El sentido del camino

Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in her Texas backyard are so much bigger than the green ones. With a little help from her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist, she figures out that the green grasshoppers are easier to see against the yellow grass, so they are eaten before they can get any larger. As Callie explores the natural world around her, she develops a close relationship with her grandfather, navigates the dangers of living with six brothers, and comes up against just what it means to be a girl at the...

Tom Sawyer es mentiroso, egoísta y tramposo. A la hora de planear sus travesuras, no mide el peligro. Pero también es alegre, valiente e ingenioso. Junto a Huck, Joe y Becky vivirán peligros en islas desiertas, cuevas y casas abandonadas.

Mañungo es un niño desaliñado y chascón. Vive con sus abuelos en las laderas de una montaña sureña. Sus compañeros de curso se burlan de él, incluso lo apodaron “ñoño” por su extraño vocabulario. Su abuelo, de aspecto mañoso pero cariñoso, tiene descendencia española, por eso también usa palabras raras que le hacen añorar su tierra natal. Una vez que se acaban las clases, todo el colegio se prepara para la fiesta de fin de año. Mañungo entonces realizará un acto musical que cambiará la percepción que todos tienen de este entrañable niño ñoño.

No one has set foot on Earth in centuries -- until now. Ever since a devastating nuclear war, humanity has lived on spaceships far above Earth's radioactive surface. Now, one hundred juvenile delinquents -- considered expendable by society -- are being sent on a dangerous mission: to recolonize the planet. It could be their second chance at life...or it could be a suicide mission. CLARKE was arrested for treason, though she's haunted by the memory of what she really did. WELLS, the chancellor's son, came to Earth for the girl he loves -- but will she ever forgive him? Reckless BELLAMY fought...