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"The acclaimed, bestselling author--winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize--tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families' lives. One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny's mother, Beverly--thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining...

Get creative with Super Simple Farm Critter Crafts! From a clothespin clip-clop horse to a toilet paper tube springy goat, these fun and easy projects will get kids crafting while they learn about different animal habitats. The crafts are super simple and tons of fun. Each project includes colorful photos and easy-to-follow instructions. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing,...

Discovering he belongs to a heroic tribe of two-legged giants, Mosley is determined to prove he is more than just a farm animal and sets off on an epic journey to join them in this fun-filled and heartfelt adventure.

"A retired bestselling author hosts a one-of-a-kind competition, with high risks and high rewards-giving the winner a chance to change lives. Lucy Hart has come a long way since feeling the cold neglect of her parents, whose attention always centered around her chronically ill sister's needs. Now a twenty-six-year-old teacher's aide, Lucy is able to share her love of books with bright, young students, and one in particular, a seven-year-old orphan...

"The Latecomer follows the story of the wealthy, New York City-based Oppenheimer family from the first meeting of the parents Salo and Johanna, under tragic circumstances, to their triplets born during the early days of IVF. As children, the three siblings--Harrison, Lewyn, and Sally--feel no strong familial bond and cannot wait to go their separate ways, even as their father becomes more distanced and their mother more desperate. When the triplets...

Presents a story inspired by human love, how people take care of one another, and how choices resonate through subsequent generations. Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and step-mother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To Adbullah, Pari, as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was...

Fifty-year-old Alice Howland, a Harvard professor of cognitive psychology, is at the top of her game. Her kids are grown, her marriage secure, her career on fire, when after mere months of forgetfulness she finds herself in the rapidly downward spiral of early onset Alzheimer's disease. With no cure or treatment, Alice struggles to find meaning and purpose in her everyday life as her concept of self slips away. Without memory or hope, she is forced...

Escucha ahora el libro que ha arrasado por sorpresa en las listas de Estados Unidos, basado en el impactante caso de niños robados que conmocionó al país.

Aunque la vida nos lleve por diferentes caminos,
el corazón siempre recuerda a dónde pertenece.

Memphis, 1939

Rill Foss y sus cuatro hermanos pequeños disfrutan de una infancia mágica en su casa-barco en el Misisipi. Hasta que una noche

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"Grace, Maya, & Joaquin are siblings who are unaware of one another's existence, until Grace gives up her own child for adoption-and feels compelled to seek out her biological family. Maya, Grace's loudmouthed younger sister, is quick to search for traces of herself among her bio siblings. But she's not quite sure where it is that she belongs. And Joaquin, their stoic older bio brother, never found a family. In Joaquin's life, there are no heroes,...