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1) Solaris
Author
Publisher
Libranda
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
Description
Impedimenta se complace en presentar, por primera vez en traducción directa del polaco, "Solaris", la mítica novela que consagró a Stanislaw Lem como autor de culto. Un texto hoy en día considerado un clásico sin paliativos de la literatura moderna.Kris Kelvin acaba de llegar a Solaris. Su misión es esclarecer los problemas de conducta de los tres tripulantes de la única estación de observación situada en el planeta. Solaris es un lugar peculiar:...
Author
Publisher
Libranda
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Description
LAS ACLAMADAS MEMORIAS DE J.R. MOEHRINGER, AHORA CONVERTIDAS EN UNA PELÍCULA PROTAGONIZADA POR BEN AFFLECK Y DIRIGIDA POR GEORGE CLOONEYJ.R. creció con su madre, pues su padre lo abandonó antes de que pronunciara su primera palabra. Pero J.R. sabe quién es: un DJ de Nueva York que tiene un programa de radio que él escucha con devoción, hasta el día en que su voz sale del aire y J.R. se queda sin nadie a quien escuchar. Encontrará entonces...
Author
Publisher
Libranda
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Description
Olive Kitteridge es una maestra retirada que vive en un pequeño lugar de Maine, en Nueva Inglaterra. A veces dura, otras paciente, a veces lúcida, otras abnegadamente ciega, Olive lamenta las transformaciones que han agitado el pequeño pueblo de Crosby y la deriva catastrófica que va tomando el mundo entero, pero no siempre se da cuenta de los cambios menos perceptibles que afectan a las personas más cercanas: la desesperación de un ex alumno...
Author
Publisher
Libranda
Pub. Date
2021
Language
Español
Description
El señor Mani es una crónica envolvente de seis generaciones, que se adentra en el tiempo desde el Jerusalén de 1982 hasta mediados del siglo XIX. A través de los Mani, Yehoshua nos habla de ese a veces fino pero inquebrantable hilo que une a padres e hijos. ¿Puede un hombre romper las cadenas que lo atan a su pasado? ¿Puede anular su identidad? A.B. Yehoshua pone en escena cinco diálogos en los que una voz diversa nos guía entre las historias...
Author
Series
Dread nation volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Formats
Description
The sequel to the New York Times bestselling epic Dread Nation is an unforgettable journey of revenge and salvation across a divided America. After the fall of Summerland, Jane McKeene hoped her life would get simpler: Get out of town, stay alive, and head west to California to find her mother. But nothing is easy when you're a girl trained in putting down the restless dead, and a devastating loss on the road to a protected village called Nicodemus...
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub Co
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
My Adopted Family is the story of a normal day in Adam's life. When classmate Lenny visits his home, he discovers Adam is adopted. Who makes him do his homework? Mom! Who makes Dinner? Dad! Who tucks him in? Mom and Dad! Lenny realizes love makes a family. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub Co
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
My Blended Family is the story of a normal day in Olivia's life. When classmate Lenny visits her home, he discovers Olivia has a stepmom and four stepsiblings. Who gets her snack? All the kids! Who helps with her homework? Eve and Tiffany! Who reads her bedtime story? Nora and Dad! Lenny realizes love makes a family. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Five starred reviews! In this beautifully reimagined story by NSK Neustadt Laureateand New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee Creek), Native American Lily and English Wendy embark on a high-flying journey of magic, adventure, and courage to a fairy-tale island known as Neverland…
Lily and Wendy have been best friends since they became stepsisters. But with their feuding parents planning to spend the summer apart, what...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
From award-winning author Sara Zarr comes a story of the small moments that show us who we are, and how family is not just something you’re part of, but something you make.
Lou and her family don’t have much, but for Lou it's enough. Mom. Her sister, Casey. Their apartment in the city. Her best friend, Beth. It would be better if Dad could stop drinking and be there for her and Casey, and if they didn't have to worry about money all the time....
10) Dough Boys
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the companion to her acclaimed So Done, Paula Chase follows best friends Simp and Rollie as their friendship is threatened by the pressures of basketball, upcoming auditions, middle school, and their growing involvement in the local drug ring.
Dough Boys is a memorably vivid story about the complex friendship between two African American boys whose lives are heading down very different paths. For fans of Jason Reynolds's Ghost and Rebecca Stead's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub Co
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
My Special Needs Family is the story of a normal day in Roxy's life. When classmate Lenny visits her home, he discovers Roxy has autism. Who taught her how to bowl? Dad. Who gets her snack? Roxy. Who makes her dinner? Mom. Lenny realizes love makes a family. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Author
Publisher
Random House Digital Dist
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Wilson dreams of all the ways he can help improve his friend Gigi’s house so that she’ll be warm, comfortable, and happy. One day, friends and neighbors from all over come to help make Wilson's plans come true. Everyone volunteers to pitch in to make Gigi's house safe, clean, and pretty. Inspired by a friend’s volunteerism, author Julia Durango tells a story of community and togetherness, showing that by helping others we help ourselves. Further...
Author
Publisher
Random House Digital Dist
Pub. Date
2021
Language
Español
Description
Esta nueva edición en español cuenta la historia de un niño que organiza a los vecinos de su comunidad para trabajar de voluntarios para reparar la casa de una amiga suya que es anciana.
Wilson sueña con todas las reparaciones que hay que hacerle a la casa de su amiga Gigi para que la anciana viva más cómodamente. Wilson les presenta su idea a varios miembros de su comunidad, entre ellos el bibliotecario, el heladero y el maestro. Finalmente,...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this compelling and heartfelt mystery story, Janae Marks—author of the acclaimed bestselling From the Desk of Zoe Washington—follows a young girl reshaping her meaning of home. Perfect for fans of Erin Entrada Kelly and Rebecca Stead. Two starred reviews! A Project Lit Club Book Club Selection, S&L Lead Title, Banks Street Best Children's Books of the Year, and Kids' Indie Next List Pick! “Joyful. A book that kids will love.” —Rebecca...
15) So Done
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
When best friends Tai and Mila are reunited after a summer apart, their friendship threatens to combust from the pressure of secrets, middle school, and the looming dance auditions for a new talented-and-gifted program.Fans of Renée Watson’s Piecing Me Together will love this memorable story about a complex friendship between two very different African American girls—and the importance of speaking up.Jamila Phillips and Tai Johnson have been...
16) Bruce's big move
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With four geese, three mice, and a very grumpy bear all crowded into one den, Bruce is ready for a new home"--
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Winner of the Lambda Literary Award!The Thing About Jellyfish meets Raymie Nightingale in this tender middle grade novel from Lisa Jenn Bigelow, acclaimed author of Drum Roll, Please.Hazel knows a lot about the world. That’s because when she’s not hanging with her best friend, taking care of her dog, or helping care for the goats on her family's farm, she loves reading through dusty encyclopedias.But even Hazel doesn’t have answers for the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year old orphan Emma Casey lives by a haunted graveyard in her Tennessee town, giving tours, and helping her brother and Granny Blue with the family bakery, and waiting for the destiny dream of her ancestors--but when it comes it shows her only a key, and she finds that she must solve a ghostly mystery that has haunted her town for generations.
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