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1) The pearl
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Based on a Mexican folktale, this is the story of a great pearl found by a poor fisherman, the sorrow it brought to his family, and how it was lost again.
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"Princess Shiori made a deathbed promise to return the dragon's pearl to its rightful owner, but keeping that promise is more dangerous than she ever imagined. She must journey to the kingdom of dragons, navigate political intrigue among humans and dragons alike, fend off thieves who covet the pearl for themselves and will go to any lengths to get it, all while cultivating the appearance of a perfect princess to dissuade those who would see her burned...
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"It's 1985, and at Oxford University, Pimm's, punting, and ball gowns are de rigeur. Ursula Flowerbutton, a studious country girl, arrives for her first term anticipating nothing more sinister than days spent poring over history books in gilded libraries -- and, if she's lucky, an invitation to a ball. But when she discovers a glamorous classmate on a chaise longue with her throat cut, Ursula is catapulted into a murder investigation."--
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An unscrupulous entrepreneur forces Hector's family to close their business, as he seeks to find a magic pearl. Hector decides to find a way to thwart his plans.
When a greedy entrepreneur searching for a legendary pearl forces Hector's family to close their tourist expedition business in an Italian coastal town, Hector decides to thwart the man's plans and save the sea, his family, and his dream of becoming a deep-sea diver, just like his father....
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Tor is still getting used to the powers of the Night Witch, but everything changes when a mysterious girl named Vesper arrives on Emblem Island with news that a band of cursed pirates are on their way to the island. Vesper informs them that the Calavera pirates destroyed her home and their only hope of stopping them is the Pirate's Pearl, an ancient relic that controls the high seas. Tor, Vesper, Engle, and Melda embark on a perilous journey to find...
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Cuando los condes de Taimado se mudan al barrio de Violeta, ella está segura de que hay algo raro en ellos. Y cuando a su vecina, la excéntrica Didí Derota, le roban una joya muy valiosa llamada la Perla de Oriente, una serie de pistas hacen que Violeta crea que la nueva familia es la culpable del robo. Pero como nadie la escucha, violeta deberá utilizar toda su habilidad detectivesca para destapar la verdad.
"Meet Violet Remy-Robinson, an...