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Run, run, as fast as you can!When life throws her one setback too many, midwife and young widow Tess Hartsong takes off for Runaway Mountain. In this small town high in the Tennessee mountains, surrounded by nature, she hopes to outrun her heartbreak and find the solace she needs to heal.℗But instead of peace and quiet, she encounters an enigmatic artist with a craving for solitude, a fairy-tale sprite with too many secrets, a helpless infant, a...
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Oscar Hokeah́s debut takes us into the life of Ever Geimausaddle, whose familýpart Mexican, part Native Americańis determined to hold onto their community despite obstacles everywhere they turn. Eveŕs father is injured at the hands of corrupt police on the border when he goes to visit family in Mexico, while his mother struggles both to keep her job and care for her husband. And young Ever is lost and angry at all that he doesńt understand, at...
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English
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Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees "a fortune beyond counting" in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Asha, a woman of formidable wit and deep scars from a childhood in rural poverty, has identified an alternate route to the middle class: political corruption....
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Publisher
Kidz Bop
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Kidz Bop celebrates its fifteenth birthday with a new collection that features kid-friendly versions of such hits as Meghan Trainor's No; Flo Rida's My House; Drake's One Dance; and many more. There is also a new original song called Life of the Party.
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Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Our heroine and her sidekick pup have their eyes on the prize and are ready to find something to win. They compete in a spelling bee, a dancing contest, hide-and-seek, and more in search of a shiny medal. But what will happen if they... don't walk away the winner?"--
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Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
1999
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English
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All those years you tried your best to break me, and I'm still here. One day you'll see, I'm going to make something of myself. "These words were Dave Pelzer's declaration of independence to his mother, and they represented the ultimate act of self reliance. Dave's father never intervened as his mother abused him with shocking brutality.
20) Mommy time
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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While Dad is away at his job, a stay-at-home mom and her two rambunctious chldren have so much to do. Breakfast time. Sister goes to school time. Music, dancing, and blocks for brother time. Grocery time. Swings with a friend time. Cleanup time. Laundry time. Nap, snack, diaper time. Pick up sister--violin, library, playdate, or dentist time? There's so much to do time! Dad is home! It's green beans and chicken stew time. Bedtime. Phew. --