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2) The fort
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Language
English
Description
Five middle schoolers find a fully stocked bomb shelter constructed decades ago in the local woods by an eccentric tycoon and lost until a hurricane exposes the entrance. So, how to keep the hideout secret from interfering grown-ups--and, more particularly, from scary teen psychopath, Jaeger Devlin.
3) Soy solo mía
Author
Publisher
Nubeocho
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Hablar de maltrato y de violencia de género es una importante herramienta de prevención. En un álbum poético y hermoso, Raquel Díaz Reguera nos emociona con un tema presente y real. Ratona aprenderá y no olvidará la premisa: "No soy tuya, ni de nadie, soy solo mía". Ratón pregunta a Ratona: "¿Por qué te vistes así? Ponte esto" o "¿Qué habrás hecho para conseguir un ascenso en el trabajo?". Ratón se está convirtiendo en un gato. El...
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English
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In 1907 Wisconsin, seventeen-year-old Marie Reehs is determined: she will not marry a violent man, as did her mother and grandmother before her. Day after day, Marie toils at the local laundry, watched by an older man who wants to claim her for his own. Night after night, she is haunted by the memory of her mother, who died in a mysterious accident to which her father was the only witness. She longs for an independent life, but her older sister wants...
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The young girl tells us that her mom's new friend is just like the big bad wolf. At first the wolf is sweet and kind to her mom, though the girl notices the wolf's cold eyes from the very beginning. When her mom arrives home late one day, the wolf suddenly hurls angry words and terrible names at her. From that day on her mother doesn't smile anymore. The girl is careful to clean her room and brush her teeth and do everything to keep the peace, but...
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