La sangre de las valkirias

Con Moll Flanders, Daniel Defoe dio vida a una de las heroínas literarias más universales y carismáticas de la historia. La novela, además de ser una biografía criminal, tiene puntos de contacto con la literatura picaresca. La protagonista de la novela es una mujer que busca a toda costa salir de la vida que le ha tocado; para ello pasará por bodas, robos, fraudes, incluso la prisión. Es muy liberal para la época, con una conciencia bastante selectiva que por una parte se despreocupa totalmente de sus hijos, y en cambio pone reparos en el modo de conseguir marido, y cuida la moralidad ...

My sister Rose lives on the mantelpiece.Well, some of her does.A collarbone, two ribs, a bit of skull, and a little toe. To ten-year-old Jamie, his family has fallen apart because of the loss of someone he barely remembers: his sister Rose, who died five years ago in a terrorist bombing. To his father, life is impossible to make sense of when he lives in a world that could so cruelly take away a ten-year-old girl. To Rose's surviving fifteen year old twin, Jas, everyday she lives in Rose's ever present shadow, forever feeling the loss like a limb, but unable to be seen for herself alone. Told ...

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.

There's a warrior goddess who's brave, powerful, and kind, the friend of the sun and the wind. She cares for her body and mind and helps others make the world a better place. Join this girl with great aspirations to find out how you too can become a warrior goddess. You don't need to be grown up to be a hero!