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1) Hooky
Author
Publisher
Martínez Roca
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
Tras arrasar en WEBTOON, llega Hooky Dos mellizos, una profecía y un mundo lleno de magia Todo se complica cuando los mellizos Dani y Dorian pierden el autobús a la Escuela de Magia. Lo que debía ser el principio de su educación como brujos terminará en una serie de aventuras —y algún que otro lío— en las que conocerán a nuevos amigos de lo más dispares: Nico, el más gamberro de todos los chicos del lugar; la cursi y romántica princesa...
Author
Language
English
Description
In the extraordinary life of Mark Simmons, a tall 6'6" force of humor and compassion, an epic tale of laughter, inspiration and transformation unfolds. Hailing from Cherokee, Iowa, Mark's journey traverses the realms of education, comedy and a touch of entrepreneurial genius.
As the son of a small-town grocery store owner, Mark's father foresaw the future of convenience with a delivery service that Jeffrey Bozos of Amazon shamelessly borrowed decades...
4) Hooky
Author
Series
Hooky volume 1
Publisher
Etch/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: When Dani and Dorian missed the bus to magic school, they never thought they'd wind up declared traitors to their own kind! Now, thanks to a series of mishaps, they are being chased by powerful magic families seeking the prophesied King of Witches and royals searching for missing princes. But they aren't alone. With a local troublemaker, a princess, and a teacher who can see the future on their side, they might just be able...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books/Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Reeling from three years of anti-magic rule under the king—and three years disconnected from twin witches Dani and Dorian—Princess Monica, Nico, Damien, and Prince William know that it is now their responsibility to save the kingdom, and their friends, before darkness prevails. Determined to uncover the circumstances of Dorian’s disappearance and rescue reigning Queen of the Witches Dani from her mysterious curse, the group...
Author
Language
English
Description
Glibb is a young boy from the Midwest that tries to do good. He causes a disturbance in the library, gets school canceled for a day while the skunk smell is being removed from the building, and helps a friend decide to attend school rather than play hooky. He gets straight A grades and a C for his luck at times. Go on wholesome adventures with Glibb Redundant.
9) Last call
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Descended from a long line of indomitable, good-humored Scots, Hayden MacBride sees no reason to take his own deaht lying down. In fact, he crashes funerals for free food and insight into the Great Beyond. Then he meets Rosamund, a nun playing hooky from the Holy Orders.
Author
Series
Deep Fried Dynasty volume 10
Language
English
Description
On "Thrifty Thursday", Fernie's introduces a new Funnel Cake Chicken Sandwich; Gulf Coast Grill unveils their Brisket Cheddar Ranch Fries; and Juan & Brent at Smokey John's play hooky to eat their favorite fair food.
12) Cooley High
Author
Language
English
Description
An inner-city Chicago high school...the early 1960s. High-school days are filled with youthful pranks, playing hooky and dreams of the future...until a young basketball star is killed in a beating.
Author
Series
Dive Olly Dive! volume 3
Language
English
Description
Skid, tired of always doing the messy work, plays hooky from his job. Knowing Diver Doug will be unhappy with him, he pretends he has been captured by a terrible Sea Creature! When Olly and Beth discover his ruse, they turn the tables on Skid to teach him a lesson.
Author
Language
English
Description
Lew Wallace gained world-wide fame as the author of the best-selling novel, Ben Hur. But did you know that as a boy, he played hooky from school? Governor, foreign minister, Civil War general, inventor, artist, and author, Lew Wallace spent his boyhood in the fields and rivers of his native Midwest.
16) Get Inside
Author
Language
English
Description
In the future, orbiting space stations function as prep schools, removing teens from the temptations of drugs and alcohol and even playing hooky. They still find ways to act out. When the others deliberately lock Judy outside after an illegal game of tag wearing grav boots, she knows something-something-lurks behind her…. A science fiction horror short story that will make you happy you're still on solid ground.
17) The Foundling
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Queen of Regency Romance, Georgette Heyer, delights readers with a charming tale of a duke who is tired of playing by the rules.
The Duke of Sale is out to prove himself
The shy, young Duke of Sale has never known his parents. Instead, his Grace Adolphus Gillespie Vernon Ware, Gilly for short, has endured twenty-four years of rigorous mollycoddling from his uncle and valet. But his natural diffidence
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Language
English
Description
A loving daughter takes a page from her father's story of "butterfly moments" to ease the pain of his impending death. A besotted waiter conspires to get a beautiful woman who is out of his league to call in sick for a day of hooky. A teenager experiences 'three's a crowd' when her dad brings an unexpected stranger to lunch at their favorite restaurant.
Twenty wonderful stories penned by essayists worldwide deliver memorable morsels of humor, romance,...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
An internationally bestselling comic novel in which a man—with the help of a bunny—suddenly realizes what’s important in life
“Escapism at its best . . . Just pure fun.” —NPR.org
“Which of us has not had that wonderfully seditious idea: to play hooky for a while from life as we know it?” With these words from his foreword, Pico Iyer puts his finger on the exhilaratingly anarchic...
“Escapism at its best . . . Just pure fun.” —NPR.org
“Which of us has not had that wonderfully seditious idea: to play hooky for a while from life as we know it?” With these words from his foreword, Pico Iyer puts his finger on the exhilaratingly anarchic...
Author
Language
English
Description
Nicholas is a twelve-year-old with red hair whose dad just remarried. This makes Nicholas a redheaded stepchild. Literally. And, tomorrow at lunch, the biggest boy in grade six plans to beat him up-he even made a Facebook event about it.
Should Nicholas skip school? His new stepmom, a chain-smoking, ex-Jehovah's Witness golf pro named Mary-Anne, doesn't want him playing hooky. His secret alter ego, the fabulous and charismatic Rufus Vermilion, thinks...
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