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Unha excelente novela de aventuras mariñeiras, a viaxe dunha nena de trece anos a través do Océano Atlántico. Carlota é unha rapaza de trece anos que emprende unha viaxe desde Liverpool (Inglaterra) ata Providence (Estados Unidos) a bordo do Seahawk, un enigmatico barco gobernado polo capitan Jaggery no que moi poucos mariñeiros se queren enrolar. Carlota Doyle nunca podera prever os terribles sucesos dos que vai ser protagonista e que transformaran por completo a sua vida.

Carlos el caracol y Eduardo la hormiga vuelven con otra simpática -y filosófica- aventura. En esta ocasión, Carlos ha descubierto su vocación de escritor. Sin embargo, descubrir que la escritura es un arte tan complejo era algo que no entraba en sus planes suerte que Eduardo esta siempre presto para brindarle un buen consejo a su buen amigo Carlos. Juntos seran capaces de invetar una historia increible. Rebosante de ingenio, sabiduria y humor, este calido cuento de dos amigos -y un manuscrito incompleto- divertira a lectores (y escritores) de todas las edades. Una historia totalmente original, una fabula moderna, de nuestro tiempo, que rebosa ingenio, sabiduria y una profunda percepcion del significado de las cosas... grandes y pequeñas. Un libro con mensaje, que sigue la tradicion de clasicos como El principito o Alicia en el Pais de las Maravillas.

Carlos el caracol nunca ha vivido ninguna aventura. Y las aventuras, por lo que ha oído, son la clave para una vida feliz. Así que, con su nuevo amigo, la hormiga Eduardo, parte en busca de las emociones que le han faltado. Los viajeros encontraran a toda clase de animales, sabios, estrafalarios y misteriosos (¡incluido un dragon!), y viviran extraordinarias aventuras.Una historia totalmente original, una fabula moderna de nuestros tiempos que rebosa ingenio, sabiduria y una profunda percepcion del signifcado de las cosas... grandes y pequeñas.Un libro con mensaje, que sigue la tradicion de clasicos como El principito o Alicia en el pais de las maravillas.

Cuando juego: A los niños les encanta imaginar que son piratas, futbolistas, detectives o cantantes.... Y se pasan el día jugando. Y al llegar la noche otro juego comienza cuando sus padres le leen un cuento. Lectura recomendada a partir de 5 años. Tambien es una lectura muy apropiada para leer en familia.

Un día estupendo: Javier tiene ocho años y está en casa con su hermana mayor. Él pensaba que iba a tener un día tranquilo, cuando su hermana le comunica que tiene que hacer algo muy importante y Javier le tiene que acompañar. Eso tan importante es comprar unas entradas para el concierto de un cantante super famoso. Javier piensa que va a pasar un dia de lo mas aburrido. Pero al final el cantante y comprar entradas para el concierto no resulta tan importante en comparacion con todo lo que les sucede delante de la taquilla.

Faltaban seis días para Navidad cuando llegó el exterminador a desinfectar el edificio. Eric estaba de vacaciones y le abrió la puerta. Se llamaba Ange Gabrail y en su maleta llevaba un montón de productos toxicos. Justo cuanod el exterminador se marcho, Eric fue al sotano y encontro la rata.

A en Kenny no li fa gaire gràcia anar-se'n a viure a l'altra punta del país. Pero en arribar-hi descobreix que el canvi ha valgut la pena. La casa nova, un casalot antic, te unes golfes on passen une

Siglo XIV. No tenía nombre conocido. Él y su madre solo eran simples campesinos. A sus trece años tenía poco que perder y, sin embargo, lo perdió al morir ella y ser declarado "cabeza de lobo". A partir de ese momento, cualquiera podia acabar con su vida.

El libro sin palabras parece estar en clanco, pero un lector con ojos verdes podrá leerlo y revelar la magia que hay en sus páginas: podrá saber cómo hacer oro y las instrucciones para alcanzar la inmortalidad. Pero un dia el libro cae en manos de un joven desesperado.Años despues, ese joven, Thorston, es un anciano que tiene un sueño peligroso para cuando le llegue la hora. Su joven doncella, Sybil y su cuervo, Odo, deben hacer frente a su sino, y pronto aprenderan que nada es lo que parece; los secretos no son secretos, el oro no es oro. Incluso la muerte de su amo y sus propias vidas no estan seguras.Ambientada en la Inglaterra medieval y con grandes dosis de misterio, provoca en el lector pensamientos sobre la vida y la muerte, la avaricia y la traicion, la magia y los secretos.

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Swiftly moving and utterly engrossing. Shelf AwarenessParents Choice RecommendedFrom Newbery Awardwinning author Avi comes the gripping and amazingly true tale of a boy plucked from the gutter to become the King of England.England, 1486. King Henry VII has recently snatched the English Crown and now sits on the throne, while young Prince Edward, who has a truer claim, has apparently disappeared. Meanwhile, a penniless kitchen boy named Lambert Simnel is slaving away at a tavern in Oxforduntil a mysterious friar, Brother Simonds, buys Lambert from the tavern keeper and whisks him away in the dead of night. But this is nothing compared to the secret that the friar reveals: You, Lambert, are actually Prince Edward, the true King of England!With the aid of the deceitful Earl of Lincoln, Brother Simonds sets out to teach the boy how to become the rightful English king. Lambert has everything to gain and nothing to lose, or so he thinks. Yet in this dangerous battle for the throne, Lambert is not prepared for whats to comeor for what it really means to play at being a king.

Its 1849, the year John Huffmans father is sentenced to Londons Whitecross Street Prison. Hes been put away for gambling debtleaving fourteen-year-old John and his family out on the street. But it seems gambling is the least of their problems: Father Huffman is accused of treason. Surrounded by a cast of sinister and suspicious characters, Johns not sure what to believeor whom.

Huntingthe predator, and its preyis at the heart of this riveting and suspenseful novel from Newbery Medalist Avi with illustrations from Caldecott Medalist Brian Floca.In the computer game world of Bow HunterCaseys worldthere are no deaths, just kills. In Nashobas worldthe wolf worldthere have been no kills. For this is March, the Starving Time in the Iron Mountain region of Colorado, when wolves and ravens alike are desperate for food. With the help of a raven, the miraculous Merla, Nashoba must lead his pack of eight to a next meal. The wolf hates being dependent on a mere bird, but Merla is a bird wise beyond her years. And when thirteen-year-old Casey crosses their path, two very different approaches to hunting collide.

In the Colorado mountain town of Steamboat Springs there must be three hundred dogs. Jacks malamute, McKinley, is the leader of them all. But Jack, being human, has no way of knowing that. For him, his familys dog is just a great pal. And protector. Jack cannot know that Redburn, a "leash-licking" Irish setter, is McKinleys rival for the job of head dog. The boy cannot know, with the sudden hillside appearance of a she-wolf, Lupin, that not only McKinleys job -- but his life -- is in danger. Lupins message: Dogs free yourselves from mankind. Come join us, we who need you to replenish our diminishing wolf pack in the wild. But imagine how a good dog, loyal to his human pup, would hear Lupins call! McKinleys thrilling story tells itself, as first he and the boy together encounter Lupin in a canyon perfect for an old-time ambush, and later as they try to save her from both Redburn and a neighbor, a vicious man armed with a gun and a grudge. No one -- not even McKinley -- can foresee the end.

Lives hang in the balance in this gripping Revolutionary War adventure from a beloved Newbery Medalist.In 1776, young Sophia Calderwood witnesses the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, which is newly occupied by the British army. Sophia is horrified by the event and resolves to do all she can to help the American cause. Recruited as a spy, she becomes a maid in the home of General Clinton, the supreme commander of the British forces in America. Through her work she becomes aware that someone in the American army might be switching sides, and she uncovers a plot that will grievously damage the Americans if it succeeds. But the identity of the would-be traitor is so shocking that no one believes her, and so Sophia decides to stop the treacherous plot herself, at great personal peril: Shes young, shes a girl, and shes running out of time. And if she fails, shes facing an execution of her own.Master storyteller Avi shows exactly how personal politics can be in this nail-biting thriller (Publishers Weekly) that is rich in historical detail and rife with action.

Plot twists, big accusations, and plenty of shifty, crooked characters fill the pages of this harrowing adventure from Newbery Medalist Avi.The streets of 1893 New York are crowded and filthy. For thirteen-year-old newsboy Maks Geless, they are also dangerous. Bruno, leader of the awful Plug Ugly Gang, has set his sights on Maks and orders his boys to track him down. Suddenly Maks finds himself on the run, doing all he can to evade the gang, with only his new friend Willa by his side. And thats just the start of Maks troubles. His sister, Emma, has been arrested and imprisoned for stealing a watch from the glamorous new Waldorf Hotel. Maks knows she didnt do itbut will he be able to prove it in time?This is a riveting, quickly paced adventure set against a backdrop alive with the sights and sounds of tenement New York.

A boy, a rat, and an exterminator face a game of survival during Christmas vacation. Christmas vacation is supposed to be a blastor so Eric thinks. But with all his friends either sick in bed or out of town, Erics getting more bored by the hour. Then he meets Anje Gabrail, exterminator. Anjes got all the normal stuff an exterminator needsroach powders and smoke bombs but he also carries some extra equipment: a crossbow and metal-tipped arrows that can penetrate concrete walls and will annihilate any creature with which they come in contact. Anjes number one target? Rats. To Eric, this guy is creepy but fascinating. So, with nothing better to do, he joins Anje on a mission to destroy the rat living in the basement of his apartment building. But as Christmas Day draws nearer and the temperature outside keeps dropping, things in the basement go from weird to deadly. And Eric learns how valuable life truly is.

Newbery medalist Avi tells the story of a young girl determined to define her own place amidst old rules and new ways in the Roaring Twenties.Attending high school in Steamboat Springs is Ida Bidsons dreamits her next step toward becoming a teacher and her best shot at escaping a life of milking cows. Its 1925, and from using telephones to attending movies, Ida is thrilled by her new experiences in Steamboat. She and her school friends even form a club, the Secret Sisters, to celebrate everything modern.But when they accidentally antagonize the strict, traditionalist principal, Idas high school career may be over before it even begins. Its up to the Secret Sisters find a way to save Idas dream!Readers will cheer for Ida as she continues the adventure begun in the one-room schoolhouse of Avis popular The Secret School!

Unha excelente novela de aventuras mariñeiras, a viaxe dunha nena de trece anos a través do Océano Atlántico. Carlota é unha rapaza de trece anos que emprende unha viaxe desde Liverpool (Inglaterra)