Stacy Gonzalez
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[2023]
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"A picture book in verse that threads together past and present to explore the legacy of slavery during a classroom lesson"--
From the fireside tales in an African village, through the unspeakable passage across the Atlantic, to the backbreaking work in the fields of the South, this is a story of a people's struggle and strength, horror and hope. This is the story of American slavery, a story that needs to be told and understood by all of us. A testament...
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2023
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From New York Times bestselling author Elle Cosimano, comes Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank—a hilarious short story diving into Finlay Donovan's partner-in-crime Vero's past.
Anyone can spot a window of opportunity, but not everyone can manage to fall straight through one.
Veronica Ruiz is on the run for the first time in her life—though certainly not the last. After being falsely accused of
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Shadow bruja volume 2
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2023.
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After negotiating with the queen of the underworld for ten days aboveground, teenage bruja Ren sets out to save her friends and put the Lords of Night back to sleep forever, all without the help of her shadow magic and time rope.
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They tell the world what mysteries to read.Soon, they'll be caught up in one of their own. When six book influencers take a weekend getaway to connect with their fellow creators, it's meant to be a chance to relax, collaborate, and discuss all of the books they love. But from the start, something's clearly amiss. From the host's mysterious absence and an unexpected guest to an odd occurrence in town and the strange and worrisome behavior of the neighbors,...
6) Memory Lost
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What if you based your life on a Lie?In the planet Tatrax in the Dainne system, Cooper Hadley has made it to the top in his underground world. He's the Security Chief of the Tunnel Corps as well as a Patrician, the most privileged class in the Kingdom. But when politics force him to marry, he needs a bride. The perfect candidate is Wye Botero-his one-time best friend. But Wye's a Drone, a member of the lowest class, and she has hated privileged Cooper...
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A Latina Fleabag committed to her carefree single life meets a sexy new mechanic determined to break through her defenses, in this humorous and heartfelt foodie women's fiction set at a cookie company. All cookies are made with love-even if twenty-seven-year-old Karina Cortés doesn't believe in the concept. For her, a simple life with no attachments is a good life. And her life is indeed good-even with her biggest accomplishment being passing the...
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A mother kills her twins. Another woman, the narrator of this story, is about to give birth. She is a writer, and she realizes that she knows the woman who committed the infanticide. An obsession is born. She takes an extended leave, not for child-rearing, but to write. To research and write about the hidden truth behind the crime.
Mothers don't write. Mothers give life. How could a woman be capable of neglecting her children? How could she kill...
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"This is an absolutely brilliant book. If you really wants to learn more regarding OKRs in Agile and other important stuff related to it you must read this book. It's truly a master piece." "Super easy to read, with clear chapter summaries. Lots of solid content that is not hidden amongst fluff. Straight to the point and a must have for any agile practitioner curious about OKRs." "Allan's writing is perfect for busy managers who need to set objectives...
10) Face the Night
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On a harsh frontier where good and evil contend for people's minds, a young woman must fight for her true identity in this scintillating YA fantasy from the author of the award-winning Age of the Seventh Sun trilogy.
Once, Catriona Macgregor led a charmed life. Daughter of a wealthy rancher, pretty and educated, she looked forward to all the world had to offer-until fate took a turn. Now family, home, and even her name have been stripped away. As...
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"Exquisite and gripping. . . . The Gulf is a page turner to be savored; Cochran is a master of both prose and plot."-Ilana Masad, author of All My Mother's Lovers
In this electrifying debut literary thriller, set on the gulf coast of Texas in the 1970s at the height of the women's liberation movement, a closeted young woman attempts to solve her surrogate mother's murder in a tight-knit, religious small town.
?In Parson, Texas, a small town ravaged...
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Literary legend Ana Castillo explores the secrets that are kept within households and the women they impact the most in this breakout collection that cements her place as a leading voice in feminist fiction.
The first person in her traditional Mexican American family to graduate from high school, Katia is entering adulthood at a time of turbulent change. Across the nation young people are fighting for civil and women's rights and protesting the Vietnam...
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"Angelina Lopez is the new queen of small-town romance-and of our hearts!" -SIERRA SIMONE, USA TODAY bestselling coauthor of A Merry Little Meet Cute
Gillian Armstead-Bancroft-Pride of the East Side and once-perfect bruja, wife, and mother-is going to spend her summer getting good at being bad.
The first time she left Freedom, Kansas, behind, she did it by doing everything right.
This time, she'll hide from the large Mexican American family...
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Twelve-year-old Henna loves living on Earth's End, the smallest and remotest settlement in the Gardenia Isles. As one of her island's three residents-the other two are her papas-she spends most of her free time in the garden, coaxing beautiful blooms out of her beloved plants. But when her papa Niall
suddenly becomes seriously ill, Henna's perfect world is uprooted. So when she hears of a legendary, long-lost plant with miraculous healing powers,...
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Freddie Ramos Tracks Down a Drone
Mr. Vaslov is building a drone to help him take care of Starwood Park―but that's Freddie's job! And when Freddie finds out his mom has a new boyfriend, he's worried about their relationship too. How can his Zapato Power help with all this change?
Freddie Ramos Gets a Sidekick
Freddie is trying to make his first invention! But he gets frustrated when his first attempt fails. As Freddie zooms around Starwood...
16) The Two of Us
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A heart-wrenching emotional romance filled with hope, forgiveness, and most of all, love.
Sometimes holding on to pain means letting go of love.
If there's no place like home, that's more than okay for Mara Makinen. In fact, she prefers it that way. Going back to the place where she made the worst mistake of her life? Not ideal.
So when a family emergency forces Mara to return home to her small lake town in Maine after seven years, she knows there's...
17) Sylvia & Aki
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Sylvia never expected to be at the center of a landmark legal battle; all she wanted was to enroll in school.
Aki never expected to be relocated to a Japanese internment camp in the Arizona desert; all she wanted was to stay on her family farm and finish the school year.
The two girls certainly never expected to know each other, until their lives intersected in Southern California during a time when their country changed forever.
Here is the...
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Final requests before death have turned into a commercial - and threatening - frenzy.
What if you got to take one thing with you when you died - and corporations and governments all wanted in on what you request? Moments that were once considered private and sacred are intruded upon like paparazzi on celebrities.
When teenage Powa uploads on social media a partial video of her best friend's final request and the strange things that followed, she...
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Cali Watts is struggling to come of age in a life saturated with indifference. Stealing almost worthless things isn't helping. Neither is dreaming of the dead.
Her parents named her Calico Watts, a name she hates as much as life itself. Growing up a child of divorce in Weldon Spring, Missouri has left Cali numb, without identity or purpose, sapped of any ambition for the future and even for the one thing all teenagers crave: freedom.
Cali's mother...
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"I'd highly recommend this book for those who are starting an agile or lean transformation, so as to avoid bad starts and the related frustration." DLed
"The information is very useful and well explained. It is just what pretends to be - gives full understanding on the topic. I recommend. It is not the deepest and detailed book for user stories, but gives plenty of important information. For starters in working in typical agile process environment...