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Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore, and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.
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"Will Robie es un asesino a sueldo del gobierno americano que no ha fallado un objetivo en su vida. Hasta que decide no asesinar a una madre durmiendo junto a sus hijos. Entonces debe huir de los suyos y en su camino se cruza Julie, una chica de 14 tambien en plena huida. Robie la salva y poco a poco va descubriendo que sus destinos estan más unidos de lo que cree."--Amazon.
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Stranded on an island in a post-apocalyptic world, teenager Dinky and her friends hatch a dangerous plan to escape in the hope of finding a better life. Meanwhile, her old friend Birdboy has shut himself off from the world, pursued by the police and haunted by demon tormentors. But unbeknownst to anyone, he contains a secret inside him that could change the world forever. Based on his own graphic novel, a darkly comic, mind-bending fantasy.
5) Little birds
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Lily and Alison face a life-changing event after they leave their Salton Sea home and follow the boys they meet back to Los Angeles. But in the big city, Lily and Alison quickly fall into the boys' world of scams and petty crime. Lily is determined to stay and make it work, while Alison is overwhelmed and eager to return home. When an idea is hatched to use Lily as bait for men with money to steal, things quickly escalate to a life-changing moment....
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La mayor parte de las aventuras escritas en este libro ocurrieron realmente; una o dos fueron experiencias mías, el resto, de niños que fueron compañeros míos. Huck Finn está tomado de la vida real; Tom Sawyer también, pero no de una sola persona - se trata de una combinación de características de tres muchachos que yo conocía, y por lo tanto pertenece al orden compuesto de la arquitectura. Las extrañas supersticiones que se relatan prevalecen...
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Esta historia de aventuras sobre la búsqueda de la identidad en uno de los museos más importantes del mundo ha encantado a lectores de todas las edades durante más de 35 años. E.L. Konigsburg es la única autora que ha ganado la Medalla Newbery dos veces el mismo año.
9) Just pals
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Bim seems to be his town's biggest loser, but when he takes a needy 13-year-old boy named Bill under his wing, it seems there may be some hope for Bim. After learning about Bill, a young teacher, Mary, whom Bim secretly adores, helps get the young boy into school. And when Bim then helps Mary repay a loan, defaulted on by shifty boyfriend, it becomes evident that Bim can reform.
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A la orilla del viento volume 122
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Roxana's parents separated and she can't stand living with her stepfather anymore, so she decides to go live with her father. She runs away from home and calls him from a cafe, but he has left town. Then she meets David and a friendship is born between them. However, Roxana is unaware that her new friend is trapped in drug hell.
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Sita Taylor volume 1
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Sita (A.K.A . Squishy) has moved in with her father and his new family, which includes a pair of twin girls (Jessie and Vee) while her mother is away on a security assignment in Geneva, and she is finding her "bonus sisters" difficult to get along with even though they are only five months older--but when Vee finds out that Squishy is feeding a runaway boy who is hiding in the apartment house garage the two girls discover that a shared secret can...
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Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they have found shelter with--and protection from--Venice's "Thief Lord." Welcome to the magical world of Venice, Italy, where hidden canals and crumbling rooftops shelter runaways and children with incredible secrets.
Huyendo de su tía, que intenta separarlos, Próspero y Bonifacio llegan hasta la maravillosa Venecia....
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