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Wind dancers volume 1
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Four tiny, flying horses suddenly come into being, blown out of a dandelion by a lonely girl, and set out to discover who they are and what they are supposed to do with their magical powers.
82) When I miss you
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A young guinea pig describes situations that make him miss his parents, how it feels to miss them, and what he can do to feel better.
84) Sand sister
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When lonely Paloma goes to the beach and wishes that she had a sister to play with, the girl she draws in the sand comes magically alive, and at day's end her parents give her the good news of a new baby on the way.
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Sonja is ready to get on with her life. She's over forty now, and the Swedish crime novels she translates are losing their fascination. She sees a masseuse, tries to reconnect with her sister, and is finally learning to drive. But under the overbearing gaze of her driving instructor, Sonja is unable to shift gears for herself. And her vertigo, which she has always carefully hidden, has begun to manifest at the worst possible moments. Sonja hoped her...
87) Cien cuyes
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En un barrio residencial de Lima con vistas al mar languidecen unos ancianos de clase acomodada. Frasia, acuciada por sus necesidades econ̤micas, pues tiene que sacar adelante a su hijo Nico, se ha ido convirtiendo en compą̕a imprescindible para algunos de ellos. Si consiguiera juntar diez cuyes, el dinero para comprar diez conejillos de Indias, podr̕a, seg͠n le dijo siempre su t̕o, empezar una nueva vida. As̕, todos los d̕as cruza la ciudad...
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"Anna and her husband John, a master saddlemaker, have created a quiet existence for themselves in rural Vermont. When John disappears in the woods near their home, Anna hides what she finds there in a desperate effort to ensure her own survival. She must learn to live alone in a landscape where poachers trespass, coyotes roam, bears menace livestock, and winter starves the wild animals--while debilitating illness and long-buried secrets threaten...
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Magic puppy volume 11
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When Storm, a fluffy black-and-white Shih-tzu puppy appears, Lola's lonely school days come into a magical class of their own!
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In a contemporary America blemished with loneliness and late-capitalism, there is no end to the fractured places in which these characters find 'home.' In twenty vivid, rowdy, buoyant stories--ranging from one-page flashes to thirty-page odysseys--Barton assembles a collection of unforgettable safe havens perfect for crashing, even if only for a night.
92) Grandpa's soup
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After the death of his wife, an old man gradually realizes that making the soup she used to cook and sharing it with friends eases his loneliness.
93) Sylvia and Bird
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Sylvia, a dragon, overcomes her loneliness and finds a true friend in Bird.
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After the Sickness has killed off her parents, and the bombs have fallen on the last safe cities, Monster emerges from the Arctic vault which has kept her alive. When she washes up on the coast of Scotland, everyone she knows is dead, and she believes she is alone in an empty world. Slowly, piece by piece, she begins to rebuild a life. Until, one day, she finds a girl: another survivor, feral, and ready to be taught all that Monster knows. But as...
98) The small rain
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Katherine Forrester is sent to a very restrictive private school after the death of her pianist mother, from which she emerges to study piano in New York as a protege of the great master who taught her mother.
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