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A pillar of American literature, Mark Twain's prototypical coming-of-age introduces the iconic Tom Sawyer and his best friend Huckleberry Finn. Tom's panache for mischief and unyielding desire for adventure commonly leads him into trouble, but quick wits and a smooth tongue always navigates him to safety. When Tom and Huck witness a murder and the culpable Injun Joe escapes justice, Tom, who testified against the bandit, is left to wonder how he will...
83) What's in a name
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When Juliet arrives in Boston to bring her newly orphaned nephew, Marcus, home to Maine, she discovers that her late sister, Cordelia, had lived in such poverty that the boy had to work to survive. Having struggled to build the North End's biggest fish market after emigrating from Italy, Antonio had hired Marcus to help the boy and his mother. But when Marcus resorts to stealing and runs away with Antonio's young sister, Antonio wants to see him punished....
85) Detskai͡a kniga
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A tale spanning the end of the Victorian era through World War I finds famous children's book author Olive Wellwood taking in a runaway and exposing the boy to dark truths about her family's summer bacchanals at their rambling country house.
86) Half a heart
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At nine years of age, Logan Weber knows the routine. Keep quiet, make the food last, and don't ever cause trouble. He'll do what it takes to evade the rages of his troubled, violent father. Even though he's only a child, Logan already knows too much--has seen too much. So when the opportunity presents itself, Logan runs. He has no idea where his journey will lead, or that the grandmother he's been told is dead is desperately searching for him. Alone...
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A Sikh girl on the run. A Muslim ex-con who has to find her. A whole heap of trouble. Southall, West London. After being released from prison, Zaq Khan is lucky to land a dead-end job at a builders' yard. All he wants to do is keep his head down and put the past behind him. But when Zaq is forced to search for his boss's runaway daughter, he quickly finds himself caught up in a deadly web of deception, murder and revenge. With time running out and...
88) Buscando a Nouf
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Tres días antes de su boda, Nouf Shrawi, hija de una de las familias más influyentes de Arabia Saudita, desaparece. Diez días después, encuentran en el desierto el cadáver de la joven de apenas 16 años. La autopsia revela que estaba embarazada de varias semanas y que la causa de la muerte fue la deshidratación. Nayir al-Sharqui, guía del desierto que participó en la búsqueda de Nouf, no parece muy convencido con la versión oficial de...
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Dorastająca na Księżycu Xingyin przywykła do samotności. Nie wie, że jest ukrywana przed Niebiańskim Cesarzem, który skazał jej matkę za kradzież eliksiru nieśmiertelności. Kiedy jednak magia Xingyin zostaje wykryta, dziewczyna jest zmuszona uciekać z domu. Trafia do Niebiańskiego Królestwa, krainy cudów i tajemnic. Ukrywając swoją tożsamość, korzysta z okazji, by uczyć się u boku syna cesarza oraz opanowywać łucznictwo i...
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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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"I'll never forget the night when everything changed. I saw the first glimmers of daylight over the roofs from the window before I heard it. We were used to air raids by then and I recognised German engines, but something felt different this time. They were closer than I'd ever heard them before... Devon, 1940: When fifteen-year-old Daisy is evacuated from her home in London, she knows she must look after her younger sister Peggy. She is the only...
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