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WINNER OF THE DIVERSITY BOOK AWARDS, CHILDREN (UK) 2020'I've always wanted to be a Star Hunter... But I don't want to be the kind that looks for old stars that have already been burning for millions of years. I want to find the new ones - the ones that have only just been born and are searching for the people they have left behind...' Following the disappearance of her mum, 10-year-old Aniyah suddenly finds herself living in foster care. With her life in disarray, she knows just one thing for s...

Elpida, tome 3 Michael et Christy sont allÉs au bal, ils ont obtenu leur diplÔme, et Michael a remportÉ les Épreuves de sÉlection de l'USATF. Avec l'UniversitÉ d'Oxford qui se profile À l'horizon, son avenir est prometteur et il croit que la vie a repris son cours normal aprÈs le sauvetage de Christy d'un de ses agresseurs du passÉ - il ne pourrait pas avoir plus tort. Christy a ÉtÉ libÉrÉ d'une vie d'esclavage depuis un an et a fait de remarquables progrÈs, en grande partie grÂce À l'amour qu...

Una nueva recopilación de cuentos por la autora de De mayor quiero ser... feliz.   3 historias con consejos prácticos para entender y evitar el bullying en las escuelas.   El acoso escolar es un problema muy complejo y más frecuente de lo que pensamos. Por este motivo, es importante hablar de este tema con los niños antes de que les afecte, para que si se ven envueltos o presencian una situación de acoso estén mejor preparados. Cada una de estas tres historias se centra en uno de los distint...

The beloved New York Times bestselling author of the modern classic Frindle celebrates books and the joy of reading with a new school story to love!   Sixth grader Alec can’t put a good book down.   So when Principal Vance lays down the law—pay attention in class, or else—Alec takes action. He can’t lose all his reading time, so he starts a club. A club he intends to be the only member of. After all, reading isn’t a team sport, and no one would want to join something called the Losers Club,...

What if the only thing you had left were the stories in your head?Amina’s homeland has been ravaged by war, and her family is devastated . . . The women of the family – Amina, her two sisters and their mother – have no choice but to leave their home town, along with thousands of others, and head for a refugee camp.But there are even more challenges ahead . . .

style="text-align: center">Ganador del Premio Boolino de álbum ilustrado 2016.Una bonita historia sobre la tolerancia y el respeto, donde los más pequeños aprenderán los valores fundamentales de una buena amistad. Bruno y Pedro son grandes amigos y comparten muchos momentos juntos: van al cine, juegan al fútbol, hacen los deberes...Pero todo cambia cuando Sergio empieza a burlarse de Bruno por su sombrero. Por miedo a no ser aceptado por el grupo, Pedro se aleja de Bruno y dejan de ser amigos....

Using the writing techniques she has learned in school, fourth-grader Laney relates how an obese girl new to the class changes the lives of those around her, despite being bullied by her peers.

Willow is thrilled the whole class including her! is invited to classmate Kristabelle's fantastic birthday party, until the bossy birthday girl starts crossing guests off the list when they dare cross her. There are many books on bullying, but Willow's story offers a unique look at how to handle the situation as a bystander. AUTHOR: When Lana Button was young she transformed all of her rubber skipping ropes into microphones, and sang to large crowds of imaginary people in her bedroom. Toda...

Living with the Hawk explores the traumatic events in the life of Blair Russell, a high school football player who struggles to do what's right in tough circumstances. Key characters are his brother, Blake, the team quarterback; Jordan Phelps, the star receiver, a kid with a need to control others; Paul Russell, his father, an Anglican priest; and Barb Russell, his mother. Blair is the subject of taunting and hazing, including physical intimidation on the football field by Jordan. His brother Bl...

For Kariuki, life in a small village in Kenya is one great adventure. The best part of his day is the walk home from school, when he is free from both his bullying headmaster and his mother's long list of chores. The landscape around his village is beautifully wild, and Kariuki knows it well. One day Kariuki meets Nigel, a boy from England who has come to visit his grandfather, the fearsome Bwana Ruin, who owns the farm where the villagers work. The villagers call Nigel the mzungu boy (westerner...

The story of Dale Bartholomew Savage III, a fictional track and field competitor who dreams of winning a gold medal.

"No clue about why the Queen vanished had ever been found. Until now..." The day Charlie discovers a scrap of paper that could solve the dark mystery of her mother's disappearance, her world changes. Forever. Charlie and her friend, Toby, must race against time on a dangerous mission to uncover the sinister truth. But in this shadowy world of secrets and lies, there is more to fear than they can possibly imagine...

After a year in exile on an Alaskan island as punishment for severely beating a fellow student, Cole Matthews returns to school in Minneapolis having made peace with himself and his victim--but he finds that surviving the violence and hatred of high school is even harder than surviving in the wilderness. After a year in exile on an Alaskan island for beating a student, Cole returns to Minneapolis having made peace with himself and his victim. But he finds that surviving the violence and hatred...

In Charlottesville, Virginia, amidst the social and political turmoil of 1968, eleven-year-old Alice learns when to fight battles and when to let go from her family's elderly gardener, Doc, and begins to connect with her widowed mother.