"When her imagined perfect life with her estranged mother begins to unravel, fourteen-year-old Apple find comfort in reading and writing poetry." --

"Instead of the usual dusting Sofia volunteers to wash the car--but when she leaves the hose on her mother's marigolds get flooded and she calls on her sisters to save the situation." --

"When Carmen's wild toss sends the hula-hoop soaring over the fence, the twins don't know how to get it back. But then, as if by magic, their toys come sailing back over the fence. Soon after, there's a new neighbor poking her head over the Garcia's fence"--Provided by publisher.

"Carmen is keeping the tooth fairy busy, She's lost her two front teeth, and now one of her bottom teeth is wiggling every which way. But Carlos can't even get one tooth to wiggle, even a tiny bit. He hasn't had a single visit from the tooth fairy"--Provided by publisher.

"When women of color write history, we see the world as we have never seen it before. In Fruit of the Drunken Tree, Ingrid Rojas Contreras honors the lives of girls who witness war. Brava! I was swept up by this story." --SANDRA CISNEROS, author of The House on Mango Street A mesmerizing debut set against the backdrop of the devastating violence of 1990's Colombia about a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid who strike an unlikely friendship that...

"Francia, 1939. En el tranquilo pueblo de Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac se despide de su marido, Antoine, que debe marchar al frente. Ella no cree que los nazis vayan a invadir Francia, pero lo hacen, con batallones de soldados marchando por las calles, con caravanas de camiones y tanques, con aviones que llenan los cielos y lanzan bombas sobre los inocentes. Cuando un capitán alemán requisa la casa de Vianne, ella y su hija deben convivir con el enemigo...

The Garcia family has just moved into their new house, and twins Carlos and Carmen are having a hard time sleeping in their new rooms--especially when they hear a spooky noise outside. A Carlos y a Carmen les cuesta conciliar el sueño en habitaciones separadas. Una vez resuelto ese problema, un ruido escalofriante les mantiene despiertos. Los gemelos acuden a sus padres para que les ayuden a resolver el misterio del ruido, que al final resultó...

"Cuando un Comilón devora a Luis, su hermana mayor sabe que tiene que actuar rápido y se lanza a perseguir al monstruo. Pero no es tan fácil sacar a un niño de la barriga de un Comilón, menos aún si merodean otras criaturas extrañas y espeluznantes que también están hambrientas."--Back cover. When Sarah's brother, Louis, is eaten by a Gulper, Sarah does not panic but follows the trail as the Gulper is eaten by a series of other creatures...

"En el Día de los Muertos, Elena ayuda al espiritu de una amable anciana a comunicarse con su famiila, y anima a Isabel a apreciar recuerdo de sus padres." --

"Dos hermanas distanciadas con el deber de proteger la biblioteca familiar de libros mágicos, deben trabajar juntas para desentrañar un secreto mortal que se encuentra en el centro de la colección. una historia de lealtad familiar y traiciones, y de la búsqueda de la magia y el poder" -- Two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family's library of magical books must work together to unravel a deadly secret at the heart of their collection--a...