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1081) The authenticity project
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A story about a solitary green notebook that brings together six strangers and leads to unexpected friendship, and even love. "Everybody lies about their lives. What would happen if you shared the truth?" This is the question that Julian Jessop, an eccentric, seventy-nine-year-old artist, poses within a pale green exercise book that he labels The Authenticity Project, before leaving it behind in Monica's Café. When Monica discovers Julian's abandoned...
1082) Fence
Author
Publisher
BOOM! Box
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Nicholas, the illegitimate son of a retired fencing champion, is a scrappy fencing wunderkind, and dreams of getting the chance and the training to actually compete. After getting accepted to the prodigious Kings Row private school, Nicholas is thrust into a cut-throat world, and finds himself facing not only his golden-boy half-brother, but the unbeatable, mysterious Seiji Katayama... Through clashes, rivalries, and romance between teammates, Nicholas...
1083) Talons Of Power: Book 9
Author
Series
Wings of fire volume 9
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Turtle the SeaWing dragon has long dreamed of being a hero, but when the companions inadvertently free Darkstalker, the oldest and most powerful dragon, from the spell that has trapped him, the best he can come up with is a spell that prevents the ancient dragon from seeing him or hearing his thoughts--Darkstalker claims he has changed, but Turtle suspects that he still plans to control dragonkind.
Author
Series
Hilo volume 9
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Gina saves the world and restores the earth to what it was before magic took over"--
Author
Series
City of dragons volume 2
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Grace and her friends are still recovering from the evil attacks plotted by ancient warlord Daijiang when Nate suddenly reappears and whisks Grace away to the Dragon King's lair. There, she learns that Daijiang is searching for a powerful dragon stone that will help him take over the world--and that he has enlisted a terrifyingly fierce beast called Shadowfire to capture Grace. Pursued by the Shadowfire, Grace and her friends must get to Paris and...
1086) Uprooted
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Description
"Naomi Novik, author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed Temeraire novels, introduces a bold new world rooted in folk stories and legends, as elemental as a Grimm fairy tale. "Every so often you come upon a story that seems like a lost tale of Grimm newly come to light. Uprooted is such a novel. Its narrative spell is confidently wrought and sympathetically cast. I might even call it bewitching."--Gregory Maguire, bestselling author of Wicked...
1087) Wildful
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Nothing's been the same since Gran passed away. Mum's grief has kept her on the couch, so Poppy has started taking her dog Pepper for walks around the nieghborhood. When Poppy finds a forgotten forest through a hole in the fence, she meets a new friend who shows her that you can find magic in the wilderness--if you know where to look, what to listen for and how to wait...but will Poppy be able to help her Mum see it, too?"--
1088) Bird & Squirrel on ice
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Bird and Squirrel have a new friend, Sakari, and also a new enemy, the Great Whale, who wants Bird as his next meal.
Author
Publisher
Oni Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When the heroic princess Amira rescues the kind-hearted princess Sadie from her tower prison, neither expects to find a true friend in the bargain. Yet as they adventure across the kingdom, they discover that they bring out the very best in the other person. They'll need to join forces and use all the know-how, kindness, and bravery they have in order to defeat their greatest foe yet: a jealous sorceress with a dire grudge against Sadie. Join Sadie...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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Description
"Most men can't handle Hazel. With the energy of a toddler and the mouth of a sailor, they're often too timid to recognize her heart of gold. New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Christina Lauren (Roomies, Beautiful Bastard) tells the story of two people who are definitely not dating, no matter how often they end up in bed together. Hazel Camille Bradford knows she's a lot to take--and frankly, most men aren't up to the challenge....
1091) Tower of God: 3
Author
Series
Tower of God volume 3
Publisher
Webtoon Unscrolled, a division of Wattpad Webtoom Studios, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The action-packed, fast-paced global sensation Tower of God is a story of wealth, power, betrayal and revenge. Whatever you desire-you can find it here, at the Tower. When Bam's best friend Rachel declares she's going to climb the mysterious Tower, he risks everything and breaks inside to find her. Twenty-Fifth Bam must journey skyward in a mysterious tower if he has any chance of reuniting with his best friend Rachel, even if that means facing his...
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Nikki's diary describes a frightful Halloween, on which she helps with her sister's ballet class party at the same time she is Brandon's date for their middle school Halloween dance, where she has promised to spend the evening with her two best friends.
1093) El mar de los monstruos
Author
Series
Percy Jackson and the Olympians volume 2
Publisher
Penguin Random House Audio
Pub. Date
2021
Language
Español
Description
Desde que sabe que es hijo de un dios y un mortal, Percy Jackson espera que el destino le depare continuas aventuras. Y su expectativa se cumplirá con creses. Aunque el nuevo curso en la Escuela Meriwether transcurre con inusual normalidad, un simple partido de balón prisionero acaba en batalla compal contra una banda de feroces gigantes. A partir de ahí las cosas se precipitan: el perímentro mágico que protege el Campamento Mestizo es destruido...
Author
Series
Wings of fire volume 4
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When Starflight is stolen by his own tribe, he hopes to at least discover some of the long-held NightWing secrets -- what magical powers they really have, who they're allied with in the war, and where they've been living all this time. But the truth about Starflight's tribe is more terrible than he ever imagined: Not only do the NightWings live in a dark, miserable place, but they've imprisoned several innocent RainWings there, too. Stranded and...
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Louisiana, 1875: In the tumultuous aftermath of Reconstruction, three young women set off as unwilling companions on a perilous quest: Lavinia, the pampered heir to a now-destitute plantation; Juneau Jane, her illegitimate free-born Creole half-sister; and Hannie, Lavinia's former slave. Each carries private wounds and powerful secrets as they head for Texas, following dangerous roads rife with ruthless vigilantes and soldiers still fighting a war...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
Description
En kinder, Lupe Lopez inició una banda y le demostró a todos que era una estrella de rock. Este año, como estudiante de primer grado, Lupe tiene una nueva meta: ganarse una estrella en el Muro de la Fama de Lectura del salón de clase de la maestra Moreno. Lupe puede roquear con las palabras en su lista de lectura, pero cuando aparecen juntas en una frase, ella no puede darles la vuelta. Y lo peor es que Victor, el brabucón de la clase, se burla...
1097) Tower of god: 2
Author
Series
Tower of God volume 2
Publisher
Webtoon Unscrolled, a division of Wattpad Corp
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The action-packed, fast-paced global sensation Tower of God is a story of wealth, power, betrayal and revenge. Whatever you desire―you can find it here, at the Tower. When Bam’s best friend Rachel declares she’s going to climb the mysterious Tower, he risks everything and breaks inside to find her. Twenty-Fifth Bam must journey skyward in a mysterious tower if he has any chance of reuniting with his best friend Rachel, even if...
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Crossing the Great Mountains to return home, Bird and Squirrel rescue a baby bear from wolves before Bird suffers a bonk on the head that gives him amnesia, a situation that tests Squirrel's ability to protect his friends.