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90 miles to Havana
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Enrique Flores-Galbis |
The author's experience, as one of 14,000 children moved from Cuba to a refugee camp in Miami in 1961, is told through engaging, fast-paced writing and well-developed characters.
When unrest hits … |
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The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict (The Mysterious Benedict Society #0.5)
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Trenton Lee Stewart |
Nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict has more problems than most children his age. Not only is he an orphan with an unfortunate nose, but he also has narcolepsy, a condition that gives him terrible nightm… |
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Wonder show
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Hannah Rodgers Barnaby |
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, step inside Mosco's Traveling Wonder Show, a menagerie of human curiosities and misfits guaranteed to astound and amaze! But perhaps the strangest act of Mosco'… |
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Puss in Boots
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Lara Bergen |
Puss describes how his friendship with Humpty Alexander Dumpty made him an outlaw, how he met the beautiful Kitty Softpaws and tried to redeem himself only to be betrayed, and how he, Humpty, and Kit… |
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The Devil Wears Kolovsky
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Carol Marinelli |
"Zakahr Belenki has clawed his way out of Russia's gutters to seek revenge on the family that abandoned him. He'll destroy their pride and joy - fashion empire the House of Kolovsky. All that stands … |
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The Wonderling
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Mira Bartók |
Have you been unexpectedly burdened by a recently orphaned or unclaimed creature? Worry not! We have just the solution for you!
Welcome to the Home for Wayward and Misbegotten Creatures, an instit… |
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Thornhill
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Pam Smy |
Parallel plotlines, one told in text and one in art, inform each other as a young girl unravels the mystery of a ghost next door.
Mary is an orphan at the Thornhill Institute for Children at the ver… |
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Thornhill
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Pam Smy |
"Parallel plotlines set in different times, one told in text and one in art, inform each other as a young girl unravels the mystery of a ghost next door"-- |
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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Ransom Riggs,Cassandra Jean |
1 v. (unpaged) : 22 cm |
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The invisible girl
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Laura Ruby |
Ever wanted to turn yourself invisible? Gurl can, but she still can't hide from the evil Mrs Terwiliger. Join Gurl on a wild ride through a magical New York City, where no one can stay invisible fore… |
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The Wall and the Wing
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Laura Ruby |
In a future New York where most people can fly and cats are a rarity, a nondescript resident of Hope House for the Homeless and Hopeless discovers that although she is shunned as a "leadfoot," she ha… |
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Anne of Green Gables
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Lucy Maud Montgomery |
The books recounts Anne's adventures in making a home.
Anne, a young orphan from the fictional community of Bolingbroke, Nova Scotia (based upon the real community of New London), is sent to Prince … |
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