El corazón y la espada

Una novela histórica para entender las causas y las consecuencias de la Revolución francesa. María Antonieta, princesa de Austria, llega al palacio de Versalles con tan solo catorce años para casarse con el futuro rey de Francia. Esta unión servirá para que Francia y Austria neutralicen el ascenso de la vecina Prusia y la expansión de Inglaterra. Mientras tanto, Batián y Lucile, de clase social baja, luchan cada día para sobrevivir con escasos recursos en el París del siglo XVIII de grandes desigualdades sociales. La Revolución francesa se está fraguando y el Antiguo Régimen...

Each of these humorous books features a young boy or girl who feels bored, lonely, worried, or unfairly treated. Each child discusses the way he or she reacts to these emotions and comes up with ideas to overcome them. Knowing that other children-and even adults, as the stories point out-share these feelings is a great comfort for kids. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

An updated version of the timeless children's classic featuring a business-savvy mouse, a kind alley cat, and a talented country cricket, featuring a new foreword and revisions by YA author Stacey Lee. Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he'd seen it all. But he's never met a cricket before, which really isn't surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very heart of New York City—the Times Square subway station. Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow. He'd be there still if he hadn't followed the entrancing aroma of liverwurst ...

Dicen que el poder absoluto lo corrompe… absolutamente todo, pero resulta que incluso una pizquita de magia puede arrastrarte hasta el lado oscuro. Esa es la razón por la que Lily tiene que aprender a controlar sus recién descubiertas habilidades, y tiene que hacerlo rápidamente, porque, junto con su amiga Scout, está metida hasta las cejas en una batalla entre el bien y el mal que se libra en los pasillos subterráneos del internado en el que estudia. Y, por si fuera poco, Sebastian la invita a una reunión privada. Está como un tren, es poderoso y se ha ofrecido a ayudarla a utilizar ...

Catrina and her family are moving to the coast of Northern California because her little sister, Maya, is sick. Cat isn't happy about leaving her friends for Bahía de la Luna, but Maya has cystic fibrosis and will benefit from the cool, salty air that blows in from the sea. As the girls explore their new home, a neighbor lets them in on a secret: There are ghosts in Bahía de la Luna. Maya is determined to meet one, but Cat wants nothing to do with them. As the time of year when ghosts reunite with their loved ones approaches, Cat must figure out how to put aside her fears for her sister's...