Travesuras en el edificio

With humor and stories collected over decades of working with teens, McFarland encourages adolescents to build a well-grounded faith which will allow them to have stability in their life and stand firm in Christ.

Set in the 1950s in the Bronx, this is the story of a girl with a dream. Emmy award-winning actress and writer Sonia Manzano plunges us into the daily lives of a Latino family that is loving--and troubled. She is a child living amidst the squalor of a boisterous home that is filled with noisy relatives and neighbors. Each day she is glued to the TV screen that blots out the painful realities of her existence and also illuminates the possibilities that lie ahead. But--click!--when the TV goes off, Sonia is taken back to real-life--the cramped, colorful world of her neighborhood and an...

Snouts, spines, or scutes help many animals survive. Information on why is contained in this engaging book.

Se alejó lo más posible. Necesitaba como nunca sentir la tierra, el aire, la naturaleza, cargarse de su fuerza ahora que las suyas flaqueaban. Volvió a llorar, se rebeló contra su destino, al parecer el mismo que el de todas las mujeres de su familia, que como en una maldición después de bendecirlas con el amor, las abocaba a perder al hombre que amaban. Lucía ha perdido a sus padres a temprana edad y aguarda angustiada la muerte de su abuela Esperanza, con quien vive. Su abuela, además del cariño y el afecto debidos a los lazos de la sangre, se ha preocupado por hacerle entender las ...