Valiente en el Agua

She was little and quick and pretty. Her mother nicknamed her Colibri, Spanish for "Hummingbird". At age four she was kidnapped, torn from her parents on a crowded bus in Guatemala City. Since then, she's traveled with "Uncle," the ex-soldier and wandering beggar who has renamed her Rosa. Uncle has always told Rosa that he searched for his parents but had no success. There's almost no chance Rosa will ever find them--but Rosa still remembers and longs for them. When she was young, Uncle consulted fortune-tellers who told him that Rosa would bring him luck--a treasure big enough to last him...

Desde que hace más de 500 años Thomas Malory escribiera la historia del rey Arturo y las aventuras de sus caballeros, este tema ha permanecido vivo y presente no sólo en la literatura anglosajona sino en la universal, no sólo para adultos y eruditos sino para jóvenes de todas las edades. Aunque su maestría narrativa sea innegable, Malory nunca escribió una novela sobre el rey Arturo como una narración única, sino como una colección de historias diferentes basadas en diversos romances franceses medievales. Grandes escritores de todos los tiempos han escrito sobre este riquísimo...

Celia Martínez, de 12 años, tiene un millón de ideas para salir representante del Consejo Escolar. Pero al mismo tiempo, no cree ser tan popular, hermosa y talentosa como su mejor amiga, Mariela Cruz. Eso no es un problema: Mariela será la cara de la campaña y ella el cerebro. A pesar de sus meticulosos planes, todo se viene abajo el día de las elecciones cuando Laz Crespi decide postularse junto a su tímido amigo, Raúl. Un excelente drama que divertirá muchísimo a los jóvenes lectores. Twelve-year-old Celia Martinez has a zillion great ideas for seventh grade Student Rep. But...

Bored because there is nothing to do in the house to which his family has just moved and worried about starting third grade in a new school, Stuart makes a magical cape out of his uncle's ties and has a series of adventures.