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When Lola comes home to her parents' house to find a horde of relatives mourning her death, no one is more surprised than she is. The news had reported that one Lola Cruz, private investigator, was found murdered in an alley, causing great alarm in the Cruz family. Before Lola can say, "boo", a cop comes to the house. It turns out the dead woman had a driver's license with Lola's information.

Every morning, Abuelo walks Sofia to school...until the day that Abuelo hurts his ankle at a local landfill and he can no longer do so. Sofia misses her Abuelo and wonders what she can do about the dangerous Mount Trashmore. Then she gets an idea - the town can turn the slimy mess into a park! She brainstorms and plans and finally works up the courage to go to City Hall - only to be told by a clerk that she can’t build a park because she’s just a kid! Sofia is down but not out, and she sets out to prove what one kid can do.

From the acclaimed author of Dreaming in Cuban, a follow-up novel that tracks four generations of the del Pino family against the tumultuous backdrops of Cuba, the U.S., Germany, and Russia in the new millennium "A beautiful novel: hilarious one moment, haunting the next.” —Chris Bohjalian...

Fitz Holton waits in fear for the day his single mother’s early-onset Alzheimer’s starts stealing her memory. He’s vowed to stay close to home to care for her in the years to come - never mind the ridiculous college tour she’s forcing him on to visit schools he knows he’ll never go to. Juniper Ramirez is counting down the days until she can leave home, a home crowded with five younger siblings and zero privacy. Against the wishes of her tight-knit family, Juniper plans her own college tour of the East Coast with one goal: to get out.

Bienvenidos [Welcome] to Lucía’s home. Lucía lives in her casa [home] with her big, loud, beautiful familia, and she’s going to show you around! From la puerta [the door], where Abuela likes to wave to the neighbors and wait for packages from Puerto Rico or Spain, to la cocina [the kitchen], where Lucía watches her Mamá turn empty pots into soups and arroces, to el patio [the backyard], where Lucía and her cousins (and her cousin’s cousins!) put on magic shows, Lucía loves her busy and cozy casa [home].

Santa has it so easy: a workforce of elves to make the presents, a team of reindeer to deliver them, even a hi-tech factory! The Easter Bunny has to make and wrap all the chocolate eggs and deliver them all by himself. Now Bunny has had enough. But will his plan for a Christmas disaster turn into a Christmas delight?

A beautiful, lyrical story about a girl who moves from her home in Central America to the United States, and everything she leaves behind and longs for—especially her Abuela—as she makes a new life. Rocio has grown up in Central America, but now she and her family are moving to the United...

In her new book, The Inner Mountain, DHgate Group founder and chairperson Diane Wang recounts pivotal career experiences at Microsoft, Cisco, starting and selling her first startup—Joyo.com—to Amazon in the early 2000s, which was later renamed Amazon China after its acquisition in 2004, and founding DHGATE Group, to illustrate how she learned to stop fighting external barriers, and focused inwards, connecting with her heart's inner wisdom to find clarity and take bold action aligned with her true passions.

Tradition meets People Like Us in this timely and haunting YA contemporary standalone that tackles the contagious nature of toxic masculinity at an elite New England boarding school clinging to its past, and the sexual assault that changes everything. WHO WILL YOU BE AT LYCROFT PHELPS? This is...

Leila Wayward is a little witch who excels at everything she does. She’s the fastest flier, the most cunning conjuror, and the most superb shape-shifter. She has won trophies for potions, herbology, and alchemy—and now she dreams of winning the Magnificent Witchy Cake-off! As the youngest in a long line of masters of the Dark Arts of Patisserie, Leila wants her entry to be perfect. But even with the most bewitching of recipes, she realizes a terrible truth: she’s a disaster in the kitchen.

Yolanda Rodríguez-O’Connell has a secret. All the members of her family have a magical gift - all, that is, except for Yolanda. Still, it’s something she can never talk about...because, if she does, the townsfolk will call her family brujas - witches. When her grandmother, Wela, falls into an unexplained sleep, Yolanda is scared. Her father is off fighting in a faraway war, her mother died long ago, and Yolanda has isolated herself from her best friend and twin sister. If she loses her grandmother, who will she have left?

He only intended to protect her But wound up falling…hard! After a series of scary social media threats, cyber tech expert Robbie Whitaker decided to lend his services to Selene Reilly. Soon, however, the intimidation toward the lovely musician turned physical, and reality set in. Though he...

Going undercover is second nature for Private Investigator Lola Cruz, but she’s out of her league when the case of a murdered Royals Courtside Dancer leads her to a local nudist resort. Parading around the sidelines of Sacramento’s professional basketball scene in a barely there cheerleading outfit is one thing - but parading around in nothing but a smile? If she’s going to have any chance of hiding this from her traditional family and on-again, off-again boyfriend, Jack, she’s going to have to keep a lot more than her duct tape bra and killer dance moves under wraps.

Two men from vastly different backgrounds are murdered one after another on the same night, in the same fashion with two bullet wounds: one in the head, another in the heart. The two slayings send their wives on a desperate search for answers - and a desperate attempt to save their families' lives.

Renata Stone thought she was having a regular end to her work day at the salon, when a thunderstorm and a broken mirror open a Gateway in time. Traveling through the mirror, Renata emerges in an Amaranthine Loop—another dimension comprised of a time paradox that erases eons of memory.

Lexi loves to hug trees. Can you guess what kind of trees? A cute short story about a penguin that goes from tree to tree and gives them all hugs.

An instant classic about the sweet sentiment of life and its most meaningful, memorable moments. Kelly Grettler's peaceful prose is the heart of this tender, relatable story about the passing of time. Sweet Tea by the Live Oak Tree takes the listener on a sentimental journey backward, or forward, depending on who they are.

Do you like alphabet cookies? Recipe included. Let's make some cookies and learn the alphabet. Great activity for the whole family. Enjoy!

¡A Vlad le fascina un atuendo estupendo! Y como a sus vampíricos amigos, le encanta vestirse de negro de pies a cabeza. Pero, a diferencia de todos los demás vampiros, Vlad tiene un par de mejillas rosas que lo hacen lucir horripilantemente vivo. ¿Cómo le hará para encajar con las demás criaturas paranormales?

Leila Wayward es una brujita extraordinaria. Es la más veloz voladora, la más encantadora hechicera, la más capaz cambiaformas y la más talentosa talladora en su aquelarre. Por todos sus encantos, ha ganado todo tipo de trofeos, pero su más grande sueño es ganar el Magnífico Brujiconcurso de Repostería. Como la más joven en una larga línea de expertas en las Oscuras Artes de la Pastelería, Leila espera que ganar sea pan comido. Pero incluso con la más fantástica receta, Leila se da cuenta de la terrible verdad: ella es un desastre en la cocina.