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Fitz Holton waits in fear for the day his single mother’s early-onset Alzheimer’s starts stealing her memory. He’s vowed to stay close to home to care for her in the years to come - never mind the ridiculous college tour she’s forcing him on to visit schools he knows he’ll never go to. Juniper Ramirez is counting down the days until she can leave home, a home crowded with five younger siblings and zero privacy. Against the wishes of her tight-knit family, Juniper plans her own college tour of the East Coast with one goal: to get out.

Yolanda Rodríguez-O’Connell has a secret. All the members of her family have a magical gift - all, that is, except for Yolanda. Still, it’s something she can never talk about...because, if she does, the townsfolk will call her family brujas - witches. When her grandmother, Wela, falls into an unexplained sleep, Yolanda is scared. Her father is off fighting in a faraway war, her mother died long ago, and Yolanda has isolated herself from her best friend and twin sister. If she loses her grandmother, who will she have left?

In the last three decades of the 20th century, LGBT Latinas/os faced several forms of discrimination. The greater Latino community did not often accept sexual minorities, and the mainstream LGBT movement expected everyone, regardless of their ethnic and racial background, to adhere to a specific set of priorities so as to accommodate a “unified” agenda. To disrupt the cycle of sexism, racism, and homophobia that they experienced, LGBT Latinas/os organized themselves on local, state, and national levels.

Santa has it so easy: a workforce of elves to make the presents, a team of reindeer to deliver them, even a hi-tech factory! The Easter Bunny has to make and wrap all the chocolate eggs and deliver them all by himself. Now Bunny has had enough. But will his plan for a Christmas disaster turn into a Christmas delight?

A young girl sets out on errands for the day, and while she's gone, the farm maiden prepares a piñata from scratch with help from a boy, horse, goose, cat, sheep, and farmer. After they all fall asleep in the afternoon sun, they must scramble to finish preparations in time - just as the girl arrives back to her surprise party.

An instant classic about the sweet sentiment of life and its most meaningful, memorable moments. Kelly Grettler's peaceful prose is the heart of this tender, relatable story about the passing of time. Sweet Tea by the Live Oak Tree takes the listener on a sentimental journey backward, or forward, depending on who they are.

Do you like alphabet cookies? Recipe included. Let's make some cookies and learn the alphabet. Great activity for the whole family. Enjoy!

Lexi loves to hug trees. Can you guess what kind of trees? A cute short story about a penguin that goes from tree to tree and gives them all hugs.

In 2009, I lived and wrote this while completing an internship in Highlands, North Carolina. A must-listen for those interested in nature writing, empowerment of the disabled, and literary memoirs by modern women. Poetry included.

Tech expert Sophie Whitaker and her brother arrive in Colorado to help the police and CBI Agent Ryder Hunt rescue their kidnapped parents. Sophie's parents are being held captive, forced to use their tech skills to infiltrate the police and CBI computers to destroy evidence. Ryder’s overprotectiveness irks Sophie, but she can’t deny the powerful attraction simmering between them. They grow close as a series of attempts on their lives amps up the stakes, but they can’t afford the distraction of falling in love. Can they?

Defended by the Bodyguard has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

Ana Maria Ybarra dreams of becoming a world-famous pastry chef, but dreams have a cost. Her family can barely keep the family business running, let alone pay for culinary school. Ana Maria helps out at the family bakery, Café Y Mas, whenever she can, but they are struggling while the rival Cuban bakery across the street, Morales Bakery, is doing better than ever.

Claudia Garcia crossed the border because her toddler, Natalia, could not hear. Leaving behind everything she knew in Mexico, Claudia recounts the terror of migrating alone with her toddler and the incredible challenges she faced advocating for her daughter’s health in the United States. When she arrived in Texas, Claudia discovered that being undocumented would mean more than just an immigration status—it would be a way of living, of mothering, and of being discarded by even those institutions we count on to care.

¡A Vlad le fascina un atuendo estupendo! Y como a sus vampíricos amigos, le encanta vestirse de negro de pies a cabeza. Pero, a diferencia de todos los demás vampiros, Vlad tiene un par de mejillas rosas que lo hacen lucir horripilantemente vivo. ¿Cómo le hará para encajar con las demás criaturas paranormales?

Vlad is a vampire with the misfortune of having rosy cheeks that—gasp!—make him look abysmally alive. But being the fabulous vampire that he is (and hoping to avoid rejection), he hides his rosy complexion behind elaborate vampire outfits in traditional black. That is, he does until he finds out that his best friend has a pink secret of her own.

Renata Stone thought she was having a regular end to her work day at the salon, when a thunderstorm and a broken mirror open a Gateway in time. Traveling through the mirror, Renata emerges in an Amaranthine Loop—another dimension comprised of a time paradox that erases eons of memory.

Bestselling authors Sharon Dunn and Heather Woodhaven present two thrilling stories featuring Alaska State Troopers and their K-9 partners. Undercover Mission: Undercover on a cruise ship with her K-9 dog, Alaska State Trooper Maya Rodriguez uses herself as bait to catch a murderer. Arctic Witness: When his ex-wife goes missing in the wilderness, Alaska State Trooper Sean West and his K-9 partner rescue her from a kidnapper.

Believing he’s tracked down his missing informant in a gem-smuggling investigation, FBI agent Ryan McCloud unwittingly leads deadly assassins to Catherine Reed’s mountain hideout. As the informant’s identical twin, and already hiding from her abusive ex-husband, Catherine now has two threats to her life. With danger at every turn, can Ryan protect Catherine and find her missing sister…before it’s too late?