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Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Rae and Claire may have thwarted the assassination attempt on the pope, but life in the Nur Empire was never going to be easy. Intrigue abounds, from a brewing power struggle between the empress and her daughter, to the ever-present threat of Nur's demon neighbors, to the growing fires of another revolution. Worse, yet another danger lurks just out of sight, one that threatens not only nations, but the entire world..." --
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
In the ancient Indian kingdom of Kasmira, stories don’t begin with “once upon a time.” Instead, Kasmiris start a woman’s story with those who came before her: her parents, grandparents, ancestors. For fourteen-year-old Reya Kandhari, her story always starts the same: with the fabled line of Bookweavers, tracing centuries back to the lost Yogis—the mythical guardians of Kasmiri culture who created the world itself. As a result, Reya’s...
44) Decelerate blue
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A girl who thinks the rapid-fire, hyperkinetic culture of the country is counter-productive, is recruited into a resistance movement where the mode of survival is taking things ... slow. Herein lies a dark, breaktaking new vision of an all-too-possible future for America.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Rumanía, 1989. Los regímenes comunistas se están desmoronando por toda Europa. Cristian Florescu, un joven de diecisiete años, sueña con ser escritor, pero los ciudadanos rumanos no tienen libertad ni para soñar, oprimidos por las reglas y la fuerza del régimen. En medio de la dictadura de Nicolae Ceausescu, con un país gobernado por el aislamiento y el miedo, la policía secreta chantajea a Cristian para que se convierta en informante....
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
Español
Description
"Anita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic. But by her 12th birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have emigrated to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared without a trace, and the government's secret police terrorize her remaining family because of their suspected opposition of el Trujillo's dictatorship. Using the strength and courage of her family, Anita must overcome her fears and fly to freedom,...
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