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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “stunning” (America Ferrera) YA novel about a teenager coming to terms with losing her sister and finding herself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican American home.

“Alive and crackling—a gritty tale wrapped in a page-turner. ”—The New York Times

Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away...

A new romantic thriller—with a dash of horror—from Natalie D. Richards, the New York Times bestselling author of YA psychological thriller books.

Theo's always been impulsive. But telling Paige how he feels? He's obsessed over that decision. And it's time. Tonight. At the party on the riverbank, under the old walking bridge, site of so many tales of love and death.

Paige has had a crush on Theo since they first

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Dos de los grandes retos que enfrenta la investigación sobre estudiantes universitarios son la formación del pensamiento creativo a través de transformaciones pedagógicas y didácticas que dejen huella en sus vidas, y la sistematizas de las experiencias didácticas desarrolladas con estos. Por ello, la investigación relacionada con la formación del pensamiento creativo en estudiantes universitarios se constituye en tema crucial para investigación...

This is a story about a little girl named Sara, who goes to her granny's house while her mother and father go to work. Granny teaches Sara about different things each day. Granny makes games out of the lessons, and together, they have lots of fun.

After being visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve, Holly Chase chooses not to mend her spoiled ways. Upon her death Holly discovers her selfishness has caused her to work for eternity as a ghost of Christmas past. Every year Project Scrooge saves another miserly grouch, and Holly stays frozen at seventeen while her family and friends go on living without her. But this year, everything is about to change ...

"Blood, Bullets, and Bones provides young readers with a fresh and fascinating look at the ever-evolving science of forensics. Since the introduction of DNA testing, forensic science has been in the forefront of the public's imagination, thanks especially to popular television shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. But forensic analysis has been practiced for thousands of years. Ancient Chinese detectives studied dead bodies for signs of foul...

Bestselling authors Kurt Bruner and Jim Ware (Finding God in The Lord of the Rings) once again explore a world of fantasy to reveal the Great Story hidden within. For more than fifty years, adults and children alike have stepped through the wardrobe, and their imaginations have been baptized in C. S. Lewis's mystical world of wonder and enchantment. In Finding God in the Land of Narnia, you'll see how Lewis expertly wraps spiritual truths into his...

The breathtaking story of five brothers who bring each other up in a world run by their own rules. As the Dunbar boys love and fight and learn to reckon with the adult world, they discover the moving secret behind their father's disappearance. At the center of the Dunbar family is Clay, a boy who will build a bridge--for his family, for his past, for greatness, for his sins, for a miracle. The question is, how far is Clay willing to go? And how much...

From James Dashner, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling MAZE RUNNER series, comes an original thirty-page e-short returning fans to the fast-paced, high-tech world in the Mortality Doctrine series that includes The Eye of Minds, The Rule of Thoughts, and The Game of Lives.

Includes a sneak peek of The Fever Code, the highly anticipated conclusion

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Ce jour-là, alors que les rayons du soleil se noyaient progressivement dans les nuées au environ de dix-sept heures, je décidai d'aller me balader sur la route quand, subitement, je reçus un électrochoc qui me déboussola en me jetant dans une pâture fascinante, avide de galanterie et de tendresse troublant tous mes sens et me faisant oublier mon trajet. J'étais comme perdu dans le regard et la contemplation puis, je commençai à songer fantasmagoriquement....