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Erika Mergruen

"Estela es una estrella que vive en el cielo y un día decide bajar a la tierra, busca un lugar que la haga sentir segura, lejos de la inmensa oscuridad. En su camino, encuentra tres amigos que la ayudarán a descubrir su fortaleza interior. Una historia sobre la autoconfianza y los encuentros luminosos." -- cover. "Estela is a star who lives in heaven and one day decides to go down to the ground, looking for a place that makes her feel safe, away from the immense darkness. In his way, she meets three friends who will help her discover her inner strength. A story about self-confidence and encountering light." -- cataloger's translation of cover.

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Jacqueline Woodson

Margaret loves her parents and hanging out with her best friend, Maizon. Then it happens, like a one-two punch, during the summer she turns eleven: first, Margaret's father dies of a heart attack, and then Maizon is accepted at an expensive boarding school, far away from the city they call home. For the first time in her life, Margaret has to turn to someone who isn't Maizon, who doesn't know her heart and her dreams. . . . "Ms. Woodson writes with a sure understanding of the thoughts of young people, offering a poetic, eloquent narrative that is not simply a story of nearly adolescent children, but a mature exploration of grown-up issues: death, racism, independence, the nurturing of the gifted black child and, most important, self-discovery." (The New York Times)

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You Byun

"A shy little girl yearns to find a real-life friend as wonderful as the one she plays with in her dreams"--Provided by publisher.