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Paperback. Condición: New. Kitty's life is really hard. Like really, REALLY hard. All she asks for is twenty-two hours a day to sleep and food to be delivered morning and night. But does she get it? No. And when Puppy and Baby get a little rambunctious during her naptime, Kitty gets bonked on the head and starts to believe she's…

Paperback. Condición: New. Eight-year-old Japanese-American Jasmine Toguchi and her family travel to the small island village of Kabo, where her grandmother once lived. There she meets her great aunt, and stays in her family home near a quiet beach, surrounded by an orange grove.Although Jasmine is homesick for friends back home…

Paperback. Condición: New. In the sixth book in the series, eight-year-old Jasmine and her family travel to Hiroshima to visit her grandma and cousin Akari. After finally building a good relationship with her older sister, Sophie, Jasmine couldn't be more excited to spend more time together in Tokyo - and make a new friend in Ak…

Paperback. Condición: New. Stella is getting ready for her next big step.This year, it means she is one of the big kids in her primary school but she'll also have to start thinking about secondary school. GULP!Luckily, Stella can count on having her best friends Jenny and Stanley at her side. But when she has a chance to apply f…

Paperback. Condición: New. Moving to a new town is never easy, but it's even harder when you're dealing with a stepdad who just left and a mom who can't get out of bed long enough to find a new job. But Mo doesn't have time to dwell on these things.Because it's her job to keep her family together. To keep them safe.So when an el…

Paperback. Condición: New. Chinatown. City within a city. Home to street cobblers and herbalists, tai chi masters and kung fu students, outdoor fish markets and lots and lots of restaurants. And best of all, when the Chinese New Year begins there's a New Year's Day parade, complete with a lion dance.Young readers will be equally…

Paperback. Condición: New. How to find a fox: Follow their tracks (they're like dog tracks, but sneakier). Put out bait. Wait and watch. And wait some more. Roll down a hill. It won't help you find a fox, but it's fun. Be quick and stay alert - foxes can be tricky! Whatever you do, don't give up. Sometimes what you're looking fo…

Paperback. Condición: New. After their latest quest, Fart, Pan, Moxie, and TickTock return to the Great and Powerful Kevin to claim their reward - a chance for Pan to see her mother, who died many years ago. But bringing back Pan's mom seems impossible. Is Kevin full of hot air?When our heroes sniff out the truth behind his secr…

Paperback. Condición: New. When Theresa Brown wins the Charleston County School Science Fair, she receives the opportunity of a lifetime - an invitation to work with the celebrated scientist Dr. Flax and spend the summer building the invention of her dreams. Along with the second- and third-place finishers of the science fair, T…

Paperback. Condición: New. Eleven-year-old Viviani Fedeler grew up surrounded by books, but now she's ready for her own story to begin. As the daughter of the library superintendent, Viviani has explored every nook, cranny, and room - except the ones her father keeps locked.When Viviani suspects that the library is haunted, she…

Paperback. Condición: New. The boy is teased for looking different than the other kids. His skin is darker, his hair curlier. He tells his mother he wishes he could be more like everyone else. And she helps him to see how beautiful he really, truly is. For years before they both achieved acclaim in their respective professions,…

Paperback. Condición: New. Trust takes courage.Laika is a 'Cold Dog'-a stray pawing the streets of Moscow until Soviet researchers take her to live at the top-secret facility. Nervous and alone, she learns she will be trained to become a 'starflyer,' an animal launched into outer space in the Soviets' race against American innov…

Paperback. Condición: New. Stella has a feeling that her life in Tacoma is about to turn around - just like her Panda Express fortune cookie promised. She'll finally make friends, and maybe have a little less generalised anxiety about big things, like her absent mum, and small things, like food touching other food on her plate.H…

Paperback. Condición: New. Look! There is the new moon in the sky. It's time for Ramadan to begin. Follow along with one young boy as he abserves the Muslim holy month with his family. This year, the narrator is finally old enough to fast, and even the youngest readers will be interested as he shares his experiences of this spec…

Paperback. Condición: New. Eren Evers is about to turn thirteen, which means something to everyone but her. Recently, all her friends want to talk about are their crushes, and her mum keeps asking about the upcoming school dance.But Eren couldn't care less about liking boys or girls, and isn't even sure how a crush should feel.…

Paperback. Condición: New. Marius Grey hunts monsters. He's not supposed to. He's only twelve and his job as a cemetery boy is to look after the ghosts in his family's graveyard. He should be tending these ghosts and - of course - going to school to learn how to live between worlds without getting into trouble.But, Marius has an…

Paperback. Condición: New. When Silas Walker does a school presentation on former Major League Baseball player Glenn Burke, it's more than a report on the inventor of the high five. Burke was a black gay baseball player in the '70s - and for Silas, the presentation is his own first baby step toward coming out as gay. Soon he tel…

Paperback. Condición: New. Hair comes in all colors, textures, and styles. Whether it is worn long or short, in braids or cornrows, or left natural in an afro, hair plays a big part in who we are and how we feel about ourselves.In this inspiring book, Kelly Johnson's stunning photographs of girls wearing a range of hair-styles,…

Paperback. Condición: New. "What is the best thing about where you live? Tell us something unusual about it."I smiled as I wrote, "Peaches."The white peaches grown in Bucheon are the best in all of South Korea, and a rare treat for a young Yangsook. She dreams of a peach orchard where she can play and eat as much of the deliciou…

Paperback. Condición: New. Twelve-year-old Emmie is working to raise money for a tricked-out wheelchair to get serious about WCMX (wheelchair motocross), when a wipeout on a rickety ramp throws her plans into a tailspin. Instead of replacing the ramp, her school provides her with a kind but unwelcome aide - and, seeing a golden…

Paperback. Condición: New. Mihi and her friends Savannah and Reese have been back from the Rainbow Realm for a few months, and none of them can get it out of their minds. When Mihi's former best friend Genevieve goes through the fridge and into the fairy world herself, Mihi and her friends know that they're the only ones who can…

Paperback. Condición: New. A heartwarming debut from author Caroline Huntoon about a young figure skater discovering who they are on and off the ice. Life isn't easy on twelve-year-old Mars. As if seventh grade isn't hard enough, Mars is also grappling with the recent death of their father and a realization they never got to sha…

Paperback. Condición: New. In order to survive on her own, twelve-year-old Rooney de Barra collects precious moonlight, which she draws from the evening sky with her (very rare and most magical) lunar mirror. All the while she tries to avoid the rival roughhouse boys, and yet another, more terrifying danger: the dreaded thing th…

Paperback. Condición: New. Mihi Whan Park loves fairy tales. She wants to be a princess more than anything, but everyone tells her she's not the princess type. But when she and her new friends, Savannah and Reese, discover a portal to a fairy tale realm inside the fridge in their school library, Mihi finally gets her shot: She a…

Paperback. Condición: New. Raymond Hurley has never had one place to call home. His free-wheeling parents move their family from town to town, and he's living in a trailer in a brand-new state when one day, they just up and abandon him. He is completely alone. With only his reliable old dog Rosie for comfort and company, Raymond…

Paperback. Condición: New. International Peace Day is September 21st. On this day and every day throughout the year, children all over the world wish for peace. Karen Katz takes readers on a bright and colourful journey around the globe to meet some of these children and learn about the many ways to say peace! Karen Katz's brigh…

Paperback. Condición: New. Twelve-year-old Indian-American Pandita Paul doesn't like change. She's not ready to start middle school and leave the comforts of childhood behind. Most of all, Pandita doesn't want to feel like she's leaving her mother, who died a few years ago, behind. After a falling out with her best friend, Pandi…