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Quests of the Kings: The Quests Of The Kings Trilogy - Book One (Quests of the Kings Trilogy #1)
by Robert EvertFrom the author of the Riddle in Stone books comes a thrilling new series for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Kristin Cashore. Across the realms, the kings’ quests captivate the imaginations of nobles and commoners alike. These dangerous competitions pit the most daring adventurers against each other as they compete for riches and glory for their kingdoms. Plain and ordinary Natalie, a sixteen-year-old peasant girl, loves listening to stories about famous adventurers, but the thrilling action of the kings’ quests seems far removed from her everyday life of mucking out stables and working every odd job she can find to support her siblings and disabled mother. However, after a violent run-in with Brago, a ruthless adventurer who believes Natalie is a threat to his mission, she is dragged unwillingly into the latest contest. On the run from Brago, Natalie seeks refuge with a rival adventurer, the legendary Sir Edris, and his squire, Reg. As they toil together to find the object all of the kings’ desire—an ancient golden harp—Natalie starts to feel safe with the fatherly knight. Yet, despite Edris’s protection, Brago is never far behind. When one of Brago’s cruel plots separates Natalie from her protectors, she must become as strong and cunning as the adventurers of old to save her friends and stay alive.
Quicksilver
by R.J. AndersonBack home Tori was the girl who had everything a sixteen-year-old could want—popularity, money, beauty. Everything. Including a secret. That secret made her very valuable. Now she's left everything from her old life behind, including her real name and Alison, the only person who truly understood her. She can't lose the secret. But if she wants to have anything resembling a normal life, she has to blend in and hide her unique…talents. Plans change when the enigmatic Sebastian Faraday reappears in Tori's life and delivers bad news: she hasn't escaped. In fact, she's attracted new interest in the form of an obsessed ex-detective now in the employ of a genetics lab. She has only one shot at ditching her past for good and living like the normal human she wishes she could be. Tori must use every ounce of her considerable hacking and engineering skills—and even then, she might need to sacrifice more than she could possibly imagine if she wants to be free. The riveting companion to R.J. Anderson's acclaimed Ultraviolet, which is now available in paperback.
Quicksilver (Ultraviolet #2)
by R. J. AndersonBack home Tori was the girl who had it everything a sixteen-year-old could want- popularity, money, beauty. Everything. Including a secret. That secret made her valuable. Now she’s left everything from her old life behind, including her real name and Alison, the only person who truly understood her. She can’t lose the secret. But if she wants to have anything resembling a normal life, she has to blend in and hide her unique… talents.
Quien ama último, ama mejor (Bad Boy's Girl #Volumen 5)
by Blair HoldenÚltima entrega de la adictiva serie #BadBoysGirl. ¿Estás lista para descubrir qué final les espera a Tessa O'Connell y Cole Stone? Finalmente, Tessa O'Connell está lista para vivir según sus propias reglas. Ha dejado atrás los días en los que la inseguridad la perseguía y buscaba desesperadamente la aprobación de los demás, y ha regresado de Londres más valiente, más fuerte y más independiente que nunca. Ha vuelto y sabe lo que quiere. Está lista para demostrarle a Cole que ella es más fuerte de lo que ambos imaginaron. ADVERTENCIA: En esta historia encontrarás un chico malo de actitud reformada. ¿Quién hubiese dicho que la responsabilidad podría ser tan sexi? Cole Stone está preparado para cuidar de su chica, para amarla como solo él sabe, para abrazarla y para demostrarle que, aunque sea hora de despedirse, su amor perdurará en la historia porque nadie ama como Cole Stone. Los lectores de la saga han dicho...«¡La serie Bad Boy's Girl me tiene obsesionada!» «Blair Holden ha conseguido hacer una metáfora de la montaña rusa que es el amor.» «Todas las chicas llevan una Tessa dentro y todas quieren en su vida un Cole que acepte sus imperfecciones, las proteja y las quiera por encima de todo.»
Quien bien te quiere te hará reír (Bad Boy's Girl #Volumen 4)
by Blair HoldenCuarta entrega de la adictiva serie #BadBoysGirl. Tessa O'Connell y Cole Stone (también conocidos como Colessa) se enfrentan ahora a una nueva dificultad en su relación: la distancia. Tessa O'Connell puede con todo y todavía con más. Por eso, al terminar la uni, se propone no dejar escapar ninguna oportunidad, aunque ello signifique mudarse sola a Nueva York mientras Cole termina su carrera de Derecho. Al fin y al cabo, después de todo lo que han pasado juntos, podrán sobrevivir a una relación a distancia... ¿verdad? Junto a sus nuevos amigos y hermanastros, a la épica abu Stone y a otros extras que reaparecen por todo lo alto, Cole y Tessa tendrán que enfrentarse a la vida real como pareja y superar todos los obstáculos para construir su forever and ever. ADVERTENCIA:Esta historia viene con un Cole Stone con niveles de adorabilidad nuncavistos. Camino de convertirse en un señor abogado, pero con un corazón eternamente gamberro, sigue siendo el chico malo del que te enamoraste, pero más guapo, más sensible y todavía más enamorado de su Bizcochito. Los lectores de la saga han dicho...«Sé que con este libro voy a sufrir, reír y volverme a enamorar.» «¡Más que recomendado!» «¡Queremos más Stone!» «Vale la pena perder la noción del tiempo leyendo este libro.» «No lo puedo decir más claro: PON UN COLE EN TU VIDA.»
Quiero más verde
by Felipe CastroEl planeta quiere más verde y vos podés ser parte: ¡empezá tu propia huerta orgánica! En estas páginas encontrarás todos los pasos, tips y secretos para que puedas armarla, aunque tengas muy poquito espacio. Es hora de poner nuestro granito de arena para salvar a nuestro planeta, y qué mejor que hacerlo trabajando la tierra, aunque sea en un espacio muy chiquito, en unas pocas macetas. No hay nada más satisfactorio que llevar a tu mesa los vegetales que vos sembraste, cuidaste y viste crecer. Además, es una actividad muy relajante que te conecta con la naturaleza. En estas páginas encontrarás todos los datos, tips y secretos para iniciar tu huerta en casa.
Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry
by Carol Dommermuth-Costa Anna LandsverkWhen Emily Dickinson died at her home in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1886, she left a locked chest with hand-sewn notebooks and papers filled with nearly 1,800 unpublished poems. Four years later, her first collection was published and became a singular success. Today Dickinson is revered as one of America’s greatest and most original poets. Using primary source materials, including the poet’s own letters and poems, Quiet Fire presents the life and art of Emily Dickinson to a new generation.
Quince Clash (Border Town #2)
by Malín AlegríaIn Dos Rios, Texas, life is all about borders -- and what happens when you cross the line. A fresh new series in the tradition of Bluford High explores what it's like to grow up on the edge.A quinceanera for the record books?If Fabiola Garza had her way, her quinceanera would be as simple and as non-traditional as possible-just two airline tickets to New York City and her best friend in tow. Sadly, things hardly ever go Fabi's way. After mean girl Melodee lays down a quinceanera challenge in front of the entire school, Fabi is forced to upgrade her party plans. Melodee is rich and popular-her quinceanera will be effortlessly epic. Fabi is at a loss as to how to make her party remotely as fun and fabulous as Melodee's is sure to be. Younger sister Alexis steps in with a scheme to get Fabi on the TV show Quince Dreams-but Fabi isn't convinced she won't end up in a quince nightmare instead.
Quinceañera Means Sweet 15
by Veronica ChambersMarisol and Magdalena are making plans for their quinceañera parties, their fifteenth birthday celebration that they've been waiting for their whole lives. They've promised each other that they will be the dama de honor at each other's quince. But quinceañeras are expensive, and Marisol's mother doesn't know if she can afford a party at all, especially not one as extravagant as Magdalena's. And while Marisol was away in Panama, Magdalena became friends with two girls Marisol can't stand. Marisol wonders if her year in Panama changed her -- maybe she isn't cool or rich enough anymore to be Magda's friend.
Quién se ha llevado mi máster: Claves para ser Ministro sin estudiar en el intento
by Tomás Fuentes¿Eres el único que todavía no tiene un máster? ¿Sientes que te falta algo? ¿Quieres saber dónde lo consiguieron los ministros, alcaldes y funcionarios de media España? El presidente Pedro Sánchez, Cristina Cifuentes, Pedro Casado o la fugaz ministra de Sanidad Montón. Todos ellos tienen en común que han sido víctimas del misterioso caso sin resolver: ¿Quién se ha llevado mi máster? ¿A quién le he plagiado mi tesis? Tienes entre tus manos un libro irreverente, descarado y muy actual. Una crítica desternillante sobre el contexto político actual de corrupción, fraude, sobornos, trapicheos, blanqueo de dinero y mucho más. Un libro sobre lo que todo el mundo habla y nadie sabe. O al revés.
Quiéreme bien (Trilogía de Elena #Volumen 3)
by Anaí LópezElena Balboa tiene diecinueve años y también tiene trece. Dos tiempos simultáneos narrados desde su presente. De un capítulo a otro, de una página a la otra, nos llevará por todo tipo de experiencias que nos harán testigos de las coincidencias y los contrastes entre dos momentos clave en la vida de una joven. Tras el éxito conquistado con Quiéreme cinco minutos y Quiéreme si te atreves, regresa Elena Balboa, que ahora se la vive entre desveladas y cafés, sacando fotocopias, escapándose a la playa, estudiando, descubriendo, reventando, subida en la montaña rusa de una nueva e intensa etapa de su vida: la universidad. Pero comenzar a ser adulto no es fácil cuando nadie te sigue el paso. Elena siente que sus amigos de la prepa se quedaron a años luz, su hermano parece un burócrata cuarentón y su mamá se porta como si tuviera dieciséis. A veces cree que está sola en sus ansias por cambiar al mundo, y sólo parece entenderla un profesorque le mueve el tapete. Eso no sería tan grave si no tuviera un novio que la adora, pero que empieza a dar señales de querer volar alto... y lejos. A ratos Elena se siente más confundida que cuando tenía trece años y descubrió que el mundo no era tan rosa como se lo habían pintado. Con las agallas y sentido del humor que la caracterizan, Elena se lanza otra vez a una trepidante aventura. Ahora más que nunca, está dispuesta a demostrarse que está hecha de lo que se necesita para ser una gran mujer. Una que sabe querer bien.
Quiéreme cinco minutos
by Anaí LópezLa presente obra es esencialmente un símbolo del lenguaje de los chavos de la ciudad de México así como la representación de la cultura adolescente y los sentires propios de la edad. Quiéreme cinco minutos es una historia de amor y de grandes aventuras: todas las que caben en el recorrido de una mujer para convertirse en mujer. Edición de lujo conmemorativa de la exitosa novela de Anaí López, que incluye un capítulo inédito. Elena tiene 15 años y va en tercero de secundaria. Tiene muchos lunares y no le gusta su pelo. No es muy aplicada en la escuela y, aunque tiene pegue, se siente insegura desde que empezó a crecer más en talla de brassier que en estatura. Pero también es simpática, intensa y está enamorada de quien no debe. El año escolar está a punto de terminar. Un amigo de Elena ha concebido un plan maestro para robar el examen final de Física. En las semanas siguientes, Elena tendrá su primer novio y lidiará con la traición de su mejor amiga, con los problemas de alcohol de su papá y con los límites confusos de su cuerpo y su cabeza; para colmo, tendrá que romper un corazón para saber hasta dónde llega el suyo. En el camino, Elena se lleva más de un trancazo y toma más de una mala decisión; pero nunca deja de hacer lo que siente y de enfrentar las encrucijadas que se le presentan con un gran sentido del humor.
Quiéreme si te atreves (Trilogía de Elena #Volumen 2)
by Anaí LópezSegunda parte del libro Quiéreme cinco minutos. La protagonista, Elena, ahora está en el último año de la preparatoria y debe afrontar situaciones más complicadas que pondrán prueba su carácter y el de su familia. Elena tiene diecisiete años y está empezando Quinto de Prepa. Todos le han dicho que es el año más perro, y Elena está a punto de comprobarlo. Aunque lo más difícil para ella no será la escuela... La situación en su casa está peor que nunca: su papá no puede dejar el alcohol, su mamá se ha sumado a un grupo de extremistas espirituales y su hermano está hecho un idiota con su novia, que pesa cuarenta kilos. Todo se complica cuando Elena se enamora perdidamente y además le corresponden. Pero vivir esa clase de amor no es fácil cuando al mismo tiempo estás lidiando con los excesos de tus amigos, la búsqueda de una vocación (si eso existe), y tratando de hacer entender a tus papás que no eres una rebelde ni estás loca ni perturbada, sólo tienes diecisiete años e intentas ser feliz. Pero Elena tiene algunos aliados en el año más complicado de su vida: un taller de teatro, el apoyo de sus amigos y la capacidad de ver las cosas desde muchos puntos de vista, sin perder nunca el sentido del humor. Quiéreme si te atreves es la segunda parte de una historia de amor y de grandes aventuras, que acompaña muy de cerca a una joven mujer en su recorrido para convertirse en una gran mujer.
Qué hacer cuando: Manual para afrontar los cambios de jóvenes y no tan jóvenes
by Carlos MarcoUna visión personal e íntima sobre la vida, de la mano de Carlos Marco. Un manual para perseguir tus sueños y lograr el éxito personal. ¿Qué hacer cuando... ...te sientes atrapado? ...quieres gustarte por dentro y por fuera? ...necesitas un cambio en tu vida? ...no sabes si eres feliz? La filosofía del cantante Carlos Marco se resume en este manual vital. Un joven con las mismas preocupaciones que tú: el futuro profesional, la soledad, la timidez, el miedo a no encajar... Preocupaciones de cualquiera, compartidas en este libro lleno de consejos prácticos desde su propia experiencia. «Nada es definitivo. Casi nada de lo que hagas condicionará para siempre tu vida. El mundo se mueve, la vida gira, y tú con ella, y lo que ahora ves como algo que jamás podrá cambiar en realidad no es así. Quizás en unos meses, en unos años, o tal vez de un día para otro, puedas levantarte y querrás cambiar el rumbo.»Carlos Marco
R.I.O.T.: Righteous Invasion of Truth
by Ron Luce CarmanThis is a manual for teens to use to cause a R.I.O.T. in their own part of the world. Carman wants Christian young people to reach out to the lost world.
R.I.P. Eliza Hart
by Alyssa SheinmelA gorgeous and haunting contemporary YA in the tradition of We Were Liars.When Eliza Hart, the most popular girl at Ventana Ranch boarding school, is found dead, Ellie Sokoloff is determined to figure out what happened to her. After all, Eliza was Ellie's childhood best friend. Never mind that ever since Ellie arrived at school Eliza has spread terrible rumors about her, calling her a liar and a stalker, when all Ellie wanted to do was rekindle their old friendship. Or that Ellie's claustrophobia limits where she can go and what she can do. Or that Ellie's suitemate, Sam, is the only one who will help her . . . because to everyone else, Ellie looks like the top suspect.Can Ellie clear her name and solve the mystery behind Eliza's death? Her hunt for the truth will uncover secrets she never imagined, sending her deep into her own memories of her childhood with Eliza Hart.New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Sheinmel delivers a gripping mystery and a sensitive and moving examination of the secrets that can hold us back--and even destroy us.
Rabbit & Juliet
by Rebecca Stafford"Toothsome, smart, and darkly glittering, Rabbit & Juliet is a tour de force and one of my favorite reads of the year." —Brittany Cavallaro, New York Times bestselling author of A Study in CharlotteMixing the complicated queer love from People Like Us and the dark snark of Do Revenge—with searing commentary on misogyny and rape culture à la The Female of the Species—Pushcart Prize–winning author Rebecca Stafford wraps a haunting story inside an irreverent contemporary novel about agency, grief, and toxic first loves.Seventeen-year-old Rabbit has been struggling to stay above water since her mom died. In the span of a year and half, her small Georgia town has become unbearably hellish: Her ex-boyfriend, resident golden boy Richard, turned into an unrelenting stalker; her friends are nonexistent; and her dad is campaigning hard for Functioning Alcoholic of the Year.But all that changes when the sarcastic, gorgeous, and frustratingly impenetrable Juliet Bergman walks into Rabbit’s life. All hard angles and James Dean bravado, Juliet throws Rabbit a life preserver just before her depression threatened to sink her.Then one morning, Rabbit’s ex-best-friend Sarah—Richard’s current girlfriend—shares a horrific discovery about Richard and his crew that pitches Rabbit back into darkness. The three girls vow to enact revenge on the boys for what they’ve been doing to unsuspecting girls at parties. With Juliet leading the charge and demanding blind loyalty from the girls, Rabbit falls harder for her than she thought possible. It isn't until Rabbit is faced with a startling act of violence that she must decide how far she's willing to go—for herself, for Juliet, and for justice—when love and grief threaten to topple everything.
Rabbit & Robot
by Andrew SmithTold with Andrew Smith’s signature dark humor, Rabbit & Robot tells the story of Cager Messer, a boy who’s stranded on the Tennessee—his father’s lunar-cruise utopia—with insane robots.Cager has been transported to the Tennessee, a giant lunar-cruise ship orbiting the moon that his dad owns, by Billy and Rowan to help him shake his Woz addiction. Meanwhile, Earth, in the midst of thirty simultaneous wars, burns to ash beneath them. And as the robots on board become increasingly insane and cannibalistic, and the Earth becomes a toxic wasteland, the boys have to wonder if they’ll be stranded alone in space forever. In his new novel, Andrew Smith, Printz Honor author of Grasshopper Jungle, will make you laugh, cry, and consider what it really means to be human.
Rabbits And Raindrops
by Jim ArnoskyIt's the first day outside the nest for Mother rabbit's five babies, and all sorts of new creatures and adventures await them. But when a sudden rain shower sends the rabbits scurrying for shelter under the hedge, the other wild animals come to visit them! Jim Arnosky's graceful watercolors and simple text are sure to delight children experiencing nature's wonders for the first time.
Raccoons and Their Relatives (World Book's Animals of the World)
by Pat Harvey SullivanDo raccoons wear masks? What's special about a raccoon's "hands"? Do raccoons wash their food? Do raccoons hibernate in winter? Find out all about the physical characteristics, habits, and behavior of raccoons and such related species as the coati, kinkajou, red panda, and ringtail.
Race Against Time
by Gilbert MorrisTHE TIME NAVIGATORS, by bestselling author Gilbert Morris, continues to grow in popularity because of the exciting way it introduces historic people and places to early teens. This third book in the series is another nail-biting adventure that readers won't want to put down!In Race Against Time, Danny and Dixie Fortune are thrust back to the time of the American Revolution, still looking for their missing father. So close to finding him before, they are sure they will succeed this time. They encounter George Washington again at Valley Forge, where the Continental Army is at its lowest point. There, the twins meet Lafayette, Baron Von Struben, and other heroes of the tiny army -- and are awed at the sacrifice Washington and his army make for the cause of freedom. But have they come so far in their search only to fail again't
Race Against Time
by Piers AnthonyJohn Smith is a typical teenager living in a world he believes to be America in the 1960s, but the strange behavior he sees forces him outside forbidden boundaries to discover the shocking truth. It began with a pattern of inconsistencies... and led to a deadly race against time!
Race For Freedom (Freedom Seekers #2)
by Lois Walfrid JohnsonLate at night, as the Christina puts out into the Mississippi River, Caleb and Libby keep watch on deck. Close by, the runaway slave, Jordan, creeps forward without a sound. Drawing near the lantern, he stops, as if afraid to enter the circle of light. On the streets above them no one stirs. Then a dark shape steps from the shadows. Jordan moans. "It's Riggs!" (The slave-trader. ) The cruelest man Caleb knows. Jordan's owner stepping out, so they know he's on their trail. From that moment the Freedom Seekers can never forget that because of a fugitive slave law Jordan can be taken back into slavery, even from a free northern state. Nor can they forget that if Captain Norstad is caught hiding a fugitive he can lose the Christina. Then Elsa, a new-found immigrant friend, faces illness and possible death. Will Libby's need for courage bring her to the Lord who promises, "Do not fear, for I am with you"? Can the Freedom Seekers live the courage that offers life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to every person? Can they go beyond fear to put that courage into practice? As steamboats race for St. Paul, stakes are high. To escape capture, Jordan makes a mighty leap. In a time when captains did not stop for a man overboard, will Jordan survive his fall into icy waters? The Freedom Seekers series is a six-novel middle-reader set in 1857. Feel the rush of immigrants to the new land, and the dangers of the Underground Railroad in these true-to-life Riverboat stories. The characters will receive a heart-warming response from readers of all ages. Adult readers will ask themselves, "Would I have been one of those who helped runaway slaves?" Lois Walfrid Johnson uses strong historical research, great writing, and wonderful storytelling to bring alive a critical time in American history.
Race in Young Adult Speculative Fiction (Children's Literature Association Series)
by Meghan Gilbert-Hickey and Miranda A. Green-BarteetWinner of the Children’s Literature Association’s 2023 Edited Book AwardContributions by Malin Alkestrand, Joshua Yu Burnett, Sean P. Connors, Jill Coste, Meghan Gilbert-Hickey, Miranda A. Green-Barteet, Sierra Hale, Kathryn Strong Hansen, Elizabeth Ho, Esther L. Jones, Sarah Olutola, Alex Polish, Zara Rix, Susan Tan, and Roberta Seelinger TritesRace in Young Adult Speculative Fiction offers a sustained analysis of race and representation in young adult speculative fiction (YASF). The collection considers how characters of color are represented in YASF, how they contribute to and participate in speculative worlds, how race affects or influences the structures of speculative worlds, and how race and racial ideologies are implicated in YASF. This collection also examines how race and racism are discussed in YASF or if, indeed, race and racism are discussed at all. Essays explore such notable and popular works as the Divergent series, The Red Queen, The Lunar Chronicles, and the Infernal Devices trilogy. They consider the effects of colorblind ideology and postracialism on YASF, a genre that is often seen as progressive in its representation of adolescent protagonists. Simply put, colorblindness silences those who believe—and whose experiences demonstrate—that race and racism do continue to matter. In examining how some YASF texts normalize many of our social structures and hierarchies, this collection examines how race and racism are represented in the genre and considers how hierarchies of race are reinscribed in some texts and transgressed in others.Contributors point toward the potential of YASF to address and interrogate racial inequities in the contemporary West and beyond. They critique texts that fall short of this possibility, and they articulate ways in which readers and critics alike might nonetheless locate diversity within narratives. This is a collection troubled by the lingering emphasis on colorblindness in YASF, but it is also the work of scholars who love the genre and celebrate its progress toward inclusivity, and who further see in it an enduring future for intersectional identity.
Race to Wallaby Bay (Adventures Down Under #5)
by Robert ElmerA desperate letter from his grandfather prompts Patrick McWaid and his family to return to Boomerang Bend, where the Lady Elisabeth still rests on the bottom of the river. But they arrive to find the Old Man crushed by many setbacks. Not only has his entire crew left him, but the money meant for repairs has disappeared!