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Gonzalo es un chico humilde pero feliz que, gracias a las enseñanzas de sus padres, acoge como propia esa necesidad familiar de ayudar al prójimo cada día sin pedir o esperar nada a cambio. Una tarde, don Rogelio, un cariñoso abuelo que vive en la residencia de ancianos donde trabaja la madre de Gonzalo, le regala una brújula a primera vista oxidada, con una extraña inscripción en su reverso, aunque portadora de un mágico misterio: por mucho que se limpiara, cada noche aquel artefacto recuperaba su desastroso aspecto inicial. Don Rogelio, antes de desaparecer de la vida de Gonzalo, le ...

The irrepressible Bingo Brown is back, in his most delightful tale yet. It's Christmastime at the Brown house, and what a holiday it's shaping up to be. Bingo's mother is pregnant, and if the prospect of a sibling isn't enough . . . the hapless hero also06130999070-613-09990-7Desaparecida (Missing)Duffy, JamesSagebrush-BoundLECTORUM19891989-01-01 00:00:00.0003-6NULLKidnapping , Fiction.Missing children , Fiction.Spanish17.0500Sagebrush List PriceActiveA ten-year-old with a history of running away is kidnapped by a lonely, confused man to become his own little girl.06130999150-613-09991-5Largo ...

When Chico starts the third grade after his migrant worker family moves to begin harvesting California grapes, he finds that self confidence and math skills help him cope with the first day of school. Simultaneous.

This novel, narrated in two voices for their characters, playing strong themes that make up the life of a boy and a girl living in Havana, Cuba. Discrimination, sexism, harassment, female subjugation, homosexuality, are treated with subtlety through metaphors, pauses, silences and innuendos that make this a moving and thoughtful book.