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Ferré, Rosario
Lazos de sangre
Blood Ties
Paperback 9781603969444 $19.99
“In our family everything was connected and each
story was part of the same tapestry. The problem lay in
recognizing which skein should start the embroidery
and the exact point to cut the string.”
Lazos de sangre
opens
a window into the world hidden behind silks and chiffons,
social clubs and coming-out parties; its pages give us
access to Puerto Rico’s upper echelons during
the twentieth century.
Gallego García, Laura
La Emperatriz de los Etéreos
The Empress of the Ethereal Kingdom
Paperback 9788466322652 $12.99
Bipa does not believe in fairy tales. She’s not interested
in anything beyond the caves where her people live.
Her friend Aer, on the other hand, seems to get farther
and farther from reality every day. One day, Aer sets
off on a dangerous journey in search of the legendary
Ethereal Kingdom, a place where suffering doesn’t exist,
and people never feel cold or hunger. Bipa follows Aer,
trying to stop his absurd quest, but soon she finds herself
pursuing her own dreams too. The latest novel by one of
the most important authors in contemporary Spanish-
language literature for young adults.
George, Jean Craighead
Julie y los lobos
Julie of the Wolves
Paperback 9788420469706 $12.95
A runaway girl learns to survive in the Alaskan wilderness.
Beautiful imagery and descriptions of animal behavior
enhance this engrossing tale of survival.
Iturralde, Edna
…y su corazón escapó para convertirse en pájaro
…And His Heart Escaped to Become a Bird
Paperback 9789978073315 $10.95
These are stories about Ecuadorians of African descent
from the sixteenth century to the present. Written after
meticulous research, they contain just the right language
and writing style to captivate all types of readers,
especially young ones, who will enjoy these stories full of
emotion and enthusiasm.
Iturralde, Edna
Caminantes del sol
Walking with the Sun
Paperback 9789978074312 $14.95
The Andes Mountains of present-day Peru and Ecuador
provide the setting for this adventure novel. The story
develops during the government of Tupac Inca Yupanqui,
son of Pachacutec, the greatest of the Inca emperors. This
book provides an accurate portrayal of the Incas’ history
and their modern descendants, the Saraguro.
Lindo, Elvira
El otro barrio
The Other Neighborhood
Paperback 9788466319218 $9.99
A stroke of luck can change a life forever, especially
in the life of a boy destined to be pitied since birth.
Fatherless, Ramón Fortunato has a mother in every
woman that surrounds him. Then, fifteen years after his
birth, just when he is starting to live, Ramón witnesses
an unexplainable and brutal blow of fate that not only
changes his life but also threatens to destroy it.
Molina, María Isabel
De Victoria para Alejandro
From Victoria to Alejandro
Paperback 9789681903879 $11.95
Victoria is the daughter of a Roman senator who must
travel to Jerusalem to collect the inheritance left to her by
her grandfather, a Hebrew scribe converted to Christianity.
Her family tries at all costs to marry her off to her cousin
to keep the inheritance. Nevertheless, she is in love with a
Christian slave to whom she writes letters describing her
personal experiences.
Molina, María Isabel
El señor del Cero
The Zero Man
Paperback 9789681903886 $10.95
José is a young Mozarab who has been forced to flee
Cordova. He teaches at the Ripoll Monastery and bears
witness to the struggle of the Catalonian people to free
themselves from Frankish rule.
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