Calixto, el cangrejo invicto

In this “captivating and exquisite” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) sequel to the Pura Belpré Award–winning I Lived on Butterfly Hill, thirteen-year-old Celeste Marconi returns home to Chile and after the dictator is removed, and makes it her mission to rebuild her community and find those who are still missing. During Celeste Marconi’s time in Maine, thoughts of the brightly colored cafes and salty air of Valparaíso, Chile, carried her through difficult, homesick days. Now, she’s finally returned home to find the horrible years of the dictatorship has left its mark on her once...

Las gemelas Ada y Valentina no pueden quedarse de brazos cruzados ante los destrozos que ha ocasionado el último temporal en la protectora de animales. Por eso, un día, se les ocurre la idea que montar un puesto de naranjada a la puerta de casa. Sin embargo, no será nada fácil conseguir lo que se han propuesto y necesitarán la ayuda de todos los vecinos? incluso la de aquel compañero del colegio que les cae tan mal.

In a future London, Concentr8 is a prescription drug intended to help kids with ADD. Soon every troubled teen is on it. It makes sense, doesn't it? Keep the undesirable elements in line. Keep people like us safe from people like them. What's good for society is good for everyone. Troy, Femi, Lee, Karen and Blaze have been taking Concentr8 as long as they can remember. They're not exactly a gang, but Blaze is their leader, and Troy has always been his quiet, watchful sidekick – the only one Blaze really trusts. They're not looking for trouble, but one hot summer day, when riots break out...

Elevators that give everything for the love of a staircase, a teardrop in love with a handkerchief, a tangerine without a peel, the thoughts of a bus, and many more stories to awaken the imagination. Read this book carefully, and little by little, to enjoy it to the maximum, and to fully experience the different moods that each story evokes.