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Cuando Ruthie Mizrahi se muda con su familia desde su tierra natal, Cuba, a las animadas calles de Nueva York, tiene much que asimilar: nuevos paisajes, nuevos sonidos y un nuevo idioma.
In 1960s New York, fifth-grader Ruthie, a Cuban-Jewish immigrant, must rely on books, art, her family, and friends in her multicultural neighborhood when an accident puts her in a body cast.
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The lives of fourteen-year-old Nadira, her sister, and their parents are radically changed following the events of September 11, 2001, when being Muslim means being a suspected terrorist and their expired visas result in the arrest of Nadira's father when the family flees New York City for Canada.
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Quinn Cutler is sixteen and the daughter of a high-profile Brooklyn politician. She's also pregnant, a crisis made infinitely more shocking by the fact that she has no memory of ever having sex. Before Quinn can solve this deeply troubling mystery, her story becomes public. Rumors spread, jeopardizing her reputation, her relationship with a boyfriend she adores, and her father's campaign for Congress. Religious fanatics gather at the Cutlers' home,...
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American girl. Rebecca volume 1
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"Rebecca Rubin is growing up in the bustling city of New York in 1914. She dreams of being a star on the silver screen, but her performance this year is on the stage at school. She has to share the spotlight with her cousin Ana, though, and Rebecca fears the audience will laugh instead of applaud. Will Ana hurt or help the performance? Then, being included in a special plan fills Rebecca with joy. But what act of kindness teaches her the true meaning...
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American girl BeForever. Rebecca, 1914 volume 2
American girls collection. 1914 volume 2
American girl BeForever. Rebecca 1914 volume 2
Rebecca classic volume 2
American girls collection. 1914 volume 2
American girl BeForever. Rebecca 1914 volume 2
Rebecca classic volume 2
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For her tenth birthday, Rebecca is invited to visit her cousin Max's movie studio! When the cameras begin to roll, she finds herself unexpectedly presented with a part to play. Rebecca doesn't have the courage to tell her family, but is it wrong to keep such a big secret? Later that summer, on a visit to the factory where her uncle and cousin work, Rebecca is horrified. Is this the life that's in store for cousin Ana? There must be a way to improve...
74) Rooftop
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Still reeling from seeing police shoot his unarmed cousin to death on the roof of a New York City housing project, seventeen-year-old Clay is dragged into the whirlwind of political manipulation that follows.
77) Dream girl
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When fifteen-year-old Claire Voyante's grandmother gives her a cameo for her birthday, she starts having dreams that seem to be telling her something that has to do with her new, wealthy friend being in danger.
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Gemelos Tapper volume 1
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"Los gemelos Claudia y Reese son los protagonistas de esta divertida nueva serie. Estos preadolescentes no podrían ser más distintos entre sí ... pero comparten la férrea determinación de salir victoriosos de la guerra de bromas que se tienen declarada, una contienda que se desarrolla desde la cafetería del colegio hasta el preciado universo creado por Reese en su videojuego favorito. Las batallas se intensifican hasta tal punto que los gemelos...
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Sixteen-year-old Morgan is a privileged only child who finds herself torn between a mundane, comfortable life, and an exciting, dangerous one she is just discovering by making her way to Brooklyn where she finds out the truth about her family and meets people who are suffering and have nowhere to go.