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Con sus relucientes gafas de sol, su lonchera clásica y sus lápices tamborileros, Lupe Lopez llega el primer día a kínder lista para el rock. "¡Soy famosa!" anuncia Lupe mientras tamborilea sobre cualquier cosa--pupitres, sillas y mesas--, mientras más ruidoso, mejor. En la escuela hay muchas reglas, pero las estrellas de rock no obedecen las reglas, así que Lupe tampoco. Antes de que acabe el día, la maestra le ha quitado todas sus preciadas...
4) Silence
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After having overcome tremendous challenges to save a love that transcends the boundary between heaven and earth, Nora and Patch must face an adversary with the power to destroy all that they have worked for.
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"A Spanish translation of The Invisible Boy, a picture book about kindness"--
Esta historia trata de Bruno, el niño que se siente invisible. Nadie lo nota, Ni la maestra, Sus compañeros no lo incluyen en el grupo, ni en el juego, ni en las fiestas... hasta que Julio llega a la escuela y Bruno es el primero en darle la bienvenida. Bruno, con su nuevo amigo siente que brilla.
8) Amos y Boris
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Befriended by a whale as he is drowning in the ocean, a mouse gets a chance to reciprocate years later in an equally unlikely situation.
12) Quarantine
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In the scant few weeks since an explosion decimated New York City, sixteen year old Jess has lived through unimaginable. Only two type of people are left: chasers, infected with a virus that turns them into bloodthirsty killing machines and those they hunt. Jess isn't waiting to be a victim. There's a collective of survivors in the city. Once he's located them, they can find some way out of Manhattan and Jesse can get help for those he's guiltily...
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The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal -- a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss. Written in 1952, this hugely...
16) Al límite
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When Wally and Philip, two friends who love to skateboard, see a professional skateboarder who videotapes himself for a website, they attempt to do the same to make money, and as their site becomes more popular, they begin to attempt more dangerous stunts.
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"Una magnífica serie para que los pequeños empiecen a ser lectores autónomos. Narval es un narval despreocupado. Medu es una medusa sensata. Puede que no tengan mucho en común, pero a los dos les encantan los gofres, las fiestas y las aventuras. Únete a Narval y Medu, y descubre el gran océano con ellos y su pandilla."--Publisher's description.
19) Pedro el pirata
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On Pirate Day at school, all the children dress up as pirates, and Pedro and his friends, Katie and JoJo, continue the theme in their clubhouse after school--but they all want to be the pirate captain.