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"For fans of Donna Barba Higuera's Lupe Wong Won't Dance and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within, comes Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice -- a contemporary middle grade novel full of spunk and activist heart. Manuela Mani Semilla wants two things: to get her period, and to thwart her mom's plan of taking her to Guatemala, a place that has always been more of a mystery than an answer. Mani can't imagine leaving behind Las Nerdas, her band of misfit friends,...
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The heart-warming sequel to I Love My Baby Because ... from internationally-renowned, best-selling author Paullina Simons. When Poppet was a baby she thought she was the centre of her Mummy and Daddy's world. They looked at nothing else but her, they swung no one else but her, and they clapped at her every step. But suddenly one day, Poppet finds Mummy giving attention to two CREATURES - her big brothers! At first Poppet doesn't want to share Mummy...
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It only takes a few minutes for her life to be turned upside down… In the blink of an eye, Sylvie's world crumbles when her six-week-old baby, Cally, disappears without a trace. With each passing hour, Sylvie's odds of locating her infant dwindle. Before long, Sylvie's behavior comes under sharp scrutiny from the police and FBI. Even those she trusts most doubt her innocence-her mother, and worst of all, Cally's father, Peter. Desperate to reclaim...
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"When a young girl and her mother move to an apartment in a new city, the girl feels fine on her own. She would rather play by herself than meet new kids at the park or have a playdate with the other children in her building. And when her mom takes her to story time at the bookstore, she breaks down in tears. But things start to change when she meets Millie, a rescue dog who is not too big, not too small. On their daily walks, Millie isn't afraid...
8) Amma's sari
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When her mother's sari draws stares, a little girl asks her mother to tell her more about her culture and learns to take pride in her differences.
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"An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who searches for answers after her mother dies during plastic surgery. Susan Lieu has long been searching for answers. About her family's past and about her own future. Refugees from the Vietnam War, Susan's family escaped to California in the 1980s after five failed attempts. Upon arrival, Susan's mother was their savvy, charismatic North Star, setting...
10) No es un río
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Trilogía de varones volume 3
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Ubicada en la Argentina rural, No es un río indaga en la crueldad y la violencia del universo masculino a través de los pactos y las alianzas secretas entre hombres. Enero y el Negro llevan de pesca a Tilo, hijo adolescente de Eusebio, el amigo muerto. Mientras beben y cocinan y hablan y bailan, lidian con los fantasmas del pasado y con los del presente, que se confunden en el ánimo alterado por el vino y el sopor. Una red mezcla realidad y sueño,...
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