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"The riveting narrative of an honorable Irish priest who finds the church collapsing around him at a pivotal moment in its history. Propelled into the priesthood by a family tragedy, Odran Yates is full of hope and ambition. When he arrives at Clonliffe Seminary in the 1970s, it is a time in Ireland when priests are highly respected, and Odran believes that he is pledging his life to "the good." Forty years later, Odran's devotion is caught in revelations...
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Young Reader's Choice Award - Intermediate Division volume 2009 Winner
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.
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Publisher
Hogarth
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
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English
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"This story starts with a family. For now, it is a father and a mother with two sons. One with his father's violence in his blood. One with his mother's artistry. One leaves. One stays. They will be joined by others whose deeds will determine their fate. It is a beginning. Their stories will intertwine and evolve over the course of two thousand years. They will meet again and again at different times and in different places. From Palestine at the...
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Publisher
David Fickling Books
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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When life at home becomes too difficult, eight-year-old Noah sets out to see the world and have an adventure, and in the forest he meets a toymaker who has a story and some advice to share.
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Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
The Cleverley family live a gilded life, little realizing how precarious their privilege is, just one tweet away from disaster. George, his wife Beverley, and their children, Nelson, Elizabeth, Achilles, will go on a journey of discovery through the Hogarthian jungle of the modern living where past presumptions count for nothing and carefully curated reputations can be destroyed in an instant. Along the way they will learn how volatile, how outraged,...
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Narrativa Salamandra
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Primera edición: mayo de 2021.
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Español
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Adoptado por una pareja acomodada aunque excéntrica de Dublín que le recuerda que él no es un miembro real de su familia, Cyril se embarca en un viaje para encontrarse a sí mismo y de dónde vino, descubriendo su identidad, un hogar, un país, y mucho más a lo largo de una larga vida.
Adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple who remind him that he is not a real member of their family, Cyril embarks on a journey to find himself and...
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Publisher
Salamandra
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
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"Sam Waver's life has always been pretty quiet. A bit of a loner, he struggles to make friends, and his busy parents often make him feel invisible. Luckily for Sam, his older brother, Jason, has always been there for him. Sam idolises Jason, who seems to have life sorted--he's kind, popular, amazing at football, and girls are falling over themselves to date him. But then one evening Jason calls his family together to tell them that he's been struggling...
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