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"From the New York times bestselling author of 'The Paris Wife' comes an atmospheric novel of intertwined fate and heart-wrenching suspense: A detective hiding away from the world. A series of disappearances that reach into her past. Can solving them help her heal? Anna Hart is a seasoned missing persons detective in San Francisco with far too much knowledge of the darkest side of human nature. When unspeakable tragedy strikes her personal life, Anna,...
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Jack London escribe esta historia como una obra complementaria y, a su vez, como un reflejo de la llamada de «lo salvaje», en la cual Buck, el perro protagonista, descubre y emplea sus instintos más primitivos para sobrevivir a su secuestro y posterior vida en el bosque. En contraste, Colmillo Blanco, el lobo hÃbrido cuyo nombre titula esta novela, nacido en las agrestes y gélidas tierras del Klondike, deberá soportar el frÃo, el hambre y a...
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Celebrates everyday courage, including believing in ourselves, speaking out, trying new things, asking for help, and getting back up no matter how many times we may fall. Includes information on how to let go of fear by practicing yoga poses and mindful breathing exercises.
6) Seal child
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Publisher
New Frontier Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
American edition.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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English
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"A little girl and a young seal pup are separated from their families after a devastating storm. While the child is searching for a place to call home, she is befriended by the seal pup. There begins an enchanting friendship, as the child and seal cross the sea, for many days and for many nights. Through harsh weather and through kind weather, they keep each other warm and safe. The daunting task of finding their families again is not quite so scary...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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From the assassination that triggers World War I in 1914 to Armistice Day in 1918, the story follows the fates of five young people on both sides of the conflict--each facing their portion of the war with courage, until the end of the war brings them together. Includes information on the history of the war.
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
First edition.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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"Co-qui, co-qui! The coqui frogs sing to Elena from her family's beloved mango tree--their calls so familiar that they might as well be singing, "You are home, you are safe." But home is suddenly not safe when a hurricane threatens to destroy everything that Elena knows."--
11) Adrift
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Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
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344 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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The resilience of two cousins is tested when one of them is lost at sea and washes up on a deserted island while the other remains at home, holding on to the belief that her beloved cousin is still alive.
12) White Fang
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Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
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Unabridged.
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1 audio media player (approximately 1 hr., 30 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. + 1 book.
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English
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Life is hard and dangerous for both people and animals in the frozen Canadian North. For a wolf like White Fang it is a continuous fight to find food -- a fight in which many animals die. When White Fang meets the people of the North -- first Indians and then White Men -- he learns to live with them like a dog. But some men are cruel to their dogs and others are kind. Will White Fang's life be any easier now?