Adriana Sananes
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"Hay personas que tienen la habilidad de determinar el futuro de los demás y el suyo propio. Hay otras, como Eulalia, para las que es futuro está en la cuerda floja. Esta novela le cautivará de principio a fin, llevádolo a descubrir inquietantes sorpresas en un drama lleno de intrigas, sexo, risas y tragedia"--Container.
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Once upon a time, in a remote village in the south of Spain, there was a white town called Arquía de la Millación. There lived: the teacher, in love with an out-of-reach movie star; Conchita, a prostitute who wanted to be a mother; Don Adolfo, who invented a better past for his son; Monica Portugal, the singer fascinated with her voice. Eight Years of Silence narrates a story that starts at the beginning of the Spanish civil war in 1936, when the...
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Berlin, 1939. Before everything changed, Hannah Rosenthal lived a charmed life. But now the streets of Berlin are draped in ominous flags; her family's fine possessions are hauled away; and they are no longer welcome in the places they once considered home. A glimmer of hope appears in the shape of the St. Louis, a transatlantic ocean liner promising Jews safe passage to Cuba. At first, the liner feels like a luxury, but as they travel, the circumstances...
166) I'm new here
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Walk in the shoes of three elementary-school-aged immigrants as they learn how to balance becoming American with being Guatemalan, Korean, and Somalian as well!
167) Dreamers
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This incredible true story of a Caldecott Honor and Pura Belpre Award-winning author and illustrator's immigration to America is a lasting testament to the immigrant's journey.
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A perfectionist maid of honor and a carefree, surfer-bro best man team up to plan a wedding and end up finding a spark of their own in the first audio original from author duo Christina Lauren, a full-cast sequel to their New York Times bestseller The Unhoneymooners.
Ami is determined to break the Torres family wedding curse. Her own disaster of a reception ended with all the guests getting food poisoning, and she left her...
Ami is determined to break the Torres family wedding curse. Her own disaster of a reception ended with all the guests getting food poisoning, and she left her...
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What good can a splash of color do in a community of gray? As Mira and her neighbors discover, more than one might ever imagine! Based on a true story of the Urban Art Trail in San Diego, California, Maybe something beautiful reveals how art can inspire transformation--and how even the smallest artists can accomplish something big. Pick up a paintbrush and join the celebration!
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My Papi has a motorcycle: A young girl's love letter to her hardworking dad and to the memories of home that she holds close in the midst of change.
¡Vamos! Let's go to the market: Follow Little Lobo and his dog Bernabe on a journey to the market, where they see many friends who sell candy, comic books, and puppets in this enthralling bilingual story.
Thank you, Omu!: Everyone in the neighborhood dreams of a taste of Omu's delicious stew! One by...
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The spacesuit: When Ellie, an ordinary woman, is asked to lead a team of seamstresses to design the very first spacesuit, no one believes they can win, but they're determined to try!
Anna Strong: The biography of Anna Strong, one of George Washington's personal spies, tells the story of a brave woman who helped change the course of American History.
Brave girl: When Clara arrived in America, she didn't know that young women had to go to work and...
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Drum dream girl: A young girl fulfills her dreams in this video treatment of the acclaimed Pura Belpre' Award winner. -- Girls cannot be drummers. Long ago on an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule--that is, until the drum dream girl. When at last her dream-bright music was heard, it was decided everybody should be free to drum and dream. Inspired by the childhood of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, a Chinese-African-Cuban girl who broke...