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"Brisma and Kelly, two young Latinas growing up along Clement Moore Avenue in Queens, would do anything for each other. They keep each other's secrets, hide from their mothers' chancletas, and ward off creepy neighbors. At the beginning of high school, Brisma falls deeply in love with Brian, the local baseball legend. Always the wallflower to the vibrant and alluring Kelly, Brisma is secretly thrilled to be chosen by Brian, to finally have someone...
43) Pure
Author
Series
Pure trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
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In a post-apocalyptic world, Pressia, a sixteen-year-old survivor with a doll's head fused onto her left hand meets Partridge, a "Pure" dome-dweller who is searching for his mother, sure that she has survived the cataclysm.
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Make the flowers on your exquisite new orchid last, and help it rebloom after dormancy. Featuring care profiles for more than 125 varieties, Happy Orchid makes it easy to care for your plant with advice on where to position it, how to keep it flowering, when to water and fertilize it, and how often to repot it. With step-by-step instructions and tips for creating attractive displays, you will soon be an expert grower, inspired to fill your home with...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Guaranteed to spark America's next great culinary passion, a James Beard Award-winning author explores the secretive and seductive world of truffles, the elusive food that has captured hearts, imaginations and palates worldwide.
55) People
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c1980
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Emphasizes the differences among the four billion people on earth.
Author
Publisher
The Countryman Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Bee populations are plummeting. The solution? Give them what they need to live naturally, and they'll handle the rest. Susan Knilans and Jacqueline Freeman are in love with bees. So in love that they observe their bees-their work, communication, seasonal activity, and more-for hours each day. And with observation came realization: when bees are allowed to live as they would in nature (with smaller hives, no chemicals, freedom to swarm, and little-to-no...
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English
Description
Delve into this "delightful" (Bloomberg News) collection of Malcolm Gladwell's writings from The New Yorker, in which the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia focuses on "minor geniuses" and idiosyncratic behavior to illuminate the ways all of us organize experience.
What is the difference between choking and panicking? Why are there dozens of varieties of mustard-but only one variety...
What is the difference between choking and panicking? Why are there dozens of varieties of mustard-but only one variety...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"This book provides a cultural, political, and social survey through the most American of pastimes that continues to thrive today. With narrative, accessible criticism, research, and popular cultural touchstones we can all recognize, I'd like to introduce readers to the black presence that holds up daily life as they know it. It is a crucial account of the people, stories, and culture that create the hilarious, crazy wonder that is life in the 21st...
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Publisher
HarperCollins México
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"El afamado escritor, polit̤logo, y conferencista Agust̕n Laje presenta La batalla cultural: Reflexiones cr̕ticas para una Nueva Derecha - un manifiesto que informar̀, animar̀ y facultar̀ a los "guerrilleros culturales" para no bajar los brazos en la batalla que sigue perjudicando a nuestras familias y a la sociedad en general. En el mundo contempor̀neo, la sociedad y la cultura cambian a gran velocidad. La voluntad de dirigir esos cambios...
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