Louis Sachar
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Series
Marvin Redpost volume 2
Language
English
Description
A small incident during recess threatens to turn nine-year-old Marvin into the outcast of his third-grade class. Marvin is shunned by his classmates, best friends, and teacher after he is unfairly fingered as a nose-picker by the class bully.
Author
Series
Marvin Redpost volume 3
Language
English
Description
After Casey Happleton tells him that if he kisses his elbow he will turn into a girl, nine-year-old Marvin experiments and finds himself very confused about his identity.
Author
Series
Marvin Redpost volume 8
Language
English
Description
When Marvin Redpost's new friend Casey shares with him her magic crystal that can make wishes come true, things get out of control.
27) Hoyos
Author
Series
Barco de vapor volume 131
Language
Español
Description
El joven Stanley Yelnats comienza un viaje de autodescubrimiento cuando es enviado a un centro de detención juvenil en Texas, donde los niños son forzados a cavar agujeros de un metro de profundidad como un castigo, un proceso por el cual Stanley sospecha que el guardián tiene motivos ocultos.
31) al-Ḥufar
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Language
Arabic
Description
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
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Series
Language
Español
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Nadie quiere sentarse al lado de Bradley porque siempre se porta mal. Hasta que llegada de Jeff, el nuevo, y de Carla, la psicóloga, le abre las puertas a un posible cambio y se ve inmerso en un mar de dudas. ¿Conseguirá cambiar Bradley? ¿Se adaptarán al nuevo cole Carla y Jeff?
34) Holes
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English
Description
Young Stanley Yelnats finds himself at Camp Green Lake, where digging a hole a day keeps the warden at bay and "builds character". An ancient family curse still dogs Stanley and he's thrown headlong into the adventure of his life. Stanley and his campmates will have to forge fast friendships to unearth the mystery of what's really going on in the desert.
35) Holes
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English
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Young Stanley Yelnats finds himself at Camp Green Lake, where digging a hole a day keeps the warden at bay and "builds character". An ancient family curse still dogs Stanley and he's thrown headlong into the adventure of his life. Stanley and his campmates will have to forge fast friendships to unearth the mystery of what's really going on in the desert.
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English
Description
Who is Harris Burdick? For more than twenty-five years, readers have been puzzling over the illustrations by this enigmatic artist. Thousands of children have been inspired to weave their own stories to go with his intriguingly titled pictures. And now, some of our most imaginative storytellers attempt to solve the perplexing mysteries of Harris Burdick.