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"Brooklyn 1919. As New York City continues to reel from the losses from both World War I and the deadly influenza epidemic, the lives of three very different women are about to take an unexpected turn. Recently arrived from New Orleans, Beatrice is trying to establish her dress shop with help from Alice, a teenaged orphan she brought north with her, while their neighbor, newlywed Catherine, longs for a baby she cannot seem to conceive. When Bea befriends...
22) Dentro de casa
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Family volume 1
Publisher
Planetadelibros
Pub. Date
2023.
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Español
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"En una majestuosa casa del elegante barrio de Chelsea, la polica̕ encuentra a una beb ěn su cuna. Bien alimentada, cuidada y feliz, espera a que la cojan en brazos. En la cocina de esa misma casa hay tres cadv̀eres en estado de descomposicin̤. Junto a ellos, una nota escrita con urgencia. Veinticinco aǫs despuš Libby, esa beb ǎ quien encontraron con vida, regresa a una casa que esconde su origen familiar y el ms̀ oscuro de los secretos."--...
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Nube De Tinta
Pub. Date
2023.
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Español
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"Mia nació con una fecha de caducidad corta. Pero no se someterá a la operación que puede salvarle la vida o quitársela, hasta encontrar a la madre que la abandonó al nacer. Kyle era la alegría de la fiesta...hasta el accidente en el que mató a su mejor amigo. Desde entonces, lo único que quiere es deshacerse de la culpa y aliviar el dolor que ha causado. Tras un inesperado golpe del destino, Mia y Kyle viajan juntos a España en busca de...
24) Sword catcher
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Chronicles of Castellane volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"A new fantasy series in which two outcasts find themselves caught in a web of forbidden love, dangerous magic, and dark secrets that could change the world forever. In the vibrant city-state of Castellane, the richest of nobles and the most debauched of criminals have one thing in common: the constant search for wealth, power, and the next hedonistic thrill. Kel is an orphan, stolen from the life he knew to become the Sword Catcher--the body double...
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"As always, Floyd Betts rides into town alone. He arrives for his father's funeral, but he is returning to Galveston, Texas, with two orphaned siblings he has rescued. Nellie, who is descended from a long line of witches, has visions from other people's minds. Hank, her impulsive younger brother, just wants to break out his outsized revolver. Along the way home, Floyd, Nellie, and Hank encounter a dubious traveling salesman, Professor Finn, and his...
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Scribner
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Meet Tony: insatiably curious, deeply compassionate, with a unique perspective on every scene he encounters. Kidnapped and transported to the New World after traveling from the British East India Company's outpost on the Coromandel Coast to the teeming streets of London, young Tony finds himself in Jamestown, Virginia, where he and his fellow indentured servants--boys like himself, men from Africa, a mad woman from London--must work the tobacco plantations....
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"London, January 1789. The weather is so severe the River Thames completely freezes over. The people of London decide to hold an impromptu Frost Fair, with dancing bears, jugglers and puppet shows. Neva and her Russian parents operate a chess-playing bear, so convincing people believe it is real. But a dreadful tragedy is waiting just around the corner for Neva, as the treacherous ice begins to crack. All of a sudden she finds herself alone in the...
28) Shards of glass
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The Academia, once an elite proving ground for the rulers of the world, has been frozen for centuries. Now its strange slumber has ended, and a new Chancellor, an orange-eyed dragon, has reopened its lecture halls and readied its dorms. In order to thrive once more, however, the Academia needs fresh blood--new students with a passion and talent for learning. One such student, Robin, has the perfect recruit in mind: his friend Raven, an orphan who...
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The Dial Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"In the spring of 1877, Bridget--sixteen years old and already disillusioned after caring for her alcoholic father--is orphaned while crossing the Kansas prairie. She arrives penniless in Dodge City, and, thanks to the allure of her bright red hair and country-girl beauty, is soon recruited to work at the Buffalo Queen, the only brothel in town run by women. Bridget takes to brothel life instantly, appreciating the good food, good pay, and good friendships...
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"The only home Brianna Kelly has ever known is Ballymacool Boarding School, but when the son of local gentry arrives at the school to deal with his unruly niece, an unexpected discovery uncovers the truth about her past--and the key to her future"-- Provided by publisher.
Brianna Kelly was abandoned at Ballymacool House and Boarding School as an infant. She has worked there since she was a wee girl and will likely die there. Powerless to change her...
31) Once there was
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[2023]
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English
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When fifteen-year-old Iranian American Marjan discovers her murdered father was secretly a veterinarian to magical creatures, she realizes she must take up his mantle, despite the many dangers.
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Cat's cradle volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Suri has what it takes to be a monster tamer--she just knows it! She's even tamed her first monster...if you count Byron. He's less like a monster, more like a giant dog. He needs a master that's just his size, so Suri, Caglio, and Byron set off for the land of the giants: the Monster's Cradle. An epic journey like this requires money and provisions, which they don't have. But the treasure at the heart of the mole king's lair might be the solution...
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Olga is an orphan and a thief, relying on trickery and sleight of hand to make her way in the world. But it's magic, not thievery, that could get her into trouble. When Olga and her partner-in-crime Pavel learn of a valuable jewel kept in a secluded castle, Olga sees an opportunity to change their lives: a prize so big, they'd never have to steal again. But the castle is not as it seems, ruled by an enchanter who hosts grand balls every night, only...
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Red doesn't remember who she is or where she came from. In fact, her only memory is a terrifying, repeating dream of a threatening shadow and a foggy field. But after many years, she wonders if that's just something she made up. Red does know that she now belongs with Yakaka, the witch who rescued Red when she was a little girl. Full of power and magic, Yakaka travels the world, healing the planet when it calls for her help. Yakaka carries Red between...
35) Martyr!
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"A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a search that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum"-- Provided by publisher.
Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother's plane was shot down over the skies of the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident; and his father's life in America was...
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Black Rose Writing
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Leigh Howard's life has been ripped apart. Orphaned, she goes to live with incredibly wealthy relatives she never knew she had. Struggling to fit into her new world, she can't let go of her grief. When the police tell her the investigation in to her parents murder has hit a brick wall, she knows the only way she will ever know peace is to solve the mystery herself. With new family and friends, which includes a ghost with multiple...
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Murder and music volume 2
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"From Beat It to Billie Jean, the songs we know and love take on a brand-new, thrilling connotation in this anthology edited by Don Bruns"--
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Made in Abyss volume 8
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Vueko, once one of the Three Sages, tells the harrowing origin story of the Village of the Hollows! What terrors did the members of the suicide squad Ganja and their leader, Wazukyan, find on their adventure into the Abyss?!"--Provided by publisher
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2023.
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Español
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"En el orfanato en el que Nica creció, siempre se han contado historias y leyendas a la luz de la vela. La más famosa de todas es la del fabricante de lágrimas, un misterioso artesano culpable de haber forjado todos los miedos y las angustias que habitan en los corazones del ser humano. Para Nica ya es hora de dejar atrás los cuentos de la infancia y vivir lo que para ella es un sueño hecho realidad: ser adoptada. Pero no cumplirá su sueño...
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Newbery Medalist and New York Times bestselling author Lois Lowry transports readers to an Iron Age world through the suspenseful dual narrative of a boy and girl both battling to survive. In an utterly one-of-a-kind blend of fiction and history, a master storyteller explores the mystery and life of the 2,000-year-old Windeby bog body.
Estrild is not like the other girls in her village, she wants to be a warrior. Varick, the orphan boy who helps her...
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