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Author
Publisher
Umbriel
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Un autor retirado de best sellers organiza una competencia única, con altos riesgos y altas recompensas, dándole al ganador la oportunidad de cambiar vidas. Lucy Hart ha recorrido un largo camino desde que sintió el frío abandono de sus padres, cuya atención Siempre centrada en las necesidades de su hermana con una enfermedad crónica. Ahora, una asistente de maestra de veintiséis años, Lucy puede compartir su amor por los libros con estudiantes...
224) The kite fighters
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In Korea in 1473, eleven-year-old Young-sup overcomes his rivalry with his older brother Kee-sup, who as the first-born son receives special treatment from their father, and combines his kite-flying skill with Kee-sup's kite-making skill in an attempt to win the New Year kite-fighting competition.
225) A pinch of magic
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Baking-talent fairy Dulcie helps Mia make treats for a neighbohood bake sale but must return to Never Land before they are done, and Mia may not be able to finish without her help.
Author
Series
Marya Khan volume 4
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Excited for spring break, third-graders Marya, Hanna, and Alexa plan their visit to Skye Adventure Park, determined to experience all the park has to offer, but when Marya becomes determined to beat Alexa on the park's obstacle course she loses sight of everything else the park has to offer.
227) THE TOURNAMENT
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Jett Warner receives a coveted invitation to the Southwest Regional Minecraft Tournament, but with unpredictable rules and the sudden need for a partner, he reluctantly teams up with his father, and the duo will need to work as a team in order to win.
228) LIAR'S TEST
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In a competition where seven girls from different guilds vie for the throne, Bell Silverleaf, a reluctant fifteen-year-old contender with a hidden talent for deception, intends to win and overthrow the kingdom, but finds she is not the only competitor with secret plans.
230) ATTACHED AT THE HIP
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Looking for a change, Orie Lennox unwittingly joins the cast of an experimental romantic reality show on a South Pacific island, where her high school crush is also a contestant, leading to a mix of surprising alliances and blossoming relationships.
232) The beauty trials
Author
Series
Belles (Dhonielle Clayton) volume 3
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Rebellious and outspoken Edel Beauregard enters the Beauty Trials--a deadly competition to find the next Queen of Orleans.
The erratic former queen, Sophia, has been imprisoned. Peace has returned to Orléans. Her sister, Charlotte, sits on the throne and invokes the ancient tradition of the Beauty Trials: a series of tests meant to find the new ruler of Orléans. Edel Beauregard decides to enter, and promises to bind her arcana to keep from having...
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Eighteen-year-old Ryohei Arisu is sick of his life. School sucks, his love life is a joke, and his future feels like impending doom. As he struggles to exist in a world that can't be bothered with him. Ryohei feels like everything would be better if he were anywhere else. When a strange fireworks show transports him and his friends to a parallel world, Ryohei thinks all his wishes have come true. But this new world isn't an empty paradise, it's a...
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Eighteen-year-old Ryohei Arisu is sick of his life. School sucks, his love life is a joke, and his future weighs on him like impending doom. As he struggles to exist in a world that can't be bothered with him, Ryohei feels like everything would be better if he were anywhere else. When a strange fireworks show transports him and his friends to a parallel world, Ryohei thinks all his wishes have come true. But this new world isn't an empty paradise,...
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