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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Sport
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Markus Torgeby was just 20 years old when he headed off into the remote Swedish forest to live as a recluse and dedicate himself to his one true passion, running... He lived in a tent in the wilderness, braving the harsh Swedish winters - for four years. This is his story. During his teenage years, Torgeby turned out to be a very talented long-distance runner. However, while Markus performed brilliantly in training, during competitions he often failed...
942) Ruby lost and found
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Forced to spend the summer at Nai-Nai's senior center, Ruby Chu works to help save a historic Chinatown bakery while revisiting her late Ye-Ye's favorite spots to find a way to deal with her grief and maybe find herself.
943) Miss Meteor
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A teen who secretly arrived with the meteor that gave her small hometown its name discovers that she is turning back into stardust and teams up with her best friend in an effort to secure her human existence by entering a local beauty pageant that has always been won by thin, blonde, white girls.
Everyone knows Meteor, New Mexico got its name from the space rock that crashed into the desert nearby. Nobody knows that Lita Perez came with it-- or that...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The co-founder of TheLi.st describes the discrimination she endured as a careerwoman without a spouse or child, tracing her midlife journey of self-discovery and how it challenged her beliefs about love, death, sex, friendship, and loneliness.
947) El cuaderno de Maya
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espaanol
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Español
Description
Maya, una estadounidense que tiene 19 aanos, se exilia y se queda temporalmente refugiada en una isla al sur de Chile, Chiloae, la tierra del origen de su abuela. Allai se pone a escribir en un cuaderno acerca de su adaptaciaon al lugar, sus problemas con las drogas, su vida amorosa, y otros acontecimientos.
Maya, a young American on the run, is sent to Chiloae, in a remote part of Chile, her grandmother's homeland, where she records in her diary...
948) Breathless
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
From Jennifer Niven, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places, comes an unforgettable new novel about a sensitive girl ready to live her bravest life--sex, heartbreak, family dramas, and all. Before: With graduation on the horizon, budding writer Claudine Henry is focused on three things: college in the fall, become a famous author, and the ever-elusive possibility of sex. She doesn't even need to be in love--sex is all she's...