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Dreaming with Animals is the first children's biography of celebrated sculptor and Brookgreen Gardens cofounder Anna Hyatt Huntington. Her remarkable life serves as an inspiration not only because of the greatness of her art but also because of her courage and perseverance. L. Kerr Dunn highlights how Anna overcame society's expectations of women and survived a life-threatening illness to become a prolific sculptor and an important benefactor of art...
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Français
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"Harry Potter - Les nuances de l'univers magique" explore les différences entre les livres et les films de la saga Harry Potter. Il commence par une introduction sur la magie dans les deux médias, puis analyse les différences dans les personnages, les décors, l'intrigue, les relations et les thèmes. Le livre examine également comment les éléments magiques et les effets visuels ont été adaptés à l'écran, l'importance de la musique et de...
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Discworld volume 33
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IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 21
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English
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The wizards of Unseen University in the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork must win a football match, without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything else. As the match approaches, four lives are entangled and changed forever.
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Frankenstein. Werewolves. Dracula. These images aren't just imaginary creatures-they're also powerful symbols of the body. The body can be thought of as a machine made up of parts like Frankenstein's monster, or as a creature ruled by animalistic urges, or as an entity that's vulnerable to infection from a diseased fiend. In The Body of Frankenstein's Monster, Cecil Helman, M.D., expands our view of our bodies by exploring its cultural and artistic...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Ryan Smithson joined the Army Reserve when he was seventeen. Two years later, he was deployed to Iraq as an Army engineer. In this extraordinary and harrowing memoir, readers march along one GI's tour of duty. Smithson avoids writing either prowar propaganda or an antimilitary polemic, providing instead a fascinating, often humorous-and occasionally devastating-account of the motivations and life of a contemporary soldier.
10) Verity
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Planeta México
Pub. Date
2023
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Español
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Lowen Ashleigh, autora al borde de la bancarrota, recibe un encargo que le cambiará la vida: Jeremy, el flamante marido de Verity Crawford, una de las autoras más importantes del momento, la contrata para terminar la serie de libros en la que trabajaba su mujer antes de sufrir un grave accidente que la ha dejado en coma. Lowen se instala en la mansión del matrimonio para poder trabajar en las notas en las que trabajaba Verity, con la esperanza...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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AD 640L
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English
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In this loving tribute to Virginia Lee Burton, the New York Times best-selling creators Sherri Duskey Rinker and John Rocco pay homage to the storied life of one of the most beloved creators in children's literature. Everyone in Folly Cove knows Virginia Lee as “Jinnee.” With her magical wands she can draw whatever she imagines, but for her sons Aris and Michael, she draws the most wonderful characters of all: BIG MACHINES with friendly names...
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IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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"It was April 5, 1943, and the Gestapo would arrive any minute. Dietrich Bonhoeffer had been expecting this day for a long time. He had put his papers in order--and left a few notes specifically for Hitlers men to see. Two SS agents climbed the stairs and told the boyish-looking Bonhoeffer to come with them. He calmly said good-bye to his parents, put his Bible under his arm, and left. Upstairs there was proof, in his own handwriting, that this quiet...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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"In 2010, Sergeant Craig Grossi was doing intelligence work for Marine RECON?the most elite fighters in the Corps?in a remote part of Afghanistan. While on patrol, he spotted a young dog "with a big goofy head and little legs" who didn?t seem vicious or run in a pack like most strays they?d encountered. After eating a piece of beef jerky Craig offered?against military regulations?the dog began to follow him. "Looks like you made a friend," another...
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Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Español
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Another graphic novel in this fresh and fun series spin-off of The Baby-sitters Club, featuring Kristy's little stepsister!¡Va a ser un fin de semana genial! Karen tiene patines nuevos y es muy buena patinando. Tiene ganas de intentar trucos nuevos, pero, ¡ay, no! Se cae y tienen que llevarla al hospital, ¡con una muñeca fracturada!Karen está decidida a que todos sus conocidos —y también algún famoso— le firme el yeso....
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Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022
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Español
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Another graphic novel in this fun series spin-off of The Baby-sitters Club, featuring Kristy's little stepsister!Hannie, la mejor amiga de Karen, tiene un adorable gatito. Su vecina Amanda también tiene un gato, y Karen tiene al viejo y gruñón Bubu. Ahora que todas tienen gatos, a Karen se le ocurre una idea genial: ¡quiere fundar el Club de los Gatitos!¿Qué harán en el club? Karen no puede hacer de niñera como Kristy, su hermana mayor......
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The story of the H. L. Hunley submarine is about American ingenuity and real people who were inventive, loyal, brave, resilient, persistent, and adventurous. The Hunley, built by the Confederate Army during the Civil War, was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship during wartime. After that historic feat, the Hunley disappeared. For more than a century, the fate and location of the Confederate submarine remained unknown. In The H. L. Hunley Submarine,...
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2024.
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Cada mes de agosto Ana Magdalena Bach toma el transbordador hasta la isla donde está enterrada su madre para visitar la tumba en la que yace. Esas visitas acaban suponiendo una irresistible invitación a convertirse en una persona distinta durante una noche al año. Escrita en el inconfundible y fascinante estilo de García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos es un canto a la vida, a la resistencia del goce pese al paso del tiempo y al deseo femenino....
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2023.
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Español
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Traces the ripple effects of war and immigration on two children--five-year-old Samuel, whose mother puts him on a Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England in 1938, and seven-year-old Anita, who boards another train eight decades later to the U.S., where she is separated from her mother.
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