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"In the late 1930s, civil war gripped Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life irreversibly intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage...
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Series
Another day volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
368 pages : illustrations, maps on endpapers ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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Ten years ago this season, Gregory Maguire wrapped up the series he began with Wicked by giving us the fourth and final volume of the Wicked Years, his elegiac Out of Oz.
But “out of Oz” isn’t “gone for good.” Maguire’s new series, Another Day, is here, twenty-five years after Wicked first flew into our lives.
Volume one, The Brides of Maracoor, finds Elphaba’s granddaughter, Rain, washing ashore on a foreign island. Comatose from...
4) Shark wars
Author
Series
Shark wars volume 1
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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A young shark, Gray, and his best friend Barkley are exiled from the safety of their peaceful reef home and, with the ocean on the brink of chaos, will have to battle ferocious clans of sharks called shivers, or join them, to survive.
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The Seven Deadly Sins volume 7
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
179 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
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The Wrath Awakens.
Meliodas escapes the Goddess Amber, but he emerges from his prison strangely silent and with a new look. In the blink of an eye, he wrecks Guila and Jericho and begins delivering an epic beating to Sir Hellbram, who somehow manages to stand up to the transformed Dragon Sin of Wrath. What is going on with this new Meliodas? And how is Hellbram avoiding being stomped by the overwhelming power of the changed Meliodas?
Author
Series
The Seven Deadly Sins volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
179 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Seven Deadly Heroes?
Welcome to the land of Britannia, a picturesque country ruled by the benevolent King Liones... or at least it was, until the king's guard assassinated him and started a full-blown Holy War! Now the king's only daughter Elizabeth must seek the aid of the dreaded warriors, The Seven Deadly Sins. Wrongly framed and sent into exiled, they're now the princess's only hope to free the kingdom from the grip of the villainous Holy Knights!...
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Series
The Seven Deadly Sins volume 4
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
183 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
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Reunions and Farewells.
The Grizzly Sin, King, is alive! Unfortunately, King not only refuses to help Meliodas, he declares Ban as his mortal enemy for having attained eternal life at the cost of the life of his sister Elaine. During a gripping confrontation between King and Ban, the fearsomely skilled Holy Knight Guila comes bearing startling disaster and devastation.
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Series
The Seven Deadly Sins volume 6
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
197 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Blast from the Past!
Howzer whips up a huge storm in an attempt to defeat Diane, but even a human-sized giant can stand strong against the fiercest tempests. In the next match, Meliodas faces Cain, who conjures terrifying fire magic while also leveling fiery accusations at Meliodas about his rumored involvement in the destruction of Danafell. How will Meliodas respond? Can he take the punishment for his alleged sins?
Author
Series
The Seven Deadly Sins volume 2
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
187 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Sin vs. Virtue
To save her kingdom, Princess Elizabeth has pinned her last hope on the infamous traitors, "The Seven Deadly Sins" and has set out on a journey with Meliodas--the Dragon Sin of Wrath--to seek out the rest of his fellow knights and former friends. Deep within an uninviting forest they find Diane, the Serpent Sin of Envy. Before they can celebrate their reunion, they must deal with an attack from Gilthunder, an electrifying Holy Knight!...
Author
Series
The Seven Deadly Sins volume 5
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
184 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
It's A Showdown!
Four of the Sins have been reunited and it feels almost so good. Entering a fighting tournament where the grand prize is Diane's weapon, the unthinkable happens when the Sins and Holy knights clash on stage! But who is the other faction of Holy Knights, dubbed the "New Generation," and what could this monstrous group of demon-like knights be planning?
Author
Series
The Seven Deadly Sins volume 3
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
183 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
The Heroes' Past
Inside the Baste Prison, Meliodas and gang finally find Ban, a daring and brash member of The Seven Deadly Sins. However, trouble is on the horizon as their journey continues. Another member of The Seven Deadly Sins appears! The heroes clash as a feud is revived from their past.
12) The bluest sky
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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"There are two versions of Hector: the public and the private. It's the only way to survive in communist Cuba--especially when your father was exiled to the U.S. and labeled an enemy of the people. Hector must always be seen as a fierce supporter of the regime, even if that means loudly rejecting the father he still loves. But in the summer of 1980, those two versions are hard to keep separate. No longer able to suppress a public uprising, the Cuban...
13) Queen of the sea
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Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
393 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"When her sister seizes the throne, Queen Eleanor of Albion is banished to a tiny island off the coast of her kingdom, where the nuns of the convent spend their days peacefully praying, sewing, and gardening. But the island is also home to Margaret, a mysterious young orphan girl whose life is upturned when the cold, regal stranger arrives. As Margaret grows closer to Eleanor, she grapples with the revelation of the island's sinister true purpose...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 284 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"After returning to the United States, Kennan set out to generate public outrage over the plight of the exiles, writing the renowned Siberia and the Exile System. He then went on a nine-year lecture tour to describe the suffering of the Siberian exiles, intensifying the newly emerging diplomatic conflicts between the two countries which last to this day. In a book that ranks with the greatest adventure stories, Gregory Wallance's Into Siberia is a...