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Jesse Aarons is in the 5th grade and has trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. He becomes upset when new classmate Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and some other striking differences, the two become fast friends. Together, they create Terabithia where they rule as king and queen and is a land filled with monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants. This friendship helps Jesse cope with a tragedy that makes him...
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Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She is a smart girl, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah decides to participate in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from...
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"En clase de Ciencias, Judy se entera de la destrucción de los bosques tropicales, de que hay muchos animales en peligro de extinción y de que el planeta entero tiene seros problemas ambientales. Entonces, ¡lanza una cruzada ecologista! Y, como siepre, lleva las cosas hasta el extremo..."--
"When Judy Moody gets serious about protecting the environment, her little brother Stink thinks she is overdoing it, but she manages to inspire her third grade...
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On his first day at a new school, eleven-year-old Billy goes up against the school bully in a challenge that ends up with a total gross-out date...to eat 10 worms in one day. As the pressure mounts, Billy must summon all his strength to meet the dare, all the while keeping his weak stomach from betraying him and his big mouth from getting him in even more trouble.
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Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She is a smart girl, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah decides to participate in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from...
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Jodi Picoult, autora de Por la vida de mi hermana, nos presenta su libro más fascinante, con una alarmante y conmovedora historia acerca de las repercusiones devastadoras de una tragedia en un pueblo pequeño de los Estado Unidos. Sterling es un pueblo común en New Hampshire donde nunca ocurre nada -- hasta el día que su complacencia es hecha añicos por un acto de violencia. Josie Cormier, la hija de la...
11) Fat Albert
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The animated characters of the '70s come to life in this movie to help a troubled teenager as he experiences the heartfelt emotions and hilarious absurdities of the real world. Bill Cosby, creator of the original cartoon, co-stars.
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Buck Howard is a mentalist extraordinaire who used to spend his days in the limelight. But nowadays, it's become clear to everyone but Buck that his act has long ago lost its luster. Yet, Buck is convinced his comeback is imminent. With the help of his new personal assisstant, recent law school drop-out and would-be writer Troy, not to mention his fiery publicist, Buck surprisingly lands back in the American consciousness, taking Troy along for the...
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"Al llegar a la escuela, Buzz y Hombre Mosca descubren que irán de excursión a una fábrica de matamoscas. ¿Saldrá bien parado Hombre Mosca de semejante aventura? Un libro que los hará reír."--Amazon.
Fly Guy unintentionally joins Buzz at school, and then goes with his class on a field trip to a fly swatter factory.
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"¡Splash! Mamá rana quiere que todas sus ranitas tomen clases de natación. A flotar, a nadar de espaldas, a patalear en el agua. . . Hop se esfuerza pero a menudo hace un lío de las cosas. ¡Hasta que un día se sorprende a sí mismo!"--
Splash! Mommy wants all her little frogs to take swimming lessons. Floating, backstroke, treading water . . . Hop tries his best, but often makes a mess of things. One day, he surprises even himself! A vibrant...
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"Homework can be horrible! But homework isn't going anywhere, and kids need to learn to do it-without throwing up. This updated classic provides specific tips for starting, doing, and finishing homework-and maybe even laughing while they learn. Kids will also learn how to make a homework schedule, when to do the hardest homework (first!), the benefits of doing homework, and more-serious suggestions delivered with wit and humor because laughter makes...
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"¡Nate el Grande superará a todos los demás! Per no le será fácil. No puede librarse de Gina, esa eterna enemiga que ¡siempre está dispuesta a echarlo todo a perder! ¿Ganará Nate, o tal vez perderá? ¿Aprobará a suspenderá? ¿O quiza¿s acabara¿ castigado otra vez?"--
Sixth-grader and self-proclaimed genius Nate Wright faces his all-time enemy, Gina, when they are paired to work on a research paper together and she also gets a position...
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