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61) Entre los rotos
Author
Publisher
Literatura Random House
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"Una joven encuentra la colección de fotos de su hermano menor. No entiende por qué Julián decidió conservar esas imágenes. No retratan momentos particularmente alegres, por el contrario, casi todas pueden verse como la antesala de una catástrofe doméstica. Pensándolo bien, eso fue su infancia en Veracruz: la antesala y las secuelas de una catástrofe continua, la construcción minuciosa de las ruinas que son ella, su hermano y su madre. Su...
Author
Series
All these monsters volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Clara runs away from home to join a vigilante monster-flghting squad, only to discover that sometimes the most dangerous monsters are where you least expect them." --
Clara is ready to fight back against her abusive father, against the only life she's ever known, and most of all, against scrabs, the earth-dwelling monsters that are currently ravaging the world. When an opportunity arises for Clara to join an international monster-fighting...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"A talented 16-year-old artist slowly discovers the history of domestic violence behind why her brother left the family years earlier and why she suddenly cannot make art"--
64) Raging bull
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Jake La Motta is a boxer whose psychological and sexual complexities erupt into violence both in and out of the ring. His brother Joey falls prey to Jake's mounting paranoia and jealousy, while fifteen-year-old Vickie, becomes Jake's wife and most prized trophy. The same anger that drives Jake in the ring, ultimately drives him to beat his wife and brother, and sends Jake down a self-destructive spiral of paranoia and rage.
Author
Publisher
SparkPress, a BookSparks imprint
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"At seventeen, Juana is sent to a Southern California juvenile correctional facility for killing her husband, which she denies having done. Separated from her baby, Katrina, whom she left in the care of relatives, she settles into her tough circumstances. As Juana's longings twist with regrets, she learns about her fellow inmates: some are Chicanas, some are gang members. Jester, a leader, bullies Juana about her Mexican background, shows her the...
Author
Series
All these monsters volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
While trying to expose a private security firm hired by the government to weaponize scrabs, Clara and Team Seven face their biggest threat yet--their own demons.
When the world was crumbling, Clara escaped her abusive home and joined Team Seven, a monster-fighting squad of runaways and misfits. They discovered the sinister truth behind the scrab invasion: they're being trained and weaponized by MDG, a private security firm hired by the government....
68) Icarus
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A thief who steals priceless art and replaces it with his father's impeccable forgeries while targeting Mr. Black, the man responsible for his mother's death, Icarus Gallagher is torn between family loyalty, revenge, escape and Mr. Black's son--the boy he's come to love.
"Icarus Gallagher is a thief. He steals priceless art and replaces it with his father's impeccable forgeries. For years, one man--the wealthy Mr. Black--has been their target in...
69) Thick: a novel
Author
Publisher
Brown Barn Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
70) The lost child
Author
Publisher
Headline Review
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A tragic death. A missing baby. A long-kept secret... 1960. Thirteen-year-old Rebecca lives in fear of her father's temper. As a storm batters Seaview Cottage one night, she hears a visitor at the door and a violent argument ensues. By the time the police arrive, Rebecca's parents are dead and the visitor has fled. No one believes Rebecca heard a stranger downstairs... 2014. Iris, a journalist, is sent to cover the story of a new mother on the run...
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
"Solo ella sabe lo que sucedió. Solo yo puedo hacerla hablar. Alicia Berenson, una pintora de éxito, dispara cinco tiros en la cabeza de su marido, y no vuelve a hablar nunca más. Su negativa a emitir palabra alguna convierte una tragedia doméstica en un misterio que atrapa la imaginación de toda Inglaterra. Theo Faber, un ambicioso psicoterapeuta forense obsesionado con el caso, está empeñado en desentrañar el misterio de lo que ocurrió...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Two kids from different worlds form an unexpected friendship. Cody's home life is a messy, terrifying story of neglect and abuse. Autumn is from a wealthy, loving Indigenous family, who is "in" with the popular crowd at school, even though it is hard for her to want to keep up.
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