Sucedió en Paso al Monte

Los personajes y escenarios de estos cuentos ambientados en el s. XIX son partícipes de un ambiente mitológico y de anécdotas vinculadas al folclore chileno. Se incluye un glosario con términos chilotes.

My sister Rose lives on the mantelpiece.Well, some of her does.A collarbone, two ribs, a bit of skull, and a little toe. To ten-year-old Jamie, his family has fallen apart because of the loss of someone he barely remembers: his sister Rose, who died five years ago in a terrorist bombing. To his father, life is impossible to make sense of when he lives in a world that could so cruelly take away a ten-year-old girl. To Rose's surviving fifteen year old twin, Jas, everyday she lives in Rose's ever present shadow, forever feeling the loss like a limb, but unable to be seen for herself alone. Told ...

Sara vive, confusa, la inestabilidad e insatisfacción de sus catorce años. Le resulta difícil aceptarse a sí misma, a su familia, a sus compañeros. Durante unas vacaciones, su hermano Charlie, disminuido psíquico, se pierde en el bosque, completamente hechizado por la belleza de unos cisnes. Durante la búsqueda del hermano perdido, Sara se sentirá cambiar interiormente.

This charming story presents a new way for young children to understand how to creatively embrace who they are, no matter what others think. Carla's lunch box is filled with odd delights like the Olive, Pickle, and Green Bean Sandwich; the Banana–Cottage Cheese Delight; and the unforgettable Chopped Liver, Potato Chips, and Cucumber Combo. To Carla, these are delicious and creative lunches, but her teasing classmates are unconvinced, abandoning her at the lunch table to eat her bizarre sandwiches alone. The tables turn, however, when Buster—the worst tease of all—forgets his lunch and...

"¿Y qué tal si los pájaros me alzaran y me llevaran volando por encima del parque? ¿Qué pasaría si yo volara? ¡Claro que ella vuela! Y lleva consigo a su abuela y nos narra, en español sazonado con algunas frases en inglés, este maravilloso viaje. Muchos de los lugares que visitan le recuerdan a la abuela el momento de su llegada a este país."--Publisher's description.