Lois Lowry
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Series
Gooney Bird volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Series
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English
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"William Golding's unforgettable classic of boyhood adventure and the savagery of humanity comes to this Classics Deluxe Edition with a new foreword by Lois Lowry. As provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, Lord of the Flies continues to ignite passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary boys marooned on a coral island has been labeled a...
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English
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When young Elana unexpectedly joins the team leaving the spaceship to study the planet Andrecia, she becomes an integral part of an adventure involving three very different civilizations, each one centered on the third planet from the star in its own solar system.
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Series
Espasa juvenil volume 20
Language
Español
Description
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
Author
Series
Sam Krupnik volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Sam is able to help his sister Anastasia with the poem she is writing for their mother's birthday, but his own efforts to create a special perfume are disastrous.
67) Shu xing xing
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Series
Publisher
Hebei jiao yu chu ban she
Language
中文
Description
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
68) Xi shu fan xing
Author
Series
You zhi qing xiao shuo volume 1
Publisher
Ha fo ren chu ban you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2007
Language
中文
Description
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
70) The Willoughbys
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2008
Language
Korean
Description
In this tongue-in-cheek take on classic themes in children's literature, the four Willoughby children set about to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny
71) El mensajero
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Series
Publisher
Editorial Everest, S.A
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
Español
Description
In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand.
Seis años antes, Mati llegó a Pueblo siendo un niño rudo y astuto. Pero, desde aquellos tiempos, se ha transformado en un joven honrado bajo la tutela de Veedor, un ciego que debe su nombre a su extraordinaria percepción. Ahora Mati...
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Series
Publisher
Everest
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Español
Description
Lame and suddenly orphaned, Nora is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Consejo de Guardianes.
74) Pollyanna
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English
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"The young orphan Pollyanna is sent to live with her stern Aunt in a dour New England town. Refusing to be cast down by her circumstances, Pollyanna begins teaching the town "the glad game", which her father taught her. To play, one must find something to be glad about in every situation. Gradually, the irrepressible girl brings happiness and light to the lives of everyone around her. Pollyanna is a children's literature classic."--Back cover
76) Il cane prodigio
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Publisher
Mondadori
Pub. Date
2003
Language
Italiano
Description
Separated early in life from his mother and siblings, Keeper tells of his adventures with various human masters and his continual search for his little sister.