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6281) Coco
Author
Publisher
BuzzPop
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
El amor de Miguel por la música y el deseo de demostrar su talento lo transportan a la Tierra de los Muertos, donde se encuentra con el embustero Héctor, y los dos se embarcan en un viaje para conocer a Ernesto de la Cruz, quien es la clave de la historia familiar de Miguel.
Miguel's love of music and desire to prove his talent sees him transported to the Land of the Dead where he meets the trickster Hector, and the two embark on a journey to meet...
6282) Suddenly, last summer
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Beautiful Catherine Holly is committed to a mental institution after witnessing the horrible death of her cousin at the hands of cannibals. Her rich aunt tries to influence a young neurosurgeon to surgically end Catherine's haunting hallucinations. By utilizing injections of truth serum, the neurosurgeon discovers that Catherine's delusions are in fact true and must confront the rich aunt about her own involvement in her son's violent death.
6283) Blood of the virgin
Author
Series
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"After fourteen years in the making, renowned and beloved graphic novelist Sammy Harkham finally delivers his epic story of artistic ambition, the heartbreak that it can bring, and what it means to be human. Set in and around 1971 in Los Angeles, Blood of the Virgin follows an immigrant film editor named Seymour who is desperate to make his own movies. But without money or clout, he has no choice but to spend his days slumming it for the worst and...
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Carrie Sheffield grew up fifth of eight children with a violent, mentally ill, street-musician father who believed he was a modern-day Mormon prophet destined to become U.S. president someday. She and her seven siblings were often forced to live as vagabonds, remaining on the move across the country. They frequently subsisted in sheds, tents, and, most notably, motorhomes. They often lived a dysfunctional drifter existence, camping out in their motorhome...
6285) La supercapa de Abuela
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Español, un rama de HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
The Spanish-language edition of Abuela's Super Capa: a heartwarming picture book about a young boy who learns to accept that Abuela needs to retire her super capa. Saturdays are superhero days. Equipped with their milkshakes and capas, Luis and his abuela can turn anything into an adventure. But when Abuela gets sick, Luis has to learn a new way to be a hero. With some help from his sister, Luis learns that change isn't all that bad and there are...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Death Rides This Trail!" is the story of Jake and Emma Breslin, who had spent their early life together on a farm in settled country. That was before they packed up the covered wagon and headed West to find a new life. On the way they faced many hardships, beset by both brutal weather and violent humans. When Jake was shot and killed, everything changed for the Breslin family, except the determination to continue the journey. "Tower of Rocks" is...
6287) Leaving Lymon
Author
Series
Finding Langston volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Raised by his grandparents, first in Mississippi then in Wisconsin, ten-year-old Lymon moves to Chicago in 1945 to live with the mother he never knew, while yearning for his father.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Nestled amongst the pines above the shores of Lake Tahoe is the Ponderosa, the thousand-square mile home of Ben Cartwright and his sons, Adam, Hoss and Little Joe. The sixth season's adventures continue with tense situations, amusing predicaments, and heartwarming moments.
Author
Publisher
New York Review of Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When seven-year-old Mary's father puts her beloved cat, Thomasina, to sleep, Mary stops speaking to him and becomes gravely ill until Lori, a woman rumored to be a witch, restores Thomasina to health and Thomasina saves Mary.
6292) Odessa
Author
Publisher
Oni Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Eight years ago an earthquake--the Big One--hit along the Cascadia fault line, toppling cities and changing landscapes all up and down the west coast of the United States. Life as we know it changed forever. But for Vietnamese American Virginia Crane, life changed shortly after the earthquake, when her mother left and never came back. Ginny has gotten used to a life without her mother, helping her father take care of her two younger brothers, Wes...
6293) Girl on fire
Author
Publisher
Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
From New York Times bestselling author and 15-time GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Alicia Keys comes a new authentic and poignant coming-of-age young adult graphic novel, about finding the strength within when your whole world changes in an instant. Lolo Wright always thought she was just a regular fourteen-year-old dealing with regular family drama: her brother, James, is struggling with his studies; her dad's business constantly teeters on the edge...
6294) Empezar otra vez
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Raquel and Lucinda Mendoza used to be inseparable. But ever since their parents split, Raquel has been acting like editor-in-chief of their lives. Then a pandemic hits, and the sisters are forced to spend the lockdown at their dad's ranch house. Suddenly Raquel sees a chance to get back everything they've lost. If they can convince their mom to come along, maybe they can get their parents to fall in love again and give their family a second chance,...
Author
Series
Barco de vapor. Serie azul volume 72M
Publisher
SM
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Ana es muy despistada, tanto que un día, sin saber cómo, llega a un país lejano donde la gente viste de verde y las costumbres son muy distintas: las cosas tienen nombres raros y las tareas son más divertidas que los juegos. Ahí le hacen burla por ser diferente y la obligan a cambiar de nombre y seguir sus reglas. ¿Logrará Ana defender su identidad y volver a casa, donde es querida y aceptada?
Ana finds herself in a place where things have...
6296) DreamWorks
Publisher
[Midwest Tape]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
How to train your dragon: Hiccup is a young Viking who defies convention when he befriends one of his deadliest foes, a ferocious dragon he calls Toothless. Together, this unlikely pair must overcome many obstacles and one ultimate challenge in order to save both their worlds.
Shrek: Shrek embarks on a quest to rescue fiesty Princess Fiona and win back the deed...
6297) Rescue
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
657 days ago Meg's British father left their home in France to fight the Nazi's, leaving some codes in a jar for her to decipher, and Meg and her French mother moved to the Perche, a region in France near Normandy known for its forests; now Meg watches the German soldiers in town, and sometimes carries messages for the French resistance--but suddenly things have gotten much more dangerous: there is a wounded British officer hiding in her grandmother's...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
A New York Times Bestseller The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone. Minni lives in the poorest part of Mumbai, where access to water is limited to a few hours a day and the communal taps have long lines. Lately, though, even that access is being threatened by severe water shortages and thieves, who steal this precious commodity-an act Minni accidentally witnesses one night. Meanwhile,...
Author
Publisher
Chin Music Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Three Japanese American individuals with different beliefs and backgrounds decided to resist imprisonment by the United States government during World War II in different ways. Jim Akutsu, considered by some to be the inspiration for John Okada's No-No Boy, resisted the draft and argued that he had no obligation to serve the US military because he was classified as an enemy alien. Hiroshi Kashiwagi renounced his United States citizenship and refused...
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