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Author
Publisher
Urano
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Español
Description
"Así empieza Orgullo y prejuicio y zombis, una versión ampliada de la clásica novela de Jane Austen, sólo que con escalofriantes escenas de zombis que siembran el terror y devoran a seres humanos. Cuando esa misteriosa plaga llega a la apacible población inglesa de Meryton y los difuntos empiezan a resucitar convertidos en temibles muertos vivientes, la intrépida heroína Elizabeth Bennet tendrá que acabar con la amenaza y, al mismo tiempo,...
Author
Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Harper Anderson has a to-do list longer than the Colorado river, and fields of tulips to tend to at her family's flower farm in Hillsboro County, California. It's her dream to run the business with her sisters when their father retires, keeping up traditions that began with her great-great-grandmother. That is, if there's a farm left to run. Rich out-of-towners looking for a slice of country living are hiking up the prices in town and it's putting...
2083) We fly beneath the stars: An utterly heartbreaking and powerful WW2 novel based on a true story
Author
Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
202.
Language
English
Description
1942, Europe: Based on the true story of a female-only bomber battalion, this is a totally heartbreaking and unforgettable story about sacrifice, sisterhood and a love that transcends war. When the love of Tasha's life, Luca, joins the air force to fight against the evil Nazi invaders, she knows she has to follow her heart-and him-into battle. Headstrong, impulsive and a daredevil, she's the perfect recruit. Tasha's sensible older sister Nadia...
2084) The fashion orphans
Author
Publisher
Blue Box Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Two sisters find that forgiveness never goes out of style when they inherit their mother's jackets, purses... and pearls of wisdom. Estranged half-sisters Gabrielle Winslow and Lulu Quattro seem to have only two things in common: mounds of debt and coils of unresolved enmity toward Bette Bradford, their controlling and imperious recently deceased mother. Gabrielle, the firstborn, was raised in relative luxury on Manhattan's rarefied Upper East Side....
Author
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Based on the Emmy Award-winning "genius" (The Guardian) web series, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, this is a new novel starring Lizzie's spunky sister Lydia as she navigates the joys and pitfalls of becoming an adult in the digital age. Before her older sister, Lizzie, started her wildly popular vlog, Lydia was just a normal twenty-year-old plotting the many ways she could get away with skipping her community college classes and finding the perfect fake...
2086) La fortaleza divertida
Author
Series
Publisher
Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
"The Garcia's new refrigerator comes in a big box. Carlos and Carmen turn the box into a rocket, then a submarine. Then the twins finally decide to make the box a fort"--Provided by publisher.
2087) Las ruedas tambaleantes
Author
Series
Publisher
Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
The twins' father offers to teach them to ride their bikes without the training wheels--and with perseverance, and despite a lot of wobbling, the two soon succeed.
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Persuasion: "Anne Elliot is a young woman of perfect breeding and unwavering integrity. Austen wrote of her, 'She is almost too good for me.' Persuasion is the story of Anne and Captain Wentworth and their long awaited union. The world of country gentry in Regency England serves as a setting while portraying the many aspects of proper society - its failings and humor"--Container.
Pride and prejudice: "A delightful novel about 'how girls catch husbands.'...
2089) Dual citizens
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A masterful achievement: a joint coming-of-age story and an achingly poignant portrait of the strange, painful, ultimately life-sustaining bonds between sisters. Lark and Robin are half-sisters whose similarities end at being named for birds. While Lark is shy and studious, Robin is wild and artistic. Raised in Montreal by their disinterested single mother, they form a fierce team in childhood despite these differences. As they grow up, Lark excels...
2090) El fin de semana arenoso
Author
Series
Publisher
Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
The Garcia family is spending a summer weekend at the beach, having a wonderful time playing in the water, and discovering the sand dollars and other small creatures that live along the shore.
2091) Mother in the dark
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A novel about family secrets and a volatile relationship between a mother and her daughters. When Anna's sister calls with an urgent message, Anna doesn't return the call. She knows it's about their mother. Growing up in working class Boston in an Italian American family, Anna's childhood was sparse but comfortable-filled with homemade pasta sauce and a close-knit neighborhood. Anna and her sisters are devoted to their mother, orbiting her like the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Debolsillo/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S. A. U
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
"Maia D'Apliese y sus hermanas regresan a la impresionante mansión familiar donde crecieron al descubrir que su adorado padre, que las adoptó en distintos lugares cuando no eran más que bebés, acaba de fallecer. Cada una recibe un sobre que contiene una prometedora pista sobre su origen. A Maia, la mayor de las hermanas y nuestra protagonista, la suya le lleva a una casa en ruinas en Río de Janeiro. Allí comenzará a recomponer las piezas de...
Author
Series
Publisher
C & R Crime
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The curse of Pharaoh Sinus Nefertop is upon Blotto so it's up to Twinks to banish it! Yet another financial crisis at Tawcester Towers! So this time the Dowager Duchess decides to sell off the less important family possessions, which have, for a long time, been consigned to the attics of the ancestral home. Blotto and Twinks are dispatched to help the valuer as he carries out an inspection. Not much of any worth is found but then the valuer spies...
Author
Series
Magic tree house ; 29-32
Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Jack and Annie experience a series of time-travel adventures in 1947 Brooklyn; Galveston, Texas in 1900; ancient Rome; and colonial Philadelphia.
2095) El gran chapoteo
Author
Series
Publisher
Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
"Los Garcia están pasando la tarde en la piscina del parque. Los gemelos se están divirtiendo en el lado poco profundo de la piscina hasta que el agua entra en los ojos de Carlos. Justo cuando parece que la diversión se acabará, Carmen averigua cómo todos pueden pasar un buen rato de chapoteo."--From back cover.
"The Garcias are spending the afternoon at the pool in the park. The twins are having fun in the shallow end until Carlos gets water...
2096) La aventura
Author
Publisher
Plaza Janés/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S. A. U
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Rose McCarthy es la legendaria directora de la revista Mode. Tras la muerte de su esposo, ha estrechado la relación con sus cuatro hijas. Todas tienen carreras de éxito: Athena es una conocida chef televisiva; Venetia es diseñadora de moda; Olivia, jueza de un tribunal superior; y Nadia, la más joven, es diseñadora de interiores en París. Nadia considera que su vida es perfecta: está casada con el aclamado autor Nicolas Bateau, que la adora...
2097) El nuevo bebé
Author
Series
Publisher
Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
"¡Ana y Andrew están esperando un hermano! La familia de Mamá llega de Trinidad, y todos ayudan a prepararse. Cuando llega el bebé, aprenden de Abuelita que en la cultura afroamericana, el nombre de un bebé a menudo cuenta una historia importante"--
"Ana & Andrew are expecting a sibling! The family is very excited. Mama's family arrives from Trinidad, and everyone helps to get ready. When the baby arrives, Ana & Andrew learn from Granny that...
2098) No peeking at presents
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Everyone knows there's no peeking at presents before Christmas morning. But what if there's a very, very good reason to take a look? It's Christmas Eve and the three kids in this story are trying their best to go to sleep, but something keeps waking them up. And it's not just their excitement for gifts. Or, at least, not only because they're excited for gifts. This irresistible Christmas story, equal parts hilarious and charming, captures all the...
2099) The Zabime sisters
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
On the first day of summer vacation, teenaged sisters M'Rose, Elle, and Célina step out into the tropical heat of their island home of Guadaloupe and encounter boys, schoolyard fights, petty thievery, and even illicit alcohol.
Author
Series
Publisher
Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
"¡Ana y Andrew van a Ghana! ¡Les encanta aprender sobre la cultura ghanés, especialmente la comida! Mientras están allí, visitan el Castillo de la Costa el Cabo para honrar a sus antepasados y aprender sobre los orígenes de comercios de esclavos." --
"Ana & Andrew are going to Ghana! Papa is traveling to Ghana and the family gets to go too! Ana & Andrew love learning about Ghanaian culture, especially the food! While there, they visit Cape...
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