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Author
Publisher
Viz Communications
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Josui has made it to the district finals, and Sho and the others decide to go scout their soon-to-be opponent Hiba. When they go to scout Hiba, they end up in an informal game with the key players testing one another's strengths.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In the district finals, and Josui is up against Hiba, whose perfectly orchestrated teamwork is taking a toll on Josui. As the game progresses, Sho and team resort to desperate tactics and a surprising fact about Sho's past comes to light.
Author
Publisher
Umbriel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Victor y Eli comenzaron como compañeros de cuarto en la universidad: chicos brillantes, arrogantes y solitarios que reconocían la misma agudeza y ambición en el otro. En su último año, un interés de investigación compartido en adrenalina, experiencias cercanas a la muerte y eventos aparentemente sobrenaturales revela una posibilidad intrigante: que bajo las condiciones adecuadas, alguien podría desarrollar habilidades extraordinarias. Pero...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"This debut novel takes place at the elite Seoul National University in 1970s South Korea during the final years of a repressive regime. The novel follows the fates of two women--Jisun, the daughter of a powerful tycoon, who eschews her privilege to become an underground labor activist in Seoul; and Namin, her best friend from childhood, a brilliant, tireless girl who has grown up with nothing, and whose singular goal is to launch herself and her...
Author
Publisher
Amistad
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Cedric The Entertainer's debut novel Flipping Boxcars is a valentine to close-knit black families and tightly woven communities during the Depression and World War II. The story is also an homage to Cedric's grandfather, who in this tale emerges as Babe. He is a charismatic and widely loved man. He is also a gambler, whose gift of gab often gets him out of tricky situations, which is often. Babe is also a dreamer, something he shares in common with...
27) I am Henry Finch
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This is a book about Henry Finch who strives for greatness, gets it all a bit wrong, then makes it right again in a very surprising way -- truly becoming great. --
29) Tigre blanco
Author
Publisher
Miscelanea
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
Español
Description
Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life--having nothing but his own wits to help him along.
Balram Halwai es un hombre complicado. Sirviente. Filósofo. Empresario. Asesino. Durante siete noches, a la luz mortecina de una ridícula arana,...
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"In life you never get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate. A business empire worth ten billion dollars. This is the tantalizing offer made by Vinay Mohan Acharya, one of India's richest men, to Sapna Sinha, a simple salesgirl in an electronics store in downtown Delhi. She can be the next CEO of his incredibly huge and profitable company. There is only one catch--she needs to pass seven tests from the "textbook of life." Thus begins the most...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three fierce women connected to a billionaire film mogul collide at a Hollywood party in this richly observed novel about female ambition, complicity, and privilege. Zanne Klein never planned to be a personal assistant to Hollywood royalty Ted and Holly Stabler. But a decade in at thirty-eight, that's exactly how she spends her days, earning six figures to make sure the movie mogul and his family have everything they could ever dream of and more....
33) If it bleeds
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
"In If it Bleeds, King gives readers four brilliant new stories sure to prove as iconic as their predecessors. Once again, King's remarkable range is on full display. In the title story, reader favorite Holly Gibney (from the Bill Hodges Trilogy and The Outsider) must face her fears and possibly another outsider-this time on her own. In 'Mr. Harrigan's Phone,' an intergenerational friendship has a disturbing afterlife. 'The Life of Chuck' explores,...
Author
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called "Quirks"? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless? The final stages of the U.A. High sports festival promise to be explosive, as Uraraka takes on Bakugo...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Sho's just making some headway in developing a technique that will give him an edge over Takashi when the coach starts removing players who have made great moves. What is going to happen in this all-important game that will decide who makes it to the elite team?
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Every athlete knows what it takes to win. But for teen female players, the stakes are so much higher. In this anthology, the voices of these athletes come alive, highlighting the ferocity of those who are often shunted to the side. From navigating rampant misogyny to forging a sisterhood through sweat or just reveling in the love of the game, these stories address the phenomenal physical and emotional power of teenage athletes as they compete, persevere,...
38) Be a star!
Author
Series
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Allie, Bella, Carly, and Marlo, eight-year-old performers in the Stardust Circus, are normally best friends--but when a film crew comes to do a television special on the circus, Allie's dreams of being a Hollywood star threaten to drive a wedge between them.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Sho manages to squeeze onto the special select team as a backup alternate player. During the very first game, the team learns that they need to leave behind their egos and work together as a unit, but will any one player be able to emerge as a leader?
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