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"In this illustrated short chapter book, two Kenyan orphans get to experience the joy of playing ice hockey."--

When lonely Ravani Foster discovers his new friend Virginia and her six mysterious runaway companions are in danger, he must fight to keep them safe, or lose the only person who has ever understood him. In the dead of night, a truck arrives in Slaughterville, a small town curiously named after its windowless slaughterhouse. Seven mysterious kids with suitcases step out of the vehicle and into an abandoned home on a dead-end street, looking over their...

"An African-American middle schooler who has recently lost both his parents sees a ghost wearing old-fashioned clothing in the basement of the New York Public Library"--

Seth is a kitchen boy at the remote Last Chance Hotel. His father has long ago left, leaving him imprisoned until he is old enough to set out on his own. If there's any hope he has, it's to be the greatest chef that ever lived... just like his father. One night, a band of magicians begin to arrive to participate in a secret meeting -- a Prospect Selection Procedure to determine the most talented magicians in the world, judged by their leader Dr....

The Magic Home is a story for those who believe in magic, to turn fear into bravery and let fantasies run wild! This is a tale of a little boy that lives with his family, plays happily in the courtyard with his brother, sister, a brown dog and a fluffy white rabbit, and cannot wait to start school. Suddenly he has to leave for an unpredictable journey... The Magic Home offers psycho-educational support for children, parents and childhood professionals...

Deliveries do not come late on a school night. They don't come in a speeding car. And they don't cry. When Poppy Campbell's dad opens the front door to find a small, very distressed child clinging to a green blanket, the family try their hardest to do the right thing. They make the little girl comfortable, call the police, and look after her while the authorities search for her family.

I Can Hear the Dog Bark is about a child in the foster care system. Being removed from his parents and dog, the only concept of familiarity to keep him grounded was his parents' hugs and his dog's bark. As he continues to be placed from foster home to foster home and further away from his home and community, the barking of the dog becomes more distant while connection and familiarity becomes fragmented and mystifying.

ResumenExpress.com presenta y analiza en esta guía de lectura la conocida novela Oliver Twist de Charles Dickens, un clásico de la literatura británica leído en todo el mundo. La obra narra las aventuras de Oliver Twist, un niño huérfano y maltratado en su infancia que, lleno de inocencia, acaba formando parte de un grupo de jóvenes ladrones londinenses para sobrevivir en una sociedad hostil y azotada por la pobreza. ¡Ya no tienes que leer...

"Little Lord Fauntleroy" – In a shabby New York City side street in the mid-1880s, young Cedric Errol lives with his mother in genteel poverty after the death of his father, Captain Cedric Errol. One day, they are visited by an English lawyer with a message from Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, an unruly millionaire who despises the United States. With the deaths of his father's elder brothers, Cedric has now inherited the title Lord...

Children in foster care are often misunderstood and unheard. "When Will I See My Family?" shows Alex and Derek's first twenty-four hours in foster care. The book creates normalcy for children and provides comfort to know they are not alone when placed in a home. If you're welcoming a child into your home, the story can spark conversation and shed light on the experience of being placed into a foster home. This book will help you relate to a foster...