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For readers of Homegoing and The Leavers, a compelling and profound debut novel about a Tibetan family's journey through exile.
International Bestseller
Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
Shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize
In the wake of China's invasion of Tibet throughout the 1950s, Lhamo and her younger sister, Tenkyi, arrive at a refugee...
International Bestseller
Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
Shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize
In the wake of China's invasion of Tibet throughout the 1950s, Lhamo and her younger sister, Tenkyi, arrive at a refugee...
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Las aventuras de Skandar continuan en esta espectacular secuela de la serie sobre unicornios sanguinarios y feroces batallas en los cielos.
Skandar Smith ha conseguido su sueño: ¡por fin puede entrenarse como jinete de unicornio! Sin embargo, nuevas amenazas acechan el Nidal: alguien está matando a los unicornios salvajes y todas las sospechas recaen sobre el joven jinete. Además, las profecías de los bardos advierten de un terrible peligro,...
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In Fall River, Massachusetts, home to New England's infamous Bridgewater Triangle, Tessa must prove her brother innocent of murdering his girlfriend's parents with an axe, a mystery that proves all too close to the Lizzie Borden murders one hundred years earlier.
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After their two-week family tour of Los Angeles, ten-year-old Feng Li Lin and her older brother and sister learn they will remain in California while their parents return to Taiwan, forcing them to navigate a new school, a new language, bullies, racism, and the pressures of running a household.
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"The three panda siblings travel across the Bamboo Kingdom to find each other and discover the truth"--
In order to fulfill their destiny, the triplet of the Bamboo Kingdom must step into their roles as dragon speakers. But Ghost is stuck performing as wicked Sunset's right-hand man, and Rain and Leaf are separated across far-flung corners of the land. The trio need to reunite-- and to face their greatest fears. -- adapted from jacket
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Olivia Hayes is excited to finally unlock her magic and attend the new Unicorn Academy, but quickly finds herself caught between embracing her magical abilities, clearing her sister's name of unicorn poaching, and unraveling dark secrets to protect the unicorns and Arden's future.
12) Sky's end
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"Exiled to live as a Low, sixteen-year-old Conrad refuses to become heir to his murderous uncle. But Meritocracy is a harsh and unforgiving rule on the floating island of Holmstead, and when his ailing mother is killed by monstrous gorgantauns, Conrad cuts a deal to save the only family he has left. To rescue his sister from his uncle's clutches, Conrad must enter the Selection of the Twelve Trades"--
14) Reign
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In an alternate America, Beatrice, Samantha, and Jefferson struggle to determine what they really want and how much it is worth when weighed against the crown.
America's royal family is in shambles. Queen Beatrice is in a coma and Princess Samantha has gone missing—from the look of things, she ran away with her boyfriend, Lord Marshall Davis. Which means that Prince Jefferson is currently on the throne. For some in America, it's exactly what...
16) Nightmare island
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Twelve-year-old Serenity has a recurring nightmare, but things get real when her parents take her brother, Peace, to Duppy Island for "treatment" and Serenity is confronted by the creepy Dr. Whisper and the faceless douen children who are trapped between the living and the dead.
17) Wildbound
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With a magical illness running rampant and the continent arming for battle, the three realms' long-feared destruction seems inevitable, but the two shifters they believed would bring about Alemara's ruin may in fact hold the key to its survival.
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"Amari sabe tres cosas: Su hermano Quinton ha desaparecido. Nadie quiere hablar sobre el asunto. Una misteriosa invitación es su única pista. La invitación es para una prueba en la Agencia de Investigadores Sobrenaturales y es una oportunidad para descubrir qué le pasó a Quinton. Pero ¿cómo se las arreglará en un mundo donde las sirenas, los alienígenas y la magia son reales? ¡Y con una compañera de habitación que es un niña...