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Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"India Allwood grew up wanting to be an actress. Armed with a stack of index cards and a hell of a lot of talent, she goes from awkward 16-year-old to Broadway ingenue to tv star. But while promoting her most recent project, a film about adoption, India does what you should never do--she tells a journalist the truth: it's a bad movie. Like so many movies about adoption, it tells only one story, a tragic one. But India's an adoptive mom herself and...
2) Gold
Publisher
Synergetic Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An estranged father returns to his hometown after a decade long absence with hopes to rekindle relations with his daughter and ex-wife but unwittingly unravels the family life they have created.
3) On fire
Publisher
Cineverse
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by true and harrowing events, On Fire tells the story of an ordinary man who finds his world suddenly torn apart as devastating wildfires rip through the surrounding countryside. With precious moments ticking by, he must flee with his son and pregnant wife if they have any hope of surviving the rapid forces of Mother Nature.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Welcoming a baby transforms life in many ways, including the wondrous opportunity to see the world through a child's eyes. In Ooo Baby, Baby! the precious baby bunny marvels at the changing seasons, happily watches the clouds, and plays with everyday objects in unexpected ways--all while the adoring big bunny looks on with delight.
Author
Series
Una Herencia en juego volume 4
Publisher
Molino
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Grayson Hawthorne fue criado como el heredero de la fortuna de su abuelo, poniendo a su familia ante todo. Cuando parte de ella se mete en problemas, Grayson aparece para hacer lo que mejor se le da: ocuparse de ellos de manera rápida, sencilla y sin sentimentalismos de por medio. Jameson Hawthorne, en cambio, es un hombre de riesgos, de sensaciones fuertes, de juegos. Cuando su misterioso padre aparece para pedirle un favor, Jameson no puede resistirse...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The tale of an extraordinary family that lives hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. Everyone in the Madrigal family has a unique gift, ranging from superstrength to the power to heal. Everyone except Mirabel. But when the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides she might just be her exceptional family's last hope.
Series
Rick and Morty volume season 4
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A sociopathic scientist drags his unintelligent grandson on insanely dangerous adventures across the universe.
9) Like so
Author
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Just as the sun loves the day and the moon loves the waves, a grandmother shows how her family's love is natural and connected to the world around them.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Giacomo Casadio era un hombre solitario de temperamento melancólico, dotado de una gran imaginación y con el talento de los visionarios. Tenía pocos amigos y cumplidos los cuarenta y cinco años no había tenido nunca novia. Hasta el día en que en una fiesta de pueblo una gitana se cruzó en su camino. Hacía tiempo que Giacomo se había fijado en ella: era alta, tenía un cuerpo esbelto y una cabellera negra que le llegaba a la cintura. Él siempre...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Isaiah "Ice" Abernathy has always worshiped his older brother, Seth. For years they've been not just brothers but best friends--and as Seth starts his senior year, Ice is eager to spend as much time with his brother as he can, making memories before Seth goes to college. But when Seth announces he's leaving much earlier than expected, and then he misses an important event--one he'd promised to attend--it causes a major fight. Filled with regret,...
13) Praiseworthy
Author
Series
New Directions paperbook volume 1585
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In a small town in the north of Australia, a mysterious cloud heralds both an ecological catastrophe and a gathering of the ancestors. A crazed visionary looks to donkeys to solve the global climate crisis and the economic dependency of the Aboriginal people. His wife, seeking solace from his madness, follows the dance of butterflies and scours the internet to find out how her Aboriginal/Chinese family could be repatriated to China. One of their...
Author
Publisher
Minerva, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"This moving tale introduces the youngest picture book audience to a girl who misses her grandmother-whom she calls Tata or Tatita, as is traditional in many Spanish-speaking cultures-and yearns to spend time with her. But Tatita is not here any more. The spare, striking illustrations make it ambiguous whether the girl misses her tata because she lives in a faraway place, is ill, or has passed on. Yet this gorgeous, deceptively simple book's ending...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Piper Franklin has big plans. First, she'll win the Academic Decathlon with her best friend, Tallulah. Then, she'll finish her life's work: Metaphorical Math. And in the meantime, she and Tallulah will maintain their secret, El Jardin Muerto. Nothing can stop Piper . . . except for puberty. Piper was diagnosed with early-onset puberty, and she's been taking blockers to keep it at bay since she was six years old. But now her doctor thinks it's time...
Author
Series
Coral Cottage at Summer Beach volume 5
Publisher
Sunny Palms Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Marina and her sister Kai, entrusted with managing Summer Beach's one-hundred-year celebration, navigate treacherous waters. Age-old grudges and family secrets soon resurface. Their grandmother's hidden past casts a shadow, forcing them to confront dangerous truths. While Marina's daughter Heather grapples with boyfriend troubles, she discovers her new husband Jack is harboring secrets of his own. As tensions rise and love is tested, the bonds of...
20) Just Lizzie
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighth grader Lizzie's study of asexuality in science class leads her to understand her own asexual identity as she embarks on a journey toward self-discovery and self-advocacy.
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