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Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A gay Jewish man has just been elected president of the United States--or so it seems, until the governor of Kansas decides that some election results in his state are invalid and awards crucial votes to the other candidate, his fellow party member. Things quickly go very wrong--and hundreds of thousands of people flock to Kansas to protest for what they believe is right and just. Among them are Jimmy and Duncan, teens who are not only fighting for...
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Language
Español
Description
Emma Blair se casa con su amor de juventud, Jesse. En su primer aniversario de bodas, Jesse recibe el encargo de ir a trabajar a las Islas Aleutianas. Y mientras sobrevuela el Pacífico, su helicóptero desaparece. Emma deja su trabajo y regresa a su hogar en un esfuerzo por recomponer su vida. Años después, se reencuentra con Sam, un viejo amigo, y vuelve a enamorarse. Cuando Emma y Sam se comprometen, parece que la vida le está brindando una...
3) Círculo
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
"This book is about Circle. This book is also about Circle's friends, Triangle and Square. Also it is about a rule that Circle makes, and how she has to rescue Triangle when he breaks that rule"--Back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Lively and charming silent movie actress Lily Temple is everything private investigator Peter Driscoll is not. It makes sense, then, that combining forces would mean more cases solved and secrets revealed. Except for Lily's own - why a legendary missing sapphire is within her possession and on her person at all times"--
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The humans are fighting again. Go figure. As a free A.I., Mal finds the war between the modded and augmented Federals and the puritanical Humanists about as interesting as a battle between rival anthills. He's not above scouting the battlefield for salvage, though, and when the Humanists abruptly cut off access to infospace he finds himself trapped in the body of a cyborg mercenary, and responsible for the safety of the modded girl she died protecting....
6) Cuadrado
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
"This book is about Square. This book is also about Square's friend Circle. Also it is about Square trying to make something perfect like Circle is. But it is hard to make something perfect"--Back cover.
7) Lucky
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Before Jodie Rattler became a star, she was a girl growing up in St. Louis. One day in 1955, when she was just six years old, her Uncle Drew took her to the racetrack, where she got lucky - and that roll of two-dollar bills she won has never since left her side. Jodie thrived in the warmth of her extended family, and then - through a combination of hard work and serendipity - started a singing career, which catapulted her from St. Louis to New York...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Español
Description
In the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
9) Kicked out
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
While his home life is unraveling, thirteen-year-old Ali organizes a charity soccer match to help his friend Aadam avoid deportation back to Syria.
10) The kill factor
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A contestant on a brand-new game show offering young criminals the chance at freedom and a cash prize by winning over viewers, Emerson desperately needs the money to save her family, but little does she know that winning is her only chance at survival because losing means death.
12) La panza de mamá
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
"A young boy shares his love for his mother's panza (belly), which is capable of remarkable things, including a place to hide and rest, and she loves it as an important part of herself"--OCLC.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Español
Description
En este divertido libro ilustrado sobre las supersticiones, ¿pod̀r Miguel aprender a crear su propia suerte y librarse de la mala suerte antes de que sea demasiado tarde?
Miguel's grandmother warns him that opening an umbrella inside the house will bring bad luck that will follow him everywhere.
Author
Series
Team Unihorn and Woolly volume 1
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Raina the rhino, Nigel the narwhal, Shu the horseshoe crab, and Woolly the mammoth have more in common than the fact that they all have horns. (WARNING: Never try to tell Shu that hers is really more of a tail!) They were also all exposed to a Super Blood Full Moon Eclipse that gave them each strange powers. Now Shu can fly, Raina is lightning quick, Nigel has supersonic sonar, and Woolly, well, he's extra fluffy. Unfortunately, our heroes aren't...
Author
Series
Blood City rollers volume 1
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
After ice-skater and Olympic hopeful Mina wipes out at her biggest competition she gets recruited by a squad of vampires who need a human player to complete their Paranormal Roller Derby team.
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Ronnie Anne once again has her hands full with her huge extended family plus all her friends in Great Lakes City. And Ronnie Anne and Sid are struggling with their class project! Can Tía Frida help them build their artistic vision? Or are things about to get wild? Plus, Lori drives out for a fantastic new job opportunity! But feathers may get ruffled when this internship goes sideways..."--
19) ONLY THE BRAVE
Author
Language
English
Description
During World War II, Sophia Alexander, after her mother dies and her father is sent to a concentration camp, becomes increasingly involved in the resistance and while working with the convent nuns, the Sisters of Mercy, where she risks everything to help those in need—no matter what the cost.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Warring London neighbors Winston and Bernice share an empty patch of greenery lost to time, but when Winston receives photographs of the garden in bloom many years prior, they decide to lay down their arms to revitalize the garden and help revive the community spirit that's been languishing for so long.
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