A ';lyrical and introspective' (Publishers Weekly, starred review) historical novel in verse about a Chinese teen who immigrates to the United States with his family and endures mistreatment at the Angel Island Immigration Station while trying to navigate his own course in a new world.
Myrtle Hardcastle hat gar keine Lust, mit ihrer Tante Helena in den Urlaub zu fahren, wenn es doch zu Hause Wichtigeres zu tun gibt, wie Kriminelle und Mordprozesse im Auge zu behalten.
Die zwölfjährige Myrtle Hardcastle ist eine leidenschaftliche Verfechterin der Gerechtigkeit und verfügt über eine höchst unkonventionelle Besessenheit von der Kriminalwissenschaft.
Esta es la historia de tres mujeres chinas: una madre, su hija y una chaman, quienes se rebelan contra las costumbres y creencias de la sociedad patriarcal en la cual nacieron, que fomenta la sumision de la mujer.
La presencia por ausencia de Juan Manuel de Rosas y la actualidad de su contenido político convierten a estas dos obras en lecturas imprescindibles para la formación de los jóvenes argentinos.
New York Times bestselling author Melanie Dickerson beautifully re-imagines The Goose Girl by the Brothers Grimm into a medieval tale of adventure, loss, and love.
'A deliciously twisted gothic fantasy you'll want to read again and again, with characters you'll adore, prose that'll spellbind you, romance you'll swoon over, and a mystery that'll keep you guessing until the last stunning twist'Diana Urban, author of These Deadly GamesMyra has a gift many would kidnap, blackmail, and worse to control: she's a portrait artist whose paintings alter people's bodies.
After solving the case of Truly Devious, Stevie Bell investigates her first mystery outside of Ellingham Academy in this spine-chilling and hilarious stand-alone mystery fromNew York Timesbestselling author Maureen Johnson.
The second book of Lewis Carroll's timeless Alice in Wonderland middle grade series, now with a beautiful new look, continues Alice's adventures and includes the poem ';Jabberwocky!
In 1607, when John Smith and his "e;Coatmen"e; arrive in Powhatan to begin settling the colony of Virginia, their relations with the village's inhabitants are anything but warm.
Después de debutar con la magnífica trilogía que comenzó con La Lectora, Traci Chee regresa con una historia de fantasía feminista de influencia japonesa repleta de demonios, aventuras y planes que salen mal.
A TOP 10 CHILDREN'S FICTION BESTSELLERA beautifully illustrated full-colour tribute to King Charles III, published to mark his coronation - from the bestselling creators of There Once Is a Queen.
Como cada año, en el mágico mundo de Musal, se celebra una competición en la que Serpo, el pez milagro, concederá su deseo al niño o a la niña que supere todas las pruebas y demuestre necesitar verdaderamente ese milagro.
L'Ocell de Foc és un aprenent de trobador que, rondant pels camins, descobreix la història del jove rei Jaume I i la lluita contra els càtars, l'ofici dels cavallers, la vida dels monestirs.
A time-traveling woolly mammoth finds refuge and rescue at the unlikely hands of a possum and his community of woodland friends in this humorous middle grade for fans of The Secret Lake and The Wild Robot.
A baker's apprentice reluctantly embarks on an adventure full of magic, new friendships, and a prince in distress in this ';appealingly breezy' (Kirkus Reviews) and ';deftly written' (School Library Journal, starred review) young adult fantasy that's perfect for fans of Margaret Rogerson and Gail Carson Levine.
Perfect for fans of The Beatryce Prophecy and Catherine, Called Birdy, this ';spirited' (Booklist) historical middle grade coming-of-age story set in medieval times follows a strong-minded girl determined to prove she's just as good a candlemaker as any boy.
On thenight of President Abraham Lincolns assassination, his frantic wife, Mary, calls for her best friend and confidante, Elizabeth Keckley, but the woman is mistakenly kept from her side by guards who were unaware of Mary Todd Lincolns close friendship withthe black seamstress.
Exciting, funny, moving - and featuring joyous and authentic disabled representation - Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star is a spellbinding middle-grade adventure.
From the author of Eliza's Freedom Road and Calico Girl (a Kirkus Best Book of the Year) comes a dramatic historical middle grade novel that is ';a unique lens through which to examine the 1849 Gold Rush' (School Library Journal) following an enslaved girl taking the chance to find freedom on the Overland Trail to California.
When peasant John Little witnesses the Sheriff of Nottingham's men destroying his village for John's crime of poaching deer to feed his people, he flees into the tangle of Sherwood Forest with the only other survivor, his young foster daughter Marian.
