Tinta y ceniza

Discover the sights and sounds of Brazil through the eyes of a young girl and her great-grandmother as they share in the excitement of Carnaval! Llegó el carnaval y Clara está impaciente por celebrar su fiesta favorita con su familia, pero especialmente con su bisabuela. Aunque Bisa no pueda asistir, Clara sabe que el desfile del carnaval será especial. Amorosamente disfrazados por su bisabuela, los niños salen a la calle a festejar. Sin embargo, falta algo entre todos los colores, los disfraces, la música y el baile... ¿o quizás falte alguien? It's time for Carnaval and Clara cannot...

Baffled at the series of strange, unexplained events taking place at summer camp in the desert wilderness, twelve-year-old Billy considers escaping the horrors forever.

Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in her Texas backyard are so much bigger than the green ones. With a little help from her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist, she figures out that the green grasshoppers are easier to see against the yellow grass, so they are eaten before they can get any larger. As Callie explores the natural world around her, she develops a close relationship with her grandfather, navigates the dangers of living with six brothers, and comes up against just what it means to be a girl at the...

Victoria is the daughter of a Roman senator who must travel to Jerusalem to collect the inheritance left to her by her grandfather, a Hebrew scribe converted to Christianity. Her family tries at all costs to marry her off to her cousin to keep the inheritance. Nevertheless, she is in love with a Christian slave to whom she writes letters describing her personal experiences.