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Adventure Books for Kids
Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
Adventure Books for Kids
Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
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As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
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Dyamonde Daniel and her best friend, Free, are excited about the library's poetry contest and its $100 prize. When Dyamonde learns that a classmate is homeless, she encourages the girl to submit a poem about the homeless shelter where she lives. As the two girls become friends, Dyamonde learns what it's really like to be poor yet rich in friends.