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Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
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Children's Awards: Newbery Medal for Distinguished Literature
Children's Awards: Pura Belpre Medal for Latino Literature
Children's Awards: Pura Belpre Medal for Latino Literature
Description
"Una niña llamada Petra Peña que no quería otra cosa que ser cuentista, como su abuelita. Pero el mundo de Petra está llegando a su fin. La Tierra ha sido destruida por un cometa, y solo unos pocos científicos y sus hijos --entre ellos, Petra y su familia-- han sido elegidos para viajar a un nuevo planeta. Son ellos quienes garantizarán la continuidad de la raza humana. Cientos de años después, Petra despierta en el nuevo planeta y descubre...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This thrilling story of science, the Cold War, Nazi research, atomic anxieties, secret spy planes and the space race draws on original archival research, declassified documents and interviews to present a narrative history of humanity's hunt for alien life, including the military and CIA's secret, decades-long quest to study UFOs.
Are we alone in the universe? From the post-war Project Blue Book to the Pentagon's modern-day Advanced Aerospace Threat...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Spoiler: Scientists haven't discovered life beyond Earth, not even a single teeny-tiny organism. But there's a whole lot of outer space, and humans have searched only a fraction of a fraction of it. So do you believe in the possibility of life out there? Or do you think Earth is perfectly unique in its ability to grow organisms? Packed with playful illustrations and fascinating factoids, 'Where Are the Aliens?' will take you on a journey of scientific...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Landing on a new planet where he's instantly caught up in the struggle between a tyrant and the rebels, Nomad, in a world under constant threat of a sunrise whose heat will melt the very stones, must gain enough power to leap offworld before he pays the ultimate price.
Author
Series
Hilo volume 10
Publisher
Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
Hilo's favorite warrior-cat-friend, Polly, is all set to be the youngest student ever to be named sorcerer, until her adventures with Hilo land her in so much trouble that she gets sent to Wombatton--the magical boarding school for bad kids. But something strange is going on at Wombatton. Why does everyone pick on Polly's roommate? And why have students started disappearing? Can Polly get to the bottom of this magical mystery and reunite with Hilo...
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