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4) Isla
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A young girl and her grandmother take an imaginary journey to the Caribbean island where her mother grew up and where some of her family still lives.
7) ChupaCarter
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"Uprooted from his home in Los Angeles and sent to live with his cantankerous grandparents in New Mexico, twelve-year-old Jorge struggles with loneliness until he meets a new friend who happens to be a chupacabra"--
9) Harbor me
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"When six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world"--
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The Torres sisters dream of escape. Escape from their needy and despotic widowed father, and from their San Antonio neighborhood, full of old San Antonio families and all the traditions and expectations that go along with them. In the summer after her senior year of high school, Ana, the oldest sister, falls to her death from her bedroom window. A year later, her three younger sisters, Jessica, Iridian, and Rosa, are still consumed by grief and haunted...
12) Mountain dog
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When his mother is sent to jail in Los Angeles, eleven-year-old Tony goes to live with his forest ranger great-uncle in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where Tony experiences unconditional love for the first time through his friendship with a rescue dog.
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"Seventeen-year-old Clara runs away from home to join a vigilante monster-flghting squad, only to discover that sometimes the most dangerous monsters are where you least expect them." --
Clara is ready to fight back against her abusive father, against the only life she's ever known, and most of all, against scrabs, the earth-dwelling monsters that are currently ravaging the world. When an opportunity arises for Clara to join an international monster-fighting...
17) Invisible
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"Can five overlooked kids make one big difference? There's George: the brain, Sara: the loner, Dayara: the tough kid, Nico: the rich kid, and Miguel: the athlete. And they're stuck together when they're forced to complete their school's community servicehours. Although they're sure they have nothing in common with one another, some people see them as all the same--just five Spanish-speaking kids. Then they meet someone who truly needs their help,...
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Studying the planets at school, Pedro learns fascinating facts about Mars.
"En la escuela, Pedro ha estado leyendo libros sobre el planeta Marte. Cuando llega a casa, imagina c�omo ser�ia vivir en el planeta rojo. �Podr�ia escalar la superficie rocosa de Marte? �Sobrevivir�ia sin helado? �Ser�a que su gran imaginaci�on lo lleve a quedarse en Marte o decidir�a que prefiere vivir en el planeta Tierra?"--
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