La sombra vegetal

Shares the raw testimonies of several youths at the turn of the century, revealing what occurs day to day in many parts of Mexico and Latin America.

Sebastian can't sleep because his new neighbors' dog won't stop barking at night. This is the best excuse he has to meet his neighbor, with whom he is hopelessly in love. Nadia is strange and mysterious; in fact, his friend Pedro is sure that she is a vampire. But none of this matters to Sebastian, who is determined to confess his love for her. So between pranks and nearly heroic acts, Sebastian discovers the distance that too often lies between dreams and reality. Considering the freshness of the narration and the nearness of Sebastian's experiences and readers' lives, it doesn't surprise us ...

Elle es nueva en la escuela. Ella conoce a los primos Carpentier. Dylan, el jugador de Fútbol Americano y a Iva, el cantante de una banda de Rock aún en el comienzo de su carrera. Y desde entonces dos amistades distintas se forman en su vida. Una de ellas, más intensa y la otra más superficial, no obstante, ambas incomodarán su mundo. Un romance para adolescentes.

Ficha de lectura compartida Hay personas que se llevan de vacaciones a su perro, otras se llevan a su gato... Pero Hilda se lleva a Tim, Sam y Lulú, sus tres pequeños monos, a visitar unos días a su madre en el campo. ¡Acompaña a estos traviesos personajes y descubre de qué serán capaces esta vez!

She was little and quick and pretty. Her mother nicknamed her Colibri, Spanish for "Hummingbird". At age four she was kidnapped, torn from her parents on a crowded bus in Guatemala City. Since then, she's traveled with "Uncle," the ex-soldier and wandering beggar who has renamed her Rosa. Uncle has always told Rosa that he searched for his parents but had no success. There's almost no chance Rosa will ever find them--but Rosa still remembers and longs for them. When she was young, Uncle consulted fortune-tellers who told him that Rosa would bring him luck--a treasure big enough to last him...