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41) La mariposa
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IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Because he can only speak Spanish, Francisco, son of a migrant worker, has trouble when he begins first grade, but his fascination with the caterpillar in the classroom helps him begin to fit in.
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Two-time Newbery Award-winning author Lois Lowry brings a brand-new, beautiful diary to the Dear America series!
Suddenly orphaned by the Spanish flu epidemic in the fall of 1918, eleven-year-old Lydia Pierce and her fourteen-year-old brother, Daniel, of Portland, Maine, are taken by their uncle to be raised in the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake. Thrust into the Shakers' unfamiliar way of life, Lydia must grapple with a new world that is nothing...
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Clásicos universales Planeta volume 23
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A savage, tormented classic love story.
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El eterno clásico sobre "las últimas novedades del Infierno y las irrebatibles respuestas del Cielo." Esta clásica obra maestra de sátira ha entretenido e iluminado a lectores alrededor del mundo con su irónica y astuta representación de la vida y las debilidades humanas desde el punto de vista de Escrutopo, el asistente de alto rango de "Nuestro Padre de Abajo." En este divertidísimo, muy serio y excepcionalmente original libro, C. S. Lewis...
46) The Spanish West
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Discusses the land, history, and people of the Southwestern United States.
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This 1831 volume focuses on lesser-known explorers like Alonzo de Ojeda, Diego de Nicuesa, Juan Ponce de Leon, and Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, among others. Followers of Christopher Columbus, these men experienced first hand the excitement of discovery in a time when there were entire worlds to be found.
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Ramona Quimby volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
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Ramona meets a lot of interesting people in kindergarten class, including Davy whom she keeps trying to kiss and Susan whose springy curls seem to ask to be pulled.
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Public service is a way of life for Americans; giving is a part of our national character. But compassionate instincts and generous spirits aren't enough, says veteran urban activist Robert D. Lupton. In this groundbreaking guide, he reveals the disturbing truth about charity: all too much of it has become toxic, devastating to the very people it's meant to help. In his four decades of urban ministry, Lupton has experienced firsthand how our good...
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Un novela extraordinaria de amor y locura, en la que un historiador y una joven estudiante investigan la enigmática vida de Juana la Loca. La Reina Juana de Castilla, hija y madre de reyes, es el personaje más carismático y fascinante de un período crucial de la historia de España. Hermosa, inteligente, segura y poderosa, se rebeló contra la represión y los abusos, y luchó sin descanso por ser fiel a sí misma. En 1509, con veintinueve años,...
54) Bess y Tess
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Describes Lucy's two very different dogs.
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"In My First Look at Spanish, beginning readers follow the narrative of Alma through a typical day. Labels on real-life photos introduce common Spanish words. Each label lists the English word, as well as the Spanish word and its pronunciation. An introduction gives more insight into the language, and a guide at the beginning of the book teaches readers and caregivers how to navigate the book's features. Translations of colors, numbers, and common...
56) Robinson Crusoe
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The lone survivor of a shipwreck lives on a deserted island for many years.
57) La odisea
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 24
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Las andanzas y aventuras de Odiseo, vividas en el lapso de diez años que duró su regreso al hogar tras una activa participación en la guerra de Troya, conforman la apretada trama, casi novelesca, de uno de los grandes monumentos de nuestro patrimonio intelectual. Probablemente compuesta a fines del siglo VIII a.C., la Odisea nos adentra en un mundo real, el Mediterráneo antiguo, pero repleto de peligros y poblado por seres fabulosos: magas, ninfas,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 21
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In one of the most powerful and thought-provoking novels of his remarkable career, Orson Scott Card interweaves a compelling portrait of Christopher Columbus with the story of a future scientist who believes she can alter human history from a tragedy of bloodshed and brutality to a world filled with hope and healing.
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El licenciado Vidriera es uno de los relatos de las Novelas ejemplares. En él Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra expone con aire melancólico las fantasías de un hombre que cree que su cuerpo es de cristal.
Al inicio de la obra dos jóvenes caballeros encuentran a Tomás Rodaja, un niño de once años que va a Salamanca para estudiar allí. Tomás está dispuesto a servir a un amo si este le proporciona, a cambio, medios para llegar a la Universidad....