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Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When you think of chocolate, you might think of a candy bar, a birthday cake, or a glass of chocolate milk. But where does chocolate come from? This book tells about the cocoa bean, which grows in the tropical rain forests and how the animals and other living things play an important part, even the monkeys.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inheriting a cocoa plantation in Vinces, Ecuador, that someone will kill for, Puri, after her husband is murdered, assumes his identity to search for the truth of her father's legacy and learn the identity of the enemy who stands in her way of claiming her birthright.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As a little girl and her father work together to make her birthday cake, he tells the story of her Grandpa Cacao, a farmer from the Ivory Coast. Includes author's note and a cake recipe.
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Driven and recklessly daring, Martin Sabater follows his lifelong dream of owning a cacao plantation in Valle del Cauca. But on the night of a spectacular gala, he disappears -- and is never seen again. Now his hacienda is a budding Catholic hospital saving lives during an emerging epidemic. And novice nun "Sor Puri" is there to uncover the truth behind Martin's disappearance. But her real identity -- and her past with the heartbreakingly charismatic...
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo, Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Cuando el papá de Abigail muere, ella y su mamá deciden comenzar una nueva vida en otra provincia y, aunque les duele alejarse del mundo que hasta entonces han conocido, descubren poco a poco que la vida les depara muchas sorpresas y que la felicidad siempre logra abrirse camino. La hacienda chocolatera Tunkuluchú será el escenario de las aventuras que protagonizarán Abigail y su nueva amiga, Justina, quienes gozan de la inocencia propia de...
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