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Best friends since childhood, Luke and Toby have dreamed of one thing: getting out of their dead-end town. Soon they finally will, riding the tails of Luke's wrestling scholarship, never looking back. If they don't drift apart first. If Toby's abusive dad, or Luke's unreliable mom, or anything else their complicated lives throw at them doesn't get in the way. In a format that alternates between Luke's letters to Toby from death row and the events of their senior year, Bryan Bliss expertly unfolds the circumstances that led to Luke's incarceration.

Ever since he was five years old and his father witnessed a terrible crime, Igor and his family have been on the run from the Lizard Man, a foreboding figure bent on revenge. They've lived in so many places, with so many identities, that Igor can't even remember his real name. As the months go by, Igor begins to wonder if the Lizard Man exists only in his father's frightened mind. No one but his dad has ever seen him. But then Igor's little sister tells him she thinks she saw the Lizard Man lurking around the house....

Twelve-year-old thieves Arthur and Wally are determined to steal their way up the ranks of the notorious Black Feathers gang. With loan sharks chasing after Arthur’s father and Wally’s brother’s hospital bill due, they’re in need of serious cash. Fast. When Arthur spots some wealthy strangers exiting a seemingly deserted mansion, he smells an opportunity for a big score. Little do the boys realize, they’ve stumbled upon Weirdwood Manor, the headquarters of a magical order who protect the Balance between the Real and Imaginary worlds.

National Book Award-winning author Pete Hautman crafts a powerful tale of one tormented boy’s troubled life in Invisible. Seventeen-year-old Doug Hanson is obsessed—with his best friend Andy, with pretty Melissa Haverman, and with his model railroad town. Doug also has terrible secrets from his past, and he isn’t taking the medication his psychiatrist prescribed....

Pinki hails from a long line of rakkhosh resisters, demons who have spent years building interspecies relationships, working together to achieve their goal of overthrowing the snakey oppressors and taking back their rights. But she has more important things to worry about, like maintaining her status as fiercest rakkhosh in her class and looking after her little cousins. There is also the teeny tiny detail of not yet being able to control her fire breathing and accidentally burning up school property.

Miracle can't grasp the fact that she was dismissed for a whore. Alexis refuses to admit that her lies are why her son is fatherless. Silvia loves her man and will stop at nothing to prove her love...nothing.... So murder is an option. These women have one thing in common: They believe that Monica is the problem and want her out of the way. Will Monica be able to survive the drama? Or will she give up and let them win?

Mason Buttle is the biggest, sweatiest kid in his grade, and everyone knows he can barely read or write. Mason’s learning disabilities are compounded by grief. Fifteen months ago, Mason’s best friend, Benny Kilmartin, turned up dead in the Buttle family’s orchard. An investigation drags on, and Mason, honest as the day is long, can’t understand why Lieutenant Baird won’t believe the story Mason has told about that day.

Lola Nox is the daughter of a celebrated horror filmmaker—she thinks nothing can scare her. But when her father is brutally attacked in their New York apartment, she's quickly packed off to live with a grandmother she's never met in Harrow Lake, the eerie town where her father's most iconic horror movie was shot. The locals are weirdly obsessed with the film that put their town on the map—and there are strange disappearances, which the police seem determined to explain away. And there's someone—or something—stalking her every move.

There have been countless badass women who have changed the world for the better, yet most people have never even heard of them. Women throughout history have fought for their rights and the rights of others, defended their countries during wartime, healed the sick and the wounded, invented new technologies, led countries, made inspiring art, and so much more.

There are stories where the girl gets her prince, and they live happily ever after. (This is not one of those stories.) Jenna Lord's first 16 years were not exactly a fairy tale. Her father is a controlling psycho and her mother is a drunk. She used to count on her older brother - until he shipped off to Iraq. And then, of course, there was the time she almost died in a fire.

Meet Kiranmala: interdimensional demon slayer (only she doesn't know it yet): On the morning of her 12th birthday, Kiranmala is just a regular sixth grader living in Parsippany, New Jersey...until her parents mysteriously vanish and a drooling rakkhosh demon slams through her kitchen, determined to eat her alive. Turns out there might be some truth to her parents' fantastical stories - like how Kiranmala comes from a secret place not of this world. Plus, two crush-worthy princes ring her doorbell, insisting they've come to rescue her.

When the Demon Queen shows up in her bedroom, smelling of acid and surrounded by evil-looking bees, 12-year-old Kiranmala is uninterested. After all, it's been weeks since she last heard from her friends in the Kingdom Beyond, the alternate dimension where she was born as an Indian princess. But after a call to action over an interdimensional television station and a visit with some all-seeing birds, Kiran decides that she has to once again return to her homeland, where society is fraying, a terrible game show reigns supreme, and friends and foes alike are in danger.

When a tornado rips through town, 12-year-old Ivy Aberdeen's house is destroyed, and her family of five is displaced. Ivy feels invisible and ignored in the aftermath of the storm - and what's worse, her notebook filled with secret drawings of girls holding hands has gone missing. Mysteriously, Ivy's drawings begin to reappear in her locker with notes from someone telling her to open up about her identity.

Eleven-year-old Reuben spends his days exploring, hiding, and practicing parkour among the abandoned buildings of the Lower Downs as a way to escape the rough times that have befallen him and his mom - but his discovery of an extraordinary antique pocket watch changes everything. When Reuben finds that the watch has the power to turn him invisible, he's propelled on the adventure of a lifetime. Now Reuben is being pursued by a group of dangerous men called the Directions, and someone - or something - ominously called The Smoke.

Meet the Blunders: Bertie, Betsy, their children, Brutus and Bunny, along with their beloved grandma Old Lady Blunder, and their pet ostrich, Cedric. An ostrich is not a sensible pet, but then the Blunders are not sensible people. This family of upper-class twits live in a crumbling country house named Blunder Hall. When their home comes under threat, they must embark on a series of comic misadventures to save it.

Bestias parlantes, hazañas heroicas y batallas épicas entre el bien y el mal te esperan en la clásica serie fantástica de C. S. Lewis, que lleva más de sesenta años encantando a los lectores.

Mmm...Yo sólo sé que mi abuela está loca. Ah, y que tiene la culpa de todo. Sí, ¡de todo! Siempre hay alguien culpable de que a uno le guste eso que tanto le gusta, o de que no le guste eso que nunca le ha gustado. El caso es que entre su peinado de Darth Vader, su obsesión de ganarse trofeos por los poemas que escribe y esa manía burlona de recitar versos a todo pulmón cuando bajo del autobús escolar, entre risotadas y con cara de trágame tierra (y todo para obligarme a entrar rápido a su casa), yo me estoy volviendo loco también.

Un cuento inolvidable en forma de fábula que aborda la relación de madre e hijas desde el punto de vista de una niña de siete años que ayuda a su madre a recuperar la paciencia perdida. Mariú, una niña de siete años, está muy preocupada porque su madre, aparte de perder las cosas normales, esta vez se ha quedado sin paciencia. Mariú se siente responsable, porque ha sido, en parte, por su causa y se pregunta en qué lugar fabrican la paciencia, o la prestan.

🏆 ¿Buscas una aventura que mantenga a tus hijos pegados a la página? ¡La has encontrado! "El Bosque de los Secretos" es mucho más que un simple libro infantil: es una emocionante búsqueda del tesoro que combinará misterio, amistad y aventura en cada capítulo. Daniel y Alex, dos hermanos que se mudan a una antigua casa en la campiña italiana, descubren que su nuevo hogar esconde secretos increíbles. Cuando Alex encuentra una misteriosa moneda antigua en el arroyo cercano, comienza una aventura que los llevará a: ✨ Descubrir compartimentos secretos en las paredes de su casa ✨...

Miguel, un niño de 12 años, quiere ser un músico famoso, pero su familia le tiene prohibido tocar música y le quita la guitarra. Cuando Miguel va en busca de una nueva, de pronto acaba encontrándose en un cementerio. Por una increíble coincidencia, se ve transportado a la Tierra de los Muertos, donde viven los esqueletos de sus familiares fallecidos. Sin embargo, contrario a lo que pueda parecer, la Tierra de los Muertos está llena de colores alegres y mucha vida.

¡Los niños del vagon de carga, ahora tienen casa con su abuelo, peró sus adventuras están comenzando! La primera aventura es de pasar el verano en su isla privada en campaña. La isla esta llena de sorpresas incluyendo a un buen hombre con un secreto. Esté juego incluye la versión de la historia en español y inglés.

Genial, esto va de mal en peor. Apofis anda suelto sembrando el terror allí donde va. Solo nos quedan dos días. Y, mientras, todos nos dan la espalda. Un grupo de magos rebeldes, encabezados por Sarah Jacobi, nos han acusado a Sadie y a mí de haber provocado el caos y de que Set esté en libertad. Juran que acabarán con nosotros. De los dioses, mejor ni hablar: nadie sabe dónde se han metido, y los que quedan. Nunca hemos estado tan solos y tan desesperados; solo nos queda una última oportunidad: capturar la sombra de Apofis.

Henry, Jessie, Violet y Benny son niños huérianos. ¿Encontrarán un hogar donde puedan seguir siendo una familia?

Mientras los niños Alden visitan a la tia Jane, se incendia una casa vecina. Su amigo Mike es acusado de haber iniciado el fuego. ¿Podran lost Alden encoutrar al verdadero criminal?

Allen's grandpa has never missed a baseball game until tonight. While Allen plays his most important game ever, Grandpa fights for his life at the hospital. Allen wants to win the game for his grandpa, but he's facing his biggest challenge, Hank "The Tank" Steele.

Hace muchos años un hombre desapareció do la casa amarilla de la isla de las sorpresas. ¡Los hermanos Alden han encontrado una pista para resolver este intrigante misterio!

Celebra el día especial de Papá diciéndole “yo te amo”, con un poco de ayuda de La oruga muy hambrienta. Este alegre y colorido libro es la manera ideal de hacerle saber a esa persona a quien llamas “Papá” cuánto lo valoras. Es el regalo perfecto para el Día del Padre, el cumpleaños de Papá o cualquier otro día en que desees demostrarle a Papá lo importante que es para ti.

Descubre un diario que no te dejará indiferente. A través una preciosa metáfora sobre la adopción escrita por la delicada mano de Mar Benegas, niños y niñas a partir de 9 años podrán conocer e identificarse o empatizar con un tema de relevancia social. Siguiendo un formato de diario auténtico, adéntrate en la historia de su protagonista y vive una realidad que es la de muchos.

Los bebes vienen en todas las formas y tamaños. Algunos tiene pelos y otros tienen plumas. Algunos pueden ser hijos únicos o ¡pueden tener más de cien hermanos! Algunos son grandes (23 pies) y algunos pequeños como una gomita en forma de judía. ¿Puedes adivinar cual es el bebé animal siguiendo las pistas de los anuncios de nacimiento?

Isadora Moon es especial porque es diferente. Su mamá es un hada, su papá un vampiro y ella tiene un poquito de los dos. A Isadora le encanta jugar en la nieve... ¡y con su magia ha creado a un nuevo amigo! Pero el hechizo no puede durar para siempre... ¿o sí?

El conejito que quiere dormirse es un nuevo método para que los niños se duerman. Traducido a varias lenguas, ha ayudado a miles de padres en todo el mundoa conseguir que sus hijos concilien el sueño gracias a las innovadoras técnicas psicológicas que aparecen a lo largo de la historia.

Canticos, la serie prescolar bilingüe, presenta “Te Quiero, Mama”, un libro ilustrado para niños pequeños, lleno de arte irresistible y rima inspiradora. Este libro es perfecto para el Dia de las Madres, el Dia de San Valentín, o cualquier ocasión que celebra el amor de nuestras madres.