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In the spring of 2018, Guatemalan American high school senior Milagros "Millie" Vargas knows her life is about to change. She's lived in Corpus Christi, Texas, ever since her parents sought asylum there when she was a baby. Now a citizen, Millie devotes herself to school and caring for her younger siblings while her mom works as a housekeeper for the wealthy Wheeler family. With college on the horizon, Millie is torn between attending her dream school and staying close to home, where she knows she's needed. 

Angel View manager Annie McCade thought her twin niece and nephew could join her for Christmas, with her absent employer being none the wiser. Until the ranch's new owner, Tate Sheridan, shows up out of the blue ready to host Christmas for his family and Annie's plans are upended. As Christmas approaches, Annie must help Tate as he prepares to throw a traditional family Christmas. But when it benefits them both to pretend to be each other's long-lost love and appease his interfering family, can real love be far behind?

Winnie and her Dragons, the planet’s only hope. A strategic retreat leaves the world vulnerable to spreading evil. Nils Kane will unleash utter destruction on the world unless he’s stopped. But are Winnie, the Dusters, and the dragons enough to do it? The world's survival depends on Winnie’s decision and sacrifice. Mended Throne is the fifth and final book in the action-packed Broken Throne series. Enter a magical world with gangster mages, crooked cops, and an ancient evil threatening to end it all.

Only Merlin's descendant can answer Excalibur's call. An evil far greater than man has returned, and only she can heal the world and repair its failing magic. Can Winnie unite the nation’s charm runners and sable bosses? The world's survival depends on Winnie’s decision. Stolen Destiny is the fourth book in the action-packed Broken Throne series. Enter a magical world with gangster mages, crooked cops, and an ancient evil threatening to end it all. Join Winnie and her crew and find out what life is like as a charm runner.

Xanpan is...a cross between XP and Kanban...is an example of a roll-your-own method...is distilled from Allan Kelly’s own experiences running development teams and then helping multiple teams adopt Agile working methods and practices. Xanpan draws ideas from Kanban and Lean, XP and Scrum, product management and business analysis, and many other places. Allan tells the Xanpan story through a series of boards which tell the story of different teams.

The world’s magic continues to fail. The middlings want their charmed items and Sable more than ever. They can feel the future coming - a future when the magic will be gone forever. Winnie’s taken over the charm runners in Baltimore and New Amsterdam. With the Philly boss joining her, the East Coast is hers. Will Winnie finally unite the entire nation before Director Kane’s new Project X stops her?

Years have passed since Skylar left the Containment Zone, but Holbrook and his Screven soldiers are more powerful than ever. The greyskins still roam the land, and only the cure will stop it. Anger toward Waverly has grown inside Skylar for years, but she soon learns that the only way to get to the cure is to go back to the Containment Zone and find a message left for her by her deceased father. And she can only do that with Waverly's help. Now, Skylar must decide whether or not she can trust the woman who set her on this path.

Final requests before death have turned into a commercial - and threatening - frenzy. What if you got to take one thing with you when you died - and corporations and governments all wanted in on what you request? When teenage Powa uploads on social media a partial video of her best friend's final request and the strange things that followed, she has no idea what she has triggered. Meanwhile, Powa is trying to avoid the people who insist on seeing the rest of that video. What is she hiding?

In this American classic, 17-year-old William is in the throes of first love. Lola Pratt, the object of his affection, is visiting her cousin in William's town for the summer. William finds obstacles at every turn in winning her affections, in the form of other suitors, a pesky little sister, and the necessity of the "perfect outfit". With the pomposity of Frasier Crane and the soul of a poet, William attempts to win Miss Pratt's heart and to be the sole recipient of her charming "baby talk".

Imagine awakening to a new reality of who you are, revealing a hidden past that has shaped your family's history for centuries. Fact, not fiction, this experience has been shared by thousands of descendants of Sephardic Jews who fled Spain and Portugal in the 15th and 16th centuries, seeking safe haven from the ruthless Spanish Inquisition. Many had already converted to Catholicism, but learned that conversion was not enough to save their lives. They established new communities throughout the world, living as Catholics on the outside, but guarding a precious Jewish heritage in secret.

Daisy is turning 40. To make the crises worse, her five sisters pray over her unmarried status, and then her cat begins speaking English with a British accent! Well, no wonder the cat quotes William Shakespeare sometimes! Daisy did name the cat Shakespeare after all.

After months of my monsters attacking me in my dreams, I come to know I am not normal. I am not human. I don’t know what I am, but whatever it is, my parents want me dead. They see me as a threat, a target. When the monsters from my nightmares manifest in real life, I will do anything in my power just to stay alive.

Cast into the underworld after an act of shattering betrayal, Mayana and Ahkin must overcome unimaginable odds if they are to return home and reclaim the throne of the Chicome. A river of blood and demons disguised as children are only two of the challenges standing in their way. Fortunately, they are not unequipped. Mayana’s royal blood controls the power of water, and Prince Ahkin wields the power of the sun itself. Ometeotl, the Mother goddess, provides them with other gifts - and an ominous warning that one of them may not survive. But can the goddess be trusted?

Author and YouTuber Zoey Arielle opens up about her struggle with loving all the things in life we bring home. A hoarder in disguise, Arielle has mastered the tools needed to embrace simplicity and the minimalist philosophy. Life can stress anyone out. So, by embracing minimalism, you’ll be saying good-bye to stress and everything that you never needed anyway. Discover a greater focus and true freedom as you live your new life with a real sense of gratitude for everything and everyone around you.

Seventeen-year-old Frankie doesn't trust easily. Not others and not even herself. Found in an alley when she was a child, she has no memory of who she is or why she was left there. Recurring dreams about a hundred-year-old carnival side show, a performer known as Alligator Girl, and a man named Monsieur Duval have an eerie familiarity to them. Frankie gets drawn deeper into Alligator Girl's world and the secrets that keep the performers bound together. But a startling encounter with Monsieur Duval when she’s awake makes Frankie wonder what’s real and what’s in her head.

When Freddie and Mr. Vaslov see something fall from the sky, Freddie learns it could be a meteorite. He's determined to find it! Will Freddie find the rock from outer space before someone else does?

Freddie is trying to make his first invention! But he gets frustrated when his first attempt fails. As Freddie zooms around Starwood Park to feel better, he notices holes in the doors and fence. Who is responsible for making the holes? Freddie wants to find the culprit, but when he gets injured and can't use his Zapato Power, who will look after Starwood Park?

Mr. Vaslov is building a drone to help him take care of Starwood Park - but that's Freddie's job! And when Freddie finds out his mom has a new boyfriend, he's worried about their relationship, too. How can his Zapato Power help with all this change?

When Amy, the new girl at school, is being bullied, Freddie Ramos uses his Zapato Power to help her. But then she disappears! Super hearing, super speed, and super bounce doesn't help Freddie find her. And his superpowers aren't helping Freddie with his own school problem either - he's failing math. Can Freddie find a way to help Amy and his math grade?

Freddie Ramos loves his new Zapato Power - super hearing! He can listen in on conversations and find hero jobs. But soon Freddie realizes the temptation to eavesdrop on everyone is too great. Can Freddie find a way to use his super hearing without snooping?