The Unicorne Files: A Dark Inheritance

Allie is a star on the track team at Memorial Middle School, but when she passes out at a local track meet, she is diagnosed with diabetes, and afraid of what the other kids will think she tries to keep it a secret--a plan that backfires when her furtive and erratic behavior leads to rumors that she is on drugs, or worse.

When Tomÿs wants to stand up to his fiercely religious, abusive father to protect his mother, he does not think he can, until his neighbor helps him discover that happiness begins with no longer being afraid.

Berta tiene una caja de tesoros. En ella guarda trocitos de su vida, como la canica que le ganó hace poco a Daniel, el caleidoscopio que le regaló Clara o el bibelot que le obsequió Miguel con un papel arrugado en el que le decía "te quiero". Berta va creciendo y todos los días sueña, imagina y se pregunta, y así abre pequeñas ventanas por las que entrevé la belleza de su mundo cotidiano.

Thirteen-year-old Ratchet spends a summer in Maine with her eccentric great-aunts Tilly and Penpen, hearing strange stories from the past and encountering a variety of unusual and colorful characters.