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1) Wonderland
Author
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Joyce Carol Oates's Wonderland Quartet comprises four remarkable novels that explore social class in America and the inner lives of young Americans. Spanning from the Great Depression to the turbulent Vietnam War era, Wonderland is the epic account of Jesse Vogel, a boy who emerged from a family tragedy with his life spared but his world torn apart. Orphaned after watching his father murder his entire family, Jesse embarks on a personal odyssey that...
Author
Publisher
HarperPerennial
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 30
Language
English
Description
"Rebecca, the daughter of a German high school teacher who was forced to work as a gravedigger after immigrating to upstate New York, begins a life-changing pilgrimage throughout America in the wake of a prejudice-motivated tragedy."--
Author
Publisher
Salamandra
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Español
Description
La casa de caramelo, que culmina el ambicioso proyecto narrativo de Jennifer Egan iniciado con El tiempo es un canalla (Premio Pulitzer en 2011), cuenta la historia de Bix Bouton, un brillante empresario informático en horas bajas que acaba patentando una exitosa herramienta tecnológica que permite acceder a nuestros recuerdos y compartirlos, y que ha seducido a miles de personas. Con una asombrosa variedad de recursos narrativos, Egan pone el foco...
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Christopher and Hannah are a happily married surgeon and nurse with picture-perfect lives. All that's missing is a child. When Janie, an abandoned six-year-old, turns up at their hospital, Christopher forms an instant connection with her, and he convinces Hannah they should take her home as their own. But Janie is no ordinary child, and her damaged psyche proves to be more than her new parents were expecting. Janie is fiercely devoted to Christopher,...
Author
Publisher
Level 4 Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
How well can you really know someone? The smallest towns hold the darkest secrets. And the people you least suspect are the ones you should fear the most. When Cassie's friend disappears, Cassie knows all too well the tragic end Jennifer has probably met. After all, Cassie is the one who found the last murdered girl in the field on her boyfriend Leo's property nine years ago. She never believed the love of her life was capable of such a brutal crime....
6) Creep
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Sheila Tao is a professor of psychology, an expert in human behavior with her own hidden past. But she's not the only one keeping secrets. ... When Sheila began an affair with her sexy graduate assistant Ethan Wolfe, she knew she was playing with fire. Consumed by lust when they were together, she was riddled with guilt when they were apart. Now she's finally engaged to a good man, and it's time to end the dangerous liaison. But Ethan has something...
7) Edinburgh
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Fee is a shy Korean American boy and a newly named section leader of the first sopranos in his local boy's choir. But when Fee learns how the director treats his section leaders, he is so ashamed he says nothing of the abuse, not even when Peter, his best friend, is in line to be next. When the director is arrested, Fee tries to forgive himself for his silence. But when Peter takes his own life, Fee blames only himself. In the years...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Español
Description
"Desde pequeña, Leah ha vivido con akinetopsia, o cequera del movimiento. Nada se ha movido a su alrededor en los últimos veinte años. Su mundo suele transformarse en un abrir y cerrar de ojos: al parpadear, lo que se encuentre ante ella desaparece. Leah se orienta con la ayuda de un bastón por su barrio de Morningside Heights, en Manhattan. Para quienes la rodean es ciega, pero en realidad lo único que ella no puede ver es el movimiento. Leah...
9) Azul salado
Author
Publisher
Suma de Letras
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Una novela sobre los sabores de la familia y la auténtica belleza de Mallorca. Marina regresa a Mallorca, su isla natal, tras una llamada de socorro de su madre. Vuelve dispuesta a tomar las riendas de La Ultramarina, el negocio familiar, mucho más que una casa de comidas. Allí revive los recuerdos que atesora junto a las mujeres más importantesde su vida: la abuela Carmen, su madre y su hermana Irene. En un momento vital clave, volver a la raíz...
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