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Author
Series
I survived ; 19
Publisher
Scholastic Audiobooks
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When the massive metal tank filled with sticky brown molasses that rises up over her crowded North End neighborhood explodes, young Carmen must fight for her life, as a tsunami of molasses rushes through the streets. --
24502) The triumphant
Author
Series
Valiant novel ; 3
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In the wake of their victorious fight to win back the Ludus Achillea, Fallon and her gladiatrix sisters have become the toast of the Republic. However, as a consequence of his actions during the Ludus uprising, Fallon's love Cai has been stripped of his Decurion rank and cast down to serve as one of Caesar's gladiators. Amid fighting for Cai's freedom, Fallon soon learns that Caesar's enemies are plotting against him and planning to get revenge on...
24503) El cementerio de cristal
Author
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"22 de mayo de 1938. Miles de hombres permanecen presos en el interior del penal de San Cristóbal. Tras sus muros, la Guerra Civil destruye sin piedad la vida de un país... Sin embargo ese domingo, festividad de Santa Rita, la patrona de los imposibles, algo está a punto de suceder: una fuga masiva abre una ventana a la esperanza. Esta novela arranca solo dos años antes, en 1936, cuando la guerra separa a dos jóvenes enamorados. Él, como la...
24504) The year of the gun
Author
Series
Irregular spy ; 3
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"1912. Released from the Secret Service, Wiggins sets out for New York and his lost-lover Bela. But after an altercation on board, he finds himself among the low-life of Britain's poorest city, Dublin. Wiggins falls in with gangster Patrick O'Connell and is soon driving the boss's girlfriend around town. Molly wants O'Connell to support her Irish nationalist cause - a cause needing guns to defeat the British--and then they go to find them in America....
24505) Jack el Destripador
Author
Series
Publisher
Puck
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"Seventeen year old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. Between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life. Against her stern father's wishes and society's expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncle's laboratory to study the gruesome practice of forensic medicine. When her work on a string of savagely killed corpses drags Audrey into...
24506) El jardin de las mentiras
Author
Publisher
Vergara
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
"Ursula Kern es una joven viuda que tiene una agencia que provee secretarias a clientes adinerados, y Anne Clifton era una de sus mejores empleadas. Pero ahora Anne esta muerta, y Ursula esta segura de que no se debio a causas naturales y decide investigar. El arqueologo y aventurero Slater Roxton piensa que el empeno de Ursula la pondra innecesariamente en peligro. Al no lograr convencerla, Slater se propone permanecer cerca de ella mientras la mujer...
24507) A la caza de Houdini
Author
Series
Publisher
Puck
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Al emprender un viaje de una semana po el océano Atlántico a bordo del opulento RMS Etruria, Audrey Rose Wadsworth y su compañero de investigaciones, Thomas Cresswell, se ven deslumbrados por una compañĩa itinerante de artistas de circo, videntes y un carismático escapista que entretienen a los pasajeros de primera clase durante la noche. Cuando algunas jóvenes de alta cuna comienzan a desaparecer sin ninguna explicación, y una serie de asesinatos...
24509) Dragonfly eyes
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Ah Mei has always been close to her French grandmother, Nainai, and is proud to look like her. But in their home city of Shanghai, many people are suspicious of their European heritage and looks. Politics and war make 1960s Shanghai a difficult place to grow up, especially when the family silk business is given over to the government and they are left with their beloved home and little else. Ah Mei and her grandmother suffer, but they are resourceful...
24512) Remember, remember
Author
Publisher
HarperNorth
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
An explosive debut historical novel by a blazing young talent. This dazzling alternative history reimagines the gunpowder plot to derail the slave trade in 18th-century London
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
While Kenshin tries to embrace the peace he and others fought so hard for, there are those who don't agree. In ten days, Kenshin's enemies will come for him and all those who stand with him are in danger also. Is it time for Kenshin to pay for his past sins?
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Journey into . . . "The Anne Collection," with "Anne of Green Gables" and "Anne of Avonlea" by L.M. Montgomery. The "Anne of Green Gables" series is the tale of Anne Shirley, a young girl orphaned and sent to live with a family who initially wanted to adopt a boy. Anne is kindhearted and charming, and wins over everyone she meets throughout her adventures in this collection"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
When schoolgirl Takiko Okuda attempts to destroy her father's translation of The Universe of the Four Gods, she is instead sucked into the story, becoming the Priestess of Genbu in an epic journey to find seven Celestial Warriors! In the midst of a heated battle, Takiko is transported back to her own world. There, all the problems she escaped through her father's book are waiting for her: her mother's funeral, her father's disapproval, and her...
24517) Trenches
Author
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
"A graphic novel about World War I."--
24518) On the horns of death
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Ancient Crete, 1450 BC. Young bull leaper Martis finds Duzi, the newest member of the bull leaping team, dead in the bull pen early one morning. Made to look like he met his end on the horns of the bull, it's clear to Martis that this was no accident . . . Martis once again finds herself thrown into a dangerous game of hunting down a murderer as the deaths start to mount. An old friend of Martis' sister, and possible lover to Duzi, is the next person...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"When Lila Jerome's husband, Perry, ships out, she begins to feel his memory slipping away. She decides to start a "war bride's scrapbook" and creates a history of their love story through vintage postcards, newspaper clippings, photographs, and more. Years later her children find the scrapbook in a closet." --
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