Un mundo de problemas

A Special Prince Is Born Something exciting was happening in the big wildlife animal preserve. You could hear it first in the tumbling of the brooks and the waterfalls, and then in the rustling of tiny feet scurrying here and there throughout the forests and across the meadows. You could also see it in the bright green and yellow colors appearing across the valleys and on the lofty meadows, and then in the soft gold light that was replacing some of the shadows in the vast forests on the mountainsides. Even on most of the mountaintops, against the smooth, brilliant white of the snow, gold,...

Two short stories by Argentine author Ana Maria Shua including the title story about a young boy who, after realizing that everything in television is a lie, passes through a blue door into a world where everything is true.

¿Qué pasaría si diez escritores nacidos en la década de los setenta escribieran acerca de sus años escolares? ¿Qué historias contarían? ¿Sus historias serán muy distintas a las tuyas o tendrán muchas cosas en común? Más importante aún: ¿cómo era ser adolescente en los años ochenta y noventa, cuando el mundo funcionaba de manera análoga ¡y no teníamos internet!? En Ruta 70 no hay dos historias que se parezcan siquiera un poco. Los personajes son dispares, los conflictos que enfrentan son completamente diferentes, el mundo que los rodea es absolutamente distinto, aun cuando...

Written by quintessential American humor writer Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper offers an extraordinarily insightful glimpse into the British system of social classes. Although the novel was intended for children and young adults, it's a rollicking read for all fans of engrossing fiction.