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Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Vanessa lo tiene todo: una familia increíble, grandes amigos y las comodidades propias de una niña consentida. Sin embargo, a sus apenas 26 años se siente agobiada, aburrida y más encerrada que un animal salvaje en la vitrina de un zoológico, por lo que decide dejar México e irse a vivir a Miami en busca de aventuras.
Author
Series
Publisher
Whitaker Playhouse Español
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
In the second story of the Brave Young Girls Series, the main character is Rebecca, 11 years old and in sixth grade. She has large light brown eyes, straight light brown hair, and long, thick eyelashes. She is humorous, thinks creatively, and makes friends easily. Although she is good at dealing with unexpected changes, some of these block her and affect her a lot, and she has to learn to follow instructions and shut up what she thinks and feels a...
Author
Series
Publisher
Whitaker Playhouse Español
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
The first story in the series is Mariana values herself. Mariana, a 12-year-old seventh grader, has long black curly hair, large, light-colored eyes, and freckles. Although she always wants to help others, her biggest fear is that no one will accept her as she is. She is afraid to say what she thinks, she gets carried away by others and is stubborn. She loves people, makes them feel good, and knows how to listen. Comparing herself to everyone, her...
Author
Series
Little Women series volume 1
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
First published in 1868, "Little Women" became an instant bestseller. In this annotated edition, Alcott scholar Shealy illuminates the novel's engagement with social equality, reform movements, the Civil War, friendship, love, loss, and the central question: How does one grow up well? Illustrations.
5) Feral
Author
Publisher
Blumhouse Books/Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Allie Hilts was still in high school when a fire at a top-secret research facility released an air-borne pathogen that quickly spread to every male on the planet, killing most. Allie witnessed every man she ever knew be consumed by fearsome symptoms: scorching fevers and internal bleeding, madness and uncontrollable violence. The world crumbled around her. No man was spared, and the few survivors were irrevocably changed. They became disturbingly...
Author
Publisher
Plaza y Janes
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"El día que mi madre se quitó la vida fue uno de los más felices de mi adolescencia... ¿Que si la odiaba? No lo sé... Tampoco sé si la quería. Hay muchas cosas que no sé, que no recuerdo, que no entiendo." Renata tiene catorce años y la certeza de que es feliz por la muerte de su madre: Sabina. Los lectores desconocemos sus impulsos y precisamente esa incógnita es la que nos mantiene enmarañados en esta historia que muestra personajes complejos,...
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books / Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A psychological suspense novel about two young women who have recently moved to New York City: Alice, who is brutally murdered, and Ruby, who finds Alice and investigates her death"--
When she arrived in New York on her eighteenth birthday carrying nothing but $600 cash and a stolen camera, Alice Lee was looking for a fresh start. Now, just one month later, she is the city's latest Jane Doe. She may be dead but that doesn't mean her story is over....
8) Velorio
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Espanol
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
"Camila is haunted by the death of her sister, Marisol, who was caught by a mudslide during the huracaan. Unable to part with Marisol, Camila carries her through town, past the churchyard, and, eventually, to the supposed utopia of Memoria. Urayoaan, the idealistic, yet troubled cult leader of Memoria, has a vision for this new society, one that in his eyes is peaceful and democratic. The paradise he preaches lures in the young, including Bayfish,...
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