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Claire's life is a joke . . . but she's not laughing. While her friends seem to be leaping forward, she's dancing in the same place. The mean girls at school are living up to their mean name, and there's a boy, Ryder, who's just as bad, if not worse. And at home, nobody's really listening to her -- if anything, they seem to be more in on the joke than she is.
Then into all of this (not-very-funny-to-Claire) comedy comes something intense and tragic...
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Obayda's family is in need of some good fortune. Her father lost one of his legs in a bomb explosion, forcing the family to move from their home city of Kabul to a small village, where life is very different and Obayda's father almost never leaves his room. One day, Obayda's aunt has an idea to bring the family luck-- dress Obayda, the youngest of her sisters, as a boy, a bacha posh. Now Obayda is Obayd. Life in this in-between place is confusing,...
3) Over and out
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"Sophie has spent her entire life behind the Berlin Wall, guarded by land mines, towers, and attack dogs. A science lover, Sophie dreams of becoming an inventor ... but that's unlikely in East Berlin, where the Stasi, the secret police, are always watching. Though she tries to avoid their notice, when her beloved neighbor is arrested, Sophie is called to her principal's office. There, a young Stasi officer asks Sophie if she'll spy on her neighbor...
5) Hero at home
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Grace's dad was wounded in action. Now, some things about their family are different, but they love and help each other just like other families.
"Hero at Home" was inspired by the author's personal family journey: having three young daughters and a catastrophically wounded Veteran husband. Grace's dad is an inspiration to so many, but he is not the only one in his family who deals with scars of war. This book is dedicated to the brave men of Bravo...
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Benio już nie jest maluchem? od tygodnia chodzi do przedszkola. I powiem wam więcej, naprawdę mu się tam podoba! Odkrywa przedszkolny świat niezwykle dzielnie, chociaż to nie takie łatwe. Bo na przykład Kamil zapytał go kiedyś, dlaczego jego tata jeździ na wózku... Szczęściarz jednak z tego Benia ? szybko okazuje się, że ma tatę na medal! Co to właściwie znaczy i dlaczego zwykły dzień może stać się przygodą? Nowi koledzy i...
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