Kuku na Mwewe - El aguila y la gallina (Kuku and Mwewe - A Swahili Folktale)

La Piper viu en una petita localitat on hi ha hagut algunes desaparicions de joves. Fins ara, tothom pensa que els nois i noies han fugit de casa seva. Arran de l'última desaparició, però, la Piper i la seva amiga Hazel comencen a sospitar que alguna cosa siniestra s'hi amaga al darrere. Així doncs, les dues noies decideixen investigar per esbrinar la veritat. Les indagacions les porten a l'origen de les desaparicions: un lloc terrible d'on és difícil sortir amb vida.

In his classic bilingual style, Joe tells the story of a haunted house in a poor little town in Arizona. Nobody will rent that house because they know a ghost lives there. So the landlord tries to rents it out for free. Still nobody will rent it. That is, until Elena’s father rents it. He doesn’t believe in ghosts. Lucky for Elena that her grandmother knows all about the ways of ghosts. Elena, with the help of her grandmother, resolves the mystery of “ghost fever”—and learns a lesson about life. Joe Hayes, who lives in Santa Fe, is an award-winning storyteller renowned especially...

Hugo se enfrenta a su primer día en la cárcel. Archer es el guardia de seguridad encargado de su registro. No será como un día cualquiera en prisión. — Relato corto de 5.000 palabras

This bilingual collection of spooky stories for intermediate readers features supernatural characters from Mexican-American folklore that will appeal to reluctant readers.