the monstrous chupacabra when their goats become giants and threaten the town.
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Series
Girls of paper and fire series volume 1
Description
Uncover a riveting story of palace intrigue set in a sumptuous Asian-inspired fantasy world in the breakout YA novel that Publisher's Weekly calls "elegant and adrenaline-soaked."
In this richly developed fantasy, Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most persecuted class of people in Ikhara. She lives in a remote village with her father, where the decade-old trauma of watching her mother snatched by royal guards for...
In this richly developed fantasy, Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most persecuted class of people in Ikhara. She lives in a remote village with her father, where the decade-old trauma of watching her mother snatched by royal guards for...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
29 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
"With beautiful illustrations evoking folk art traditions and sensitive storytelling, Babushka tenderly reminds us that nothing is more important during the holiday season than taking the time to show love for one another. This timeless Russian tale will warm your heart and fill you up with the joyful, generous spirit of Christmas"--Amazon.com.
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Pub. Date
2018.
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444 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"La mayor amenaza para Asgard está a punto de hacerse realidad y Magnus Chase tiene que embarcar hacia el viaje más peligroso de su vida. Sin embargo esta vez contará con una ayuda inesperada. Magnus Chase ha pasado de ser un adolescente sin techo a vivir en el Hotel Valhalla y convertirse en uno de los guerreros de Odín. Como digno hijo de Frey, el dios del verano, la fertilidad y la salud, a Magnus no le gustan especialmente las guerras...
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Pub. Date
2016.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
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"Award-winning author Duncan Tonatiuh reimagines one of Mexico's cherished legends. Princess Izta had many wealthy suitors but dismissed them all. When a mere warrior, Popoca, promised to be true to her and stay always by her side, Izta fell in love. The emperor promised Popoca if he could defeat their enemy Jaguar Claw, then Popoca and Izta could wed. When Popoca was near to defeating Jaguar Claw, his opponent sent a messenger to Izta saying Popoca...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm
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"Chulyen, a trickster raven, loses his nose in an embarrassing incident, but vows to get it back. With the help of magic powers, Chulyen devises a caper to retrieve his missing nose, and learns an important lesson along the way."--Provided by publisher.
100) Dragonfly song
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Pub. Date
2017.
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393 pages : b illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
Description
"Nobody but the old wise-woman knows what truly happened to Aissa, the firstborn daughter of the priestess. If they saw the half-moon scars on the servant girl's wrists they would find it out, but who would look twice at lowly, mute No-Name? Only the Lady's cats, and the fireflies summoned by her silent song. Then the soldiers of Crete come, demanding children as tribute for their god-king's bull dances, and Aissa is determined to take destiny into...
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