Lucky Luis

Lucky Luis
Author: Gary Soto
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2012-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101644184

At Little League, Luis is catching fly balls, stealing bases, and hitting like a champ. But there is a problem: he thinks he's getting good luck from the snacks he samples at the supermarket before every game. Then one day his mom goes directly to the field and he has a horrible practice. The day she skips the stop at the store before a game, he strikes out twice. Luckily, Luis's father understands and convinces him that practice and concentration matter much more than any superstition.

Lucky Luis

Lucky Luis
Author: Declan Parnell
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2015-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1508119732

In this fictional narrative, colorful illustrations will help readers follow along as Luis shares what makes him special. By acquiring domain-specific vocabulary and gaining access to Luis’s unique cultural perspective, the reader will learn what it’s like to be the child of Ecuadorian immigrants and celebrate two different cultures. This fiction title is paired with the nonfiction title Luis Speaks Spanish.

Lucky Soccer Save

Lucky Soccer Save
Author: Jake Maddox
Publisher: Stone Arch Books
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2021-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1515892085

Luis "Lucky" Martinez is the new kid on River Valley Junior High's JV soccer team. But his goalie skills aren't the only thing being tested. When a school talent show opens for auditions, Luis will find out if he's inherited his abuela's musical skills. Can Luis juggle both, or will he have to choose which of his passions to save: soccer or music?

Building a Team

Building a Team
Author: Aaron Derr
Publisher: Red Chair Press Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2024-04-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1643712888

When Luis joins his new baseball team, the Manatees, things seem pretty hopeless at first. Some of his new teammates—including "loud and obnoxious" home-run slugger Jimmie—are mean to him or to each other. His new coach doesn't tell the players everything to do like his old coach did. And some of the Manatees seem more interested in goofing off than in sportsmanship or working hard. Then Luis is surprisingly named captain of his new team, and he finds himself with a whole new set of problems. How will he get this odd-ball group of teammates to work together?

Her One-Night Secret

Her One-Night Secret
Author: Traci Douglass
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2021-05-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1488075131

A return, a reunion… …A shocking revelation!Firefighter Stacy Williams knows two things about her return to Key West. Her promotion gives her the security she needs to raise her son, and it will be almost impossible to suppress the memories of her passionate night with Dr. Luis Durand. Almost…until working on the hurricane response team brings an encounter with the tall, dark and nomadic doc! And the chance to make her life-changing confession… From Harlequin Medical: Life and love in the world of modern medicine. First Response in Florida Book 1: The Vet’s Unexpected Hero Book 2: Her One-Night Secret

The Bad Blonde

The Bad Blonde
Author: Jack Webb
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2012-03-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1440541434

Love brought them together—the mysterious blonde and the bitter, lonely piano player. Murder stood between them—her secret, reluctant role as an accomplice in the vicious plot that caused to brutal slayings! A wanton blonde’s clandestine romance sets police detective Sammy Golden and his crime-busting partner Father Joseph Shanley on the trail of a ruthless mobster who deals in dope and death. This is a fast, taut thriller by the bestselling author of The Deadly Sex and The Delicate Darling.

The Heir

The Heir
Author: Israel Keats
Publisher: Darby Creek (Tm)
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2018
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1541500210

Rob has always expected to be a soccer star like his father, but when his best friend and former teammate, Tyler, invites him to help form a band, Rob considers other possibilities.

The Hemingway Collection

The Hemingway Collection
Author: Ernest Hemingway
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 6291
Release: 2014-05-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1476791988

Simon & Schuster presents a beautifully packaged bind-up of the Hemingway collection, available for the first time in ebook. Featuring the novels, short stories, and articles that brought Hemingway to fame, all together in one place with a fantastic new jacket to brighten up your ebookshelf. Inside you will discover The Sun Also Rises with a fresh new introduction from Philipp Meyer (author of American Rust and The Son), For Whom the Bell Tolls introduced by renowned war journalist Jeremy Bowen, and A Moveable Feast introduced by acclaimed Irish author, Colm Toíbín.

Victims of the Chilean Miracle

Victims of the Chilean Miracle
Author: Peter Winn
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2004-07-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780822333210

DIVAn attempt to gauge the impact of Chile's neoliberal reform policies and of the Chilean "economic miracle" on various groups of workers./div