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Trouble Next Door: The Carver Chronicles, Book Four (The Carver Chronicles #4)
By Karen English. 2016
A young boy must come to terms with the school bully moving in next door in this charming, illustrated chapter…
book.In the fourth book in the Carver Chronicles series, third grader Calvin is dealing with his next-door neighbors moving away—and the school bully moving in. Meanwhile, competition at the school science fair is heating up, and Calvin must decide what to do when his data doesn’t prove his theory . . . This lively installment in a chapter book series about a diverse group of elementary schoolers by Coretta Scott King Honoree Karen English offers spot-on storytelling, relatable characters and situations, and plenty of action.Praise for Trouble Next Door“Chronicling the importance of empathy and openness, this fourth in the Carver Chronicles is a pleasing addition to a series in which diverse readers can recognize themselves in starring roles.” —Kirkus Reviews
Slam Dunk: Slam Dunk (STAT #3)
By Amar'E Stoudemire. 2013
From the NBA superstar: “A series of chapter books that celebrate sports, smarts and friendship . . . Amar’e is a likable protagonist.”…
—Kirkus ReviewsEleven-year-old Amar’e Stoudemire has been playing so much basketball lately it feels like he doesn’t have time to do all the things he used to love. His team needs him because he is one of the best players on the court despite also being one of the youngest. When some of the older kids get on Amar’e for not being able to dunk, he sets a goal to make that happen soon. But when Amar’e’s playing time is put on hold, he’ll have to come to terms with all of the other things he’s been neglecting in this exciting series based on the life of All-Star NBA sensation Amar’e Stoudemire, who overcame many obstacles to become one of the most popular figures in sports today.“The b-ball action and jargon flies fast and free . . . and hard work leads to triumph on the court.” —BooklistPraise for the series“Will keep basketball fans riveted . . . Amar’e’s voice is refreshingly real.” —Publishers Weekly
The Afterlife: A Novel
By Gary Soto. 2003
You'd think a knife in the ribs would be the end of things, but for Chuy, that's when his life…
at last gets interesting. He finally sees that people love him, faces the consequences of his actions, finds in himself compassion and bravery . . . and even stumbles on what may be true love. A funny, touching, and wholly original story by one of the finest authors writing for young readers today.
Matilda Bone (Middle Grade Cassette Librariestm Ser.)
By Karen Cushman. 2000
Into the fascinating, pungent setting of Blood and Bone Alley, home of leech, barber-surgeon, and apothecary, comes Matilda, raised by…
a priest to disdain worldly affairs and focus on spiritual matters. To Matilda's dismay, her work will not involve Latin or writing, but practical tasks: lighting the fire, going to market, mixing plasters and poultices, and helping Peg treat patients. She is appalled by the worldliness of her new surroundings, and the sharp-tongued saints she turns to for advice are no help at all. Filled with the witty dialogue and richly authentic detail that Karen Cushman&’s work is known for, Matilda Bone is a compelling comic novel about a girl who learns to see herself and others clearly, to laugh, and to live contentedly in this world. Author&’s note.
Bluebonnet at the Texas State Capitol (Bluebonnet Series)
By Mary Brooke Casad. 1999
&“Bluebonnet the armadillo takes children on another adventure—this time to the Texas State Capitol. There is a great deal of…
history, trivia, and fun while traveling with this little armadillo through the capitol building. Especially good regional title.&” —Parent Council After singing the Texas state song, Bluebonnet admires the Goddess of Liberty statue on top of the state capitol dome. Filled with pride, she wishes that she could climb to the top to see the statue up close. To her amazement, someone tells Bluebonnet that he has been to the top, more than three hundred feet above the ground! The voice that seems to come from nowhere belongs to Mac, a mockingbird, who happens to be the state bird of Texas. Mac offers to give Bluebonnet a tour of the Texas state capitol building. While inside, they discover that a group of schoolchildren are meeting with the governor in order to decide on the state mammal. Some of the children want the state mammal to be the armadillo, while others want it to be the Longhorn. Which one will it be? Once again outside, the pair meet Bevo, a Longhorn interested in the outcome of the childrens&’ decision. Bevo is a friend of Mac&’s, and Bluebonnet makes another new friend. That, after all, is more important than what the state mammal of Texas will be. Isn&’t it?
Hurricane Child (Scholastic Press Novels)
By Kacen Callender. 2018
Lambda Literary Award Winner: “Lush descriptions bring the Caribbean environment to vivid life . . . An excellent and nuanced coming-of-age tale.” —School…
Library JournalA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year and Winner of the Stonewall Book AwardBeing born during a hurricane is considered unlucky where twelve-year-old Caroline Murphy lives, and she has had her share of bad luck lately. She’s hated and bullied by everyone in her small school on St. Thomas of the US Virgin Islands. A spirit only she can see won’t stop following her. And—worst of all—Caroline’s mother left home one day and never came back.But when a new student named Kalinda arrives, Caroline’s luck begins to turn around. Kalinda, a solemn girl from Barbados with a special smile for everyone, becomes Caroline’s first and only friend—and the person for whom Caroline has begun to develop a crush. Now, Caroline must find the strength to confront her feelings for Kalinda, brave the spirit stalking her through the islands, and face the reason her mother abandoned her. Together, Caroline and Kalinda must set out in a hurricane to find Caroline’s missing mother—before Caroline loses her forever.“Absorbing descriptions of the island . . . a folkloric tale about overcoming old narratives and creating new ones.” —Publishers Weekly“Callender draws readers in and makes them identify with Caroline’s angst and sorrow and joy and pain [and] has readers rooting for Caroline the whole way.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Playing Their Games (Playing Dirty)
By Kiki Swinson. 2022
In this this page-turning spin-off prequel to the Playing Dirty and Notorious duology, national bestselling author Kiki Swinson burns up…
the page with calculating characters, ingenious plot twists, and a ruthless depiction of Southern conniving, rising—and taking the final hard fall. Now she brings you back to the 1990s at the start of wild-card lawyer Yoshi Lomax's career, as her first elite white-shoe-law job puts an inescapable target on her back…Burning up the page with ingenious plot twists, calculating characters, and a ruthless depiction of Southern conniving, rising—and taking the final hard fall—national bestselling author Kiki Swinson brings readers back to the start of wild-card lawyer Yoshi Lomax's career, where her first elite white-shoe-law job puts an inescapable target on her back . . . Never one to play by any rules, Yoshi Lomax is determined to make good at an internship with one of Manhattan's most prestigious law firms. She's being mentored by the brilliant twin brother legal lights who are her parents&’ friends. And with her unexpected knack for helping the city's wealthy, powerful clients finagle their way out of major trouble, even she is surprised at how bright her future shines . . .
La maestra gitana
By Lola Cabrillana. 2023
Una historia poderosa. Una mujer valiente. Un emocionante relato del pueblo gitano desde dentro. La novela más ambiciosa de la…
maestra, tuitera y escritora Lola Cabrillana (@de_infantil). Cada sábado de mercadillo, Mara acompaña a su padre en el puesto familiar. En ese entorno multicultural nadie cuestiona su identidad ni su valía. En cambio, en el instituto donde acaba de empezar a trabajar, sufre miradas de desdén por parte de sus compañeros. Acostumbrada a luchar contra el estigma, esta profesora gitana no se dejará amedrentar y, ante sus nuevos alumnos, pondrá en valor la cultura y la historia de su pueblo. Sin embargo, cuando se entera de que dos de sus alumnas gitanas están a punto de abandonar los estudios, Mara se debatirá entre el respeto a sus raíces y esa rebeldía innata que siempre ha hecho que se cuestione algunas tradiciones. Con una pluma sensible y honesta, Lola Cabrillana narra la valentía de una profesora que se rebela contra los estereotipos que sufre su comunidad y lucha por dignificar a la mujer gitana.
The year of the bomb
By Ronald Kidd. 2009
Best friends Paul, Oz, Arnie, and Crank enjoy horror movies but when a couple of movie extras, Laura and Darryl,…
working on the Invasion of the Body Snatchers in 1955 try to involve them in a Communist conspiracy in real life, things get too dangerous and they decide to curtail the friendship. For grades 6-9
Skateboard party: The Carver Chronicles, Book Two (Carver Chronicles #2)
By Karen English, Laura Freeman. 2014
Richard can't wait to show off his flat-ground Ollies at a friend's birthday party at the skate park, but a…
note home from his teacher threatens to ruin his plans. If only he could focus on his schoolwork, he wouldn't get into this kind of trouble! For grades 2-4
Messed up
By Janet Nichols Lynch. 2015
This book is about R.D. a part Mexican part Cheyenne student with a good heart. R.D. gets suspended from school…
on his first day repeating eighth grade for trying to stop a fight between two girls wearing rival gang colors. When Earl, the man he lives with dies, R.D. calls 911, correctly, but then makes several bad decisions as he learns to fend for himself. For grades 6-9
Picture perfect (Fiction - Young Adult)
By Elaine Marie Alphin. 2003
Best friends Ian and Teddy meet regularly in an abandoned motel in the redwood forest, California, to take photographs. One…
day Teddy doesn't show up and Ian suspects his oppressive father has something to do with his friend's mysterious disappearance. Ian is questioned by the sheriff but he can't remember everything that happened that day. For grades 6-9
Will
By Jeroen Olyslaegers. 2016
A tense, thrilling, morally murky read, set in Nazi-occupied Antwerp and inspired by the author's own family history of collaboration…
during WWIIIt is 1941, and Antwerp is in the grip of Nazi occupation. Young policeman Wilfried Wils has no intention of being a hero - but war has a way of catching up with people. When his idealistic best friend draws him into the growing resistance movement, and an SS commander tries to force him into collaborating, Wilfried's loyalties become horribly, fatally torn. As the beatings, destruction and round-ups intensify across the city, he is forced into an act that will have consequences he could never have imagined. Will asks what any of us would risk to fight evil.
A cor púrpura
By Alice Walker. 1982
Um clássico da literatura. Um importante manifesto. Um clássico da literatura americana, aclamado pela crítica e amado por sucessivas gerações…
de leitores. Tão relevante hoje quanto no ano da sua publicação, é umaextraordinária peça de ficção que combate o ódio, a desigualdade e a violência, ao mesmo tempo que celebra o amor pela vida. «Uma exuberante celebração do que significa ser mulher.» Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Celie, de 14 anos, escreve cartas a Deus para tentar compreender o que lhe está a acontecer. Órfã de mãe, abusada pelo homem a quem chama "pai", separada da irmã, Netie, privada dos dois filhos e oferecida em casamento a um homem que a maltrata, considera-se «uma negra, pobre e feia". Até que conhece Sugar, a amante do marido. Com a ajuda de Sugar, «a mulher mais linda» que ela viu na vida, Celie descobre não só o paradeiro da irmã desaparecida mas também o próprio corpo, o prazer, o amor e, acima de tudo, a sua voz. Romance epistolar composto pelas cartas que Celie endereça a Deus com uma honestidade brutal e pelos relatos de viagem que Nettie lhe envia de uma missão em África, A Cor Púrpura aborda temas como a violência brutal a que estavam sujeitas as mulheres negras no início do século XX, a relação dos negros com o seu passado de escravatura, e a busca do espiritual num mundo cruel e sem sentido. Galardoado com o prémio Pulitzer e com o National Book Award para o melhor livro de ficção, A Cor Púrpura foi adaptado ao cinema em 1985 por Steven Spielberg e nomeado para 11 Óscares. Os elogios da crítica: «Alice Walker é uma escritora maravilhosamente talentosa.» — The New York Times Book Review «A cor púrpura coloca Walker á altura de Faulkner.» — The Nation «Um romance sempre em vigor.» — Newsweek«Óptimo. Um livro para colocar entre os clássicos da literatura de todos os tempos.» — San Francisco Chronicle «Um livro que genuinamente nos faz pensar.» — Guardian «Uma fábula para o mundo moderno.» — Washington Post«Um livro impressionante e brilhantemente concebido. . . uma saga cheia de alegria e dor, humor e amargura, e uma série de personagens que vivem, respiram e iluminam o mundo das mulheres negras.» — Publishers Weekly«A cor púrpura é uma celebração exuberante de tudo o que significa ser mulher, ser uma mulher negra e gostar das melhores celebrações, é honesta. A honestidade de Alice Walker neste livro é combativa, implacável e redentora. É dessa honestidade que surge a amargura e, no entanto, a amargura nunca macula a humanidade da visão de Walker. Adoro que A cor púrpura não tente amenizar seus golpes, mas também seja corajoso o suficiente para manter uma fé maravilhosamente afirmativa na possibilidade, no perdão, na bondade e na esperança.» — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie «Uma das escritoras americanas mais talentosas.» — Isabel Allende «Às vezes engraçado, principalmente comovente e ainda enfeitiçado com um encanto de conto de fadas, A cor púrpura aborda bravamente questões sociais e deve ser leitura obrigatória para todos, especialmente para aqueles que ainda optam por fechar os olhos aos abusos e violências cometidos por conta do sexismo e racismo.» — Open Road Review Magazine
Rapariga, Mulher, Outra
By Bernardine Evaristo. 2020
De uma autora e obra premiadas, este é um retrato realista de uma sociedade multicultural que se confronta com a…
herança do seu passado e luta contra as contradições do presente. Plano Nacional de Leitura Literatura - Maiores de 18 anosAs doze personagens centrais deste romance a várias vozes levam vidas muito diferentes: desde Amma, uma dramaturga cujo trabalho artístico frequentemente explora a sua identidade lésbica negra, à sua amiga de infância, Shirley, professora, exausta de décadas de trabalho nas escolas subfinanciadas de Londres; a Carole, uma das ex-alunas de Shirley, agora uma bem-sucedida gestora de fundos de investimento, ou a mãe desta, Bummi, uma empregada doméstica que se preocupa com o renegar das raízes africanas por parte da filha.Quase todas elas mulheres, negras e, de uma maneira ou de outra, resultado do legado do império colonial britânico. As suas histórias, a das suas famílias, amigos e amantes, compõem um retrato multifacetado e realista dos nossos dias, de uma sociedade multicultural que se confronta com a herança do seu passado e luta contra as contradições do presente.Um romance atual, brilhantemente escrito, que repensa as questões de identidade, género e classe com o pano de fundo do colonialismo, da emigração e da diáspora. Força narrativa e escrita cativante num empolgante mosaico de histórias de vida que farão o leitor repensar a sua maneira de ver o mundo. Vencedor do Booker Prize 2019Livro do Ano e Autor do Ano do British Book Awards 2020 Finalista do Women's Prize de ficção 2020 Finalista do Orwell Prize de ficção política 2020 Os elogios da crítica: «Uma escrita apaixonante, incisiva, repleta de energia e humor.» - Júri do Booker Prize «Vital e revolucionário, triunfante e terno, este romance celebradoé uma polifonia criada para mudar vidas, incluindo as dos leitores.» - Visão «Bernardine Evaristo criou um mosaico de vozes e identidades femininas, tornando as mulheres negras visíveis na literatura britânica.» - José Mário Silva, Expresso «Rapariga, Mulher, Outra fervilha de vitalidade...Evaristo revela as experiências comuns que fazem de todos nós elementos da mesma família humana.» - Financial Times «Se ainda não conhece, devia conhecer a obra desta autora.» - The Guardian «Maravilhoso… Este livro mudou a minha forma de pensar.» - Tom Stoppard, Times Literary Supplement
Arrebatos carnales (Arrebatos carnales #Volumen 1)
By Francisco Martín Moreno. 2020
Un libro que nos informa, que nos descubre secretos de alcoba y que nos recuerda nuestra propia humanidad. «Resulta inadmisible…
estudiar las biografías de los grandes personajes de nuestra historia con un criterio moralista o religioso que excluya sus inclinaciones sentimentales o ignore los arrebatos carnales en que pudieron haber caído, víctimas ¿afortunadas? de una obnubilación permanente o pasajera. El amor constituye la columna vertebral de las relaciones humanas. ¿A dónde se va en la vida sin un cómplice con quien se comparten secretos exquisitos en la cama?» Francisco Martín Moreno, con su fresco, cercano, pero a la vez riguroso estilo, nos invita a humanizar, desde las pasiones y afectos, a esos personajes históricos que han cambiado o influido en la historia de México. Así,en Arrebatos carnales I, el lector conocerá las intimidades de la poeta y escritora Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, del político José Vasconcelos, del libertador José María Morelos, del emperador Maximiliano I, del dictador Porfirio Díaz y del célebre revolucionario Pancho Villa.
No tengo tiempo
By Arturo Vallejo. 2011
Con ritmo y prosa apremiantes, Arturo Vallejo Novoa elabora una novela acerca de discursos vacíos, momentos perdidos y, sobre todo,…
acerca de sueños innecesarios. Obra ganadora del premio Caza de Letras de la UNAM. Tres minutos con treinta segundos por cliente. 30 millones de clientes. 17 millones de hamburguesas. 7.5 millones de kilos de papas. 30 millones de litros derefresco al año... ¿Qué hacer con estos números? Eso se pregunta la Chaparra, quien trabaja preparando hamburguesas que nunca le quedan como las de la fotografía. No hay mucho que decir de ella: su sueño es llegar a ser empleada del mes aunque haga todo lo posible por que nadie se fije en ella, ni siquiera un poquito. En su mirada a la vez perpleja y a la vez irresponsable se va acumulando un bestiario contemporáneo: el Guasón, quien dosifica su cleptomanía con robo hormiga de libros; el Grunch, un príncipe azul que comanda a las Almas Muertas, la peor banda de covers que se haya escuchado jamás; la Maldad, el Güero de Rancho, la Ñoña de Lentes, la Bitle, el Pacman y todo un grupo de sobrevivientes de la positividad, la priorización y la motivacionalidad. O, lo que es lo mismo, de víctimas de lo cotidiano.Lo que ha dicho la crítica: "Divertida, te tomará por sorpresa si la subestimas. Muy recomendable". -Chilango.
Soul Ties: A Ghetto Love Story
By Wjuanae. 2023
Soul Ties is a story of love, loyalty, and betrayal. Will Chance and Nina be able to escape this web…
of deceit unscathed? Will their love be able to withstand yet another trying test, or will they watch everything they built crumble before them? True love and loyalty are hard to come by. Chance McKnight and Nina Singleton have just that. Nina, a multifaceted beauty, and Chance, an ambitious hustler, are two lovers from Charlotte, North Carolina, whose souls aligned at a young age. Together, the couple amassed $5 million of dirty money over the years and finally set their sights on beginning a new life in Atlanta. On the day of their move, the couple is ambushed by a foe from their past. Dire circumstances compel Nina to start a new life in Atlanta without Chance by her side. Nina meets a mysteriously handsome stranger, Yasin, who quickly takes an interest in her. A few months later, the same enemy from Nina's past threatens her life, and she is rescued by the person she least expects: Chance. Secrets and lies tear Nina and Chance apart yet again. Nina remains in Atlanta and begins a family of her own, while Chance sets up shop in Miami, where a bigger threat lurks. Years later, Nina shows up on Chance's doorstep with a secret that will not only reunite the two lovers but also put a target on their backs.
Libra Princesses
By C. N. Phillips. 2023
The death of their father sent Irish twins Nori and Nadia &“Nadi&” Porter on two different paths in life. Nori…
found solace in furthering her life through education, while Nadi found peace in the streets with her longtime boyfriend, Kelz. When one of Kelz's high-profile robberies returns and leaves him dead in Nadi&’s arms, life as she knows it comes to a halt. That is, until she figures out a way to get the ball rolling again. Nori wants no part in her sister&’s scandalous life. However, with no real money coming in and tuition due, she seems to have no choice. She agrees to help her sister continue where Kelz left off. But when a robbery goes wrong, and they end up on the bad side of a drug lord, they have no choice but to become his hired hands. To repay their debt, he asks an impossible task of them. He sends them on the Murder Express.
Kissing Kosher: A Novel
By Jean Meltzer. 2023
"An unflinchingly honest romance." —Kirkus, starred reviewFrom the author of THE MATZAH BALL and MR. PERFECT ON PAPER comes this hilarious…
and emotional rivals-to-lovers romance.Step 1: Get the secret recipe. Step 2: Don&’t fall in love…Avital Cohen isn&’t wearing underpants—woefully, for unsexy reasons. Chronic pelvic pain has forced her to sideline her photography dreams and her love life. It&’s all she can do to manage her family&’s kosher bakery, Best Babka in Brooklyn, without collapsing.She needs hired help.And distractingly handsome Ethan Lippmann seems the perfect fit.Except Ethan isn&’t there to work—he&’s undercover, at the behest of his ironfisted grandfather. Though Lippmann&’s is a household name when it comes to mass-produced kosher baked goods, they don&’t have the charm of Avital&’s bakery. Or her grandfather&’s world-famous pumpkin spice babka recipe.As they bake side by side, Ethan soon finds himself more interested in Avital than in stealing family secrets, especially as he helps her find the chronic pain relief—and pleasure—she&’s been missing.But perfecting the recipe for romance calls for leaving out the lies…even if coming clean means risking everything.