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Okyora et Eggyo avec la garde royale d'Illuminéa vont ensemble sauver le royaume de la reine Viodiyucia des grenouilles à pattes rouges, en passant par la cité d'Océah pour porter secours à la reine Océoyurah et au peuple des profondeurs. Ils vont ensuite mener une lutte sans relâche contre la coalition appelée «Gaz de serre» qui empêche le soleil de récupérer ses rayons... Venez vivre les aventures de Okyora & Eggyo!
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A sinister town that's not on any map, mysterious black vans and missing people, a book that can kill you, a vengeful mother, an account of life after death, and your worst nightmares come true. This is a strange and dark collection of poems, short stories and musings on a variety of gritty subjects, such as revenge, body image, fear, death, life, motherhood, nature and writing.
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Once upon another time,
the world was young and new.
If you want to know this world,
there's something you can do...
With sweeping landscapes and up-close details of the natural world, Once Upon Another Time takes readers through a lyrical exploration of the world as it was before humans made their mark. Contrasting the past with the present, this expansive picture book serves as a warm invitation for children--and all people--to appreciate,...
504) Plastic Plankton
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Volcanoes and tropical waterfalls on the Big Island of Hawaii are the dramatic, stunning backdrop as Tilly trains for the Kona Ironman for an environmental cause. Concerned about plastic pollution, her estranged brother, Moore, and his quirky, stoner hip hop-loving best friend, Spit, set sail to the plastic scoop up machine at the Great Plastic Garbage Patch off the coast of Hawaii. Nemesis SodaCo has falsified the machine's results, and it takes...
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Now including an interview with environmental activist Tracy Frisch
Two-thousand-year-old redwoods once cloaked the northern California coast like bear fur, mesmerizing in their enormity. As a boy, Logan Blackburn spent many nights on a platform twenty stories off the ground in his favorite giant, Uuma, lulled to sleep by the strange murmuring and thrumming of the ancient redwood. As an adult, he joins his father and other activists to fight Pacific...
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On a secluded island, in a faraway sea, the animals live in peace and prosperity. But, one day, the winds of fate bring humans to their shore. Down come trees and up go houses, farms, and a bustling market. The humans capture the animals and put them to work. A great sadness falls upon the land, and only a young boy named, Adam, can hear the animals' cries. Compelled to act, Adam escapes into the jungle and joins with the remaining free animals, attempting...
507) Lionhearted
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Adriana, a bold-hearted young girl and her friends stood to defend the co-existence of man and animals; despite what the wild animals had done to them.
But would their good intentions succeed, or everything would get annihilated?
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The first middle-grade novel from YA superstar Amy Sarig (A. S.) King is a boy-and-his-pet story like no other.
The first middle-grade novel from Printz Honor-winning author Amy Sarig (A. S.) King!Washington Post Best Book of the YearA New York Public Library Best Book for KidsA Texas Bluebonnet Master List selectionObe Devlin has problems. His family's farmland has been taken over by developers. His best friend Tommy has abandoned him. And he keeps...
509) Quiet Man
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Everyone knows Collin Griffen is a quiet, hardworking young man who just wants to give his son the childhood he himself never had. But when, he violently murders his two-year-old son, his family is left shocked and searching for answers.
After unearthing the truth about Collin's employer, Monarch Industries slaughterhouse, attorney Cam Burton prepares to make an unprecedented defense challenging one of America's most loved institutions, the meat...
510) Of Cattle and Men
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Animals go mad and men die (accidentally and not) at a slaughterhouse in an impoverished, isolated corner of Brazil.
In a landscape worthy of Cormac McCarthy, the river runs septic with blood. Edgar Wilson makes the sign of the cross on the forehead of a cow, then stuns it with a mallet. He does this over and over again, as the stun operator at Senhor Milo's slaughterhouse: reliable, responsible, quietly dispatching cows and following orders, wherever...
511) Naples in Denial
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Time is ticking for the people of Naples and no one knows when it'll run out.
A giant is reawakening and the Neapolitans are none the wiser. Sandwiched between a super volcano and a stratovolcano, Campi Flegrei and Mount Vesuvius, Naples is in the target zone of an inevitable disaster with the ability to wipe the city off the map. The question is when?
When Italian expat, Francesco Carbone, visits the Boston Triage Group for help, Louise Destrey,...
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These delightful stories are based upon an area on the sunshine coast of Australia known as "England In The Tropics" because of its landscape similarities, the difference being mainly climatic. The environment here is quite beautiful, with gently undulating fields, magnificent trees, sunny skies, and chuckling little creeks. Chlorysta Creek made a happy background murmur, brilliant sunshine beamed upon it, and twinkling sparkles rippled across its...
513) The Seed of an Idea
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Elinor and her friends solve a "sticky" mystery, in this latest title in the series.
Ari's cool new watch makes a skrrrrtch sound when he opens the strap, and then he can just press it closed again. Neither part of the strap is sticky, so how does it work? Elinor, Ari and Olive decide to investigate, starting with determining what else the material sticks to. While they're searching outside, some spiky seeds get stuck on Ari's sweater. Hmm, they...
514) Another Life
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Finding out who you were in a previous life sounds like fun until you're forced to grapple with the darkness of the past. Galacia Aguirre is Mediator of Otra Vida, a quasi-utopian city on the shores of a human-made lake in Death Valley. She resolves conflicts within their sustainable money-free society, and keeps the outside world from meddling in their affairs. When a scientific method of uncovering past lives emerges, Galacia learns she's the reincarnation...
515) Great Northern?
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Swallows and Amazons volume 12
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As this classic series continues, adventuring children off the western coast of Scotland spot a strange bird and soon land themselves in danger.
While on a sailing cruise with Cap. Flint exploring in the Outer Hebrides, the Swallows, Amazons, and the Ds spot a mysterious bird nesting on an island in a loch. Could it be a great northern diver, never known to nest in the British Isles? They tell their discovery to a local expert who secretly collects...
516) Salamander Rescue
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Cricket McKay has lived in Waterton all her life, so she is surprised to discover an animal she hasn't seen before: the long-toed salamander. She finds a band of them migrating from the pond to their hibernation grounds at Crandell Mountain. Crossing the road that lies between the pond and the mountain is dangerous enough, but now a newly-constructed curb makes their journey even more challenging. Can Cricket and her friends come up with a solution...
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Cecil is a well-read and world-traveled bird of nearly flightless origin. After a daring escape from Egypt on the back of a camel, an ocean crossing in the belly of a whale, and a short stint on the back of a condor, he finds himself in Terra Austris.He quickly seeks out the most intellectual beings of the new land and ends up the friend of the native horses and egrets. Friends he finds lacking his tact and ambition, but they will do, for now.While...
518) Sinking Islands
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Sinking Islands continues the story of Bronwyn Artair, a scientist who possesses the power to influence the natural forces of the Earth. After several successful interventions, including one in Siberia, she has gone into hiding, worried about unintended consequences of her actions, as well as about the ethics of operating solo. But circumstances call her to action again, and an idea takes shape: What if she could impart her skill to other people?...
519) Returning To Shore
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Clare is forced to spend the summer with her father-a man she hasn't seen since she was three. As he reveals his struggles, Clare's summer becomes less of an exile and more of a return.
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Un voyage fantastique au cœur d'une planète sous la menace d'un industriel mal intentionné et de son acolyte maléfique
La planète Titaniah se situe dans une autre galaxie mais est bien semblable à notre bonne vieille Terre. Une triste nuit, un incendie ravage l'Île du Vieux-Chêne. Considérée comme le poumon de la planète Titaniah, elle détient aussi une faune et une flore abondantes, riches des espèces les plus rares. Cette catastrophe...