Eric Valente. Superhéroe presente

De la mano entre la novela policiaca y la histórica, "Tinta y ceniza" llevará a Tristán Quintanilla, un joven veracruzano cuyo sueño es convertirse en periodista, a descubrir varios secretos en la Ciudad de México. Al llegar, es víctima de un robo en la estación de San Lázaro y conoce a un militar, Martín Urdaneta, que le ayuda a recuperar su equipaje. A los pocos días, Urdaneta aparece muerto... Tristán no descansará hasta esclarecer cada uno de los misterios de esa muerte.

Award-winning Lulu and the Hunger Monster is also available as a bilingual book in Spanish and English. When Lulu’s mother’s van breaks down, money for food becomes tight and the Hunger Monster comes into their lives. Only visible to Lulu, Hunger Monster is a troublemaker who makes it hard for her to concentrate in school. How will Lulu help her mom and defeat the Monster when Lulu has promised never to speak the monster’s name to anyone? This realistic—and hopeful—book in Spanish and English builds awareness of the issue of childhood hunger, increases empathy for people who are...

On summer break and avoiding his assigned reading list, Derek Fallon begins a mysterious adventure while trying to find clues to an incident in his past. After reading an old newspaper clipping about a teenage girl who drowned on Martha’s Vineyard while she was babysitting him, Derek—who was a toddler at the time and does not even recall the event—becomes a detective in search of answers. As summer and his investigation comes to a close, Derek soon realizes that he hasn't done the reading assignment his teacher gave him but that he has learned a valuable lesson: even though reading is...

That Otto and Maya have found each other, lived happily ever after, and ate partridges is a nice and typical end to a tale. But what is not typical is how they found each other and how their dog became an astronaut. This dreamlike and surreal story highlights the connections that bind everyone together that are not visible at first sight—how dreams change reality and how reality can be absurd. Que Otto y Maya se encuentren, vivan felices y coman perdices es un bonito y típico final de cuento. Lo que no es nada típico es cómo se encontraron, y menos típico aún cómo su perro se...