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Seven science fiction stories explore encounters between humans and extraterrestrials, space exploration, the planets, and related topics and reveal the effects that knowing other worlds and their inhabitants might have on humankind.

In this “captivating and exquisite” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) sequel to the Pura Belpré Award–winning I Lived on Butterfly Hill, thirteen-year-old Celeste Marconi returns home to Chile and after the dictator is removed, and makes it her mission to rebuild her community and find those who are still missing. During Celeste Marconi’s time in Maine, thoughts of the brightly colored cafes and salty air of Valparaíso, Chile, carried her through difficult, homesick days. Now, she’s finally returned home to find the horrible years of the dictatorship has left its mark on her once...

A tiny girl the size of a thumb is stolen and must escape in turn from a calculating mother toad, a bumblebee, a rat, and finally a mole with marriage on his mind.

Autor: Enrico Sampietro Memorias de Enrico Sampietro, una novelesca aventura entre el crimen, la cárcel, el escape y la libertad, que evoca al célebre Papillón. Este es un libro que puede leerse como un relato de aventuras. Su autor es su propio personaje y la vida que nos cuenta es la suya. El nudo de la historia es la persecución, la lucha a muerte entre el bandido y la policía. Como en los thrillers modernos, los papeles se invierten: el bandido es el héroe, la policia empieza a ser odiada... Alfonso Quiroz Cuarón, que pugnó por el establecimiento de nuevos sistemas carcelarios y...