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2012.
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English
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A septuagenarian business owner evaluates her grandchildren as possible successors to her multi-million-dollar beauty empire, including New York movie studio editor Daisy, womanizing sports PR representative Matt, and religious Legal Aid lawyer Raquel.
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On the Hill of Dust, in the remote mountains of Mexico, an eleven-year-old Mixtec boy called Teo lives with his family and the animals that he has healed, but one day a Romany caravan rolls into town with a young girl who calls herself Esma, the Gypsy Queen of Lightning--it is the beginning of a life-long friendship that will change both their lives.
28) Saving Sky
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English
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In an America that has suffered continual terrorist attacks since 9/11, seventh-grader Sky stands up for what is right and helps a classmate of Middle Eastern descent, although doing so places her and her family at great risk.
29) Dream carver
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[2002]
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English
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In this story, inspired by Oaxacan wood carvers, a young boy dreams of colorful, exotic animals that he will one day carve in wood.
31) A family mystery
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English
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Join Miguel and his dog, Dante, as they solve a family mystery.
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Mac Reilly novels volume 1
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English
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One night in Malibu, P.I. MacReilly sees a distraught woman holding a gun in the doorway of a beach house; Mac barely escapes her bullet but is pulled into a web of deception and lies.
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Pub. Date
1994.
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Español
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Antonio Marez tiene seis años cuando Última viene a quedarse con su familia. Última es una curandera, una persona que cura con hierbas y magia. Bajo su protección, Antonio va a explorar las ataduras de la familia que le rasgan y comprometen, y se va a descrubrir a si mismo en los secretos mágicos y el pasado pagano--legado mítico tan palpable como el catolicismo de América Latina.
39) Saige
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Series
Girl of the year. 2013: Saige volume 1
American girls collection volume 1
Girl of the year. 2013 Saige volume 1
American girls collection volume 1
Girl of the year. 2013 Saige volume 1
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Upset that her New Mexico school can only afford music and art teachers in alternate years, fourth-grader Saige works with her grandmother, Mimi, to plan a fundraiser but when Mimi has an accident, Saige relies on new friend Gabi to help.
40) Coyote waits
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aThe car fire didn't kill Navajo Tribal Policeman Delbert Nez--a bullet did. And the old man in possession of the murder weapon is a whiskey-soaked shaman named Ashie Pinto. Officer Jim Chee is devastated by the slaying of his good friend Del, and confounded by the prime suspect's refusal to utter a single word of confession or denial.Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn believes there is much more to this outrage than what appears on the surface, as he and Jim...
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