-Titulo Original : Primos en tiempos de magia (Cousins in the Time of Magic) -Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: Tres primos son transportados a 1862 donde juegan un rol importante en la Batalla de Puebla, razon por la que hoy se conmemora el Cinco de Mayo, en esta encantadora aventura fantastica de secundaria. La historia vive con magia. Eso es lo que la alocada tia Xia les dice siempre a los primos Jorge, Camila y Siggy. El atrevido Jorge no podia ser mas distinto a sus primos: Camila es una soñadora que adora a los animales y Siggy es un aspirante a influencer que tiene una fiesta exclusiva a la que asistir. Y su tia tiene muchos secretos incluyendo una misteriosa espada con diamantes incrustados que Jorge definitivamente no debia ver. Pero, cuando los tres primos caen en un portal del tiempo en el patio de su tia, son transportados a 1862 y a un pasado lleno de maravillas y peligros. Para regresar al presente deben apresurarse y entregar la espada al general Ignacio Zaragosa justo a tiempo para la historica Batalla de Puebla en Mexico: el surgimiento de la celebracion del Cinco de Mayo. Mientras su viaje a Mexico los lleva a traves de la Guerra Civil americana, los primos observan como gran parte de la historia ha sido moldeada por comunidades Latine. Ellos deben encontrar sus poderes internos para asegurarse de las cosas pasen como tienen que pasar, sin alterar el pasado...

-Titulo Original : Los platanos son amor (Platanos Are Love) -Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: Un delicioso libro ilustrado sobre las formas en que los platanos dan forma a la cultura, la comunidad, y la familia Latina/o/x/e, contado a traves de las experiencias de una niña en la cocina con su abuela. Abuela dice, “Los platanos son amor.” Yo pense que eran comida. Pero Abuela dice que nos alimentan de mas de una manera. Con cada explosion de los tostones, pure de mangu y chisporroteo de los maduros, una niña aprende que los platanos son su historia, son su cultura y, lo mas importante, son amor...

-Titulo Original : Alas salvajes (Wings in the Wild) -Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: ¡Ahora disponible in español! Los seres alados han de ser libres. Y tambien lo han de ser los artistas, pero el gobierno cubano ha criminalizado cualquier arte que no tenga su aprobacion. Soleida y sus padres protestan contra esta injusticia con su jardin secreto de esculturas de aves encadenadas. Luego, un huracan derriba las paredes y deja al descubierto el arte ilegal, y sus padres son arrestados... Soleida huye sola a Centroamerica y se une a miles de refugiados cubanos varados en Costa Rica mientras buscan asilo en cualquier otro sitio. Ahi, conoce a Dariel, un muchacho cubanoamericano cuya musica enigmatica hechiza a las aves, a los animales… y a Soleida. Juntos trabajan para proteger el medioambiente y atraer la atencion del mundo hacia los artistas presos en Cuba. Pronto descubren que el amor no consta de caer rendido, sino de volar juntos hacia nuevas alturas. Pero las alas pueden ser fragiles, y Soleida y Dariel vienen de mundos diferentes. ¿Acaso ese futuro mejor por el que luchan incluira la posibilidad de que esten juntos...

-Titulo Original : True Gretch -- Young Adult Edition: Lessons for Anyone Who Wants to Make a Difference-Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: The young adult edition of the unconventionally honest, deeply personal, and sharply funny account from Michigan governor and rising Democratic star Gretchen Whitmer is packed with remarkable insights for young people wishing to make a difference in the world. When Gretchen Whitmer was growing up, her beloved grandmother Nino taught her that you can always find something good in other people. “Even the meanest person might have pretty eyes,” she would say, a piece of advice that Gretchen carries with her today in her role as the governor of Michigan. (And one that resonated more than another her grandmother offered: “never part your hair in the middle.”) From navigating a kidnapping and assassination plot in which she herself was a target to facing monumental challenges during a global pandemic, Big Gretch (as she’s now known) shares the key pieces of wisdom that have shaped her trailblazing career and personal experiences in this often hilarious, always uplifting book. Along the way, she tells stories about growing up gutsy in the Midwest, the wild comments she’s encountered as a public figure, and how to neutralize high-profile bullies with a fearless sense of humor. Told in her famously straightforward and slyly funny voice, this young adult edition of the governor’s story not only offers an intimate insight into the life of a politician with an astounding journey, but also affords extraordinary lessons for young people everywhere who wish to make a difference in the world...

-Titulo Original : From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler-Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) Run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with E. L. Konigsburg’s beloved classic and Newbery Medal-winning novel From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler! When Claudia decided to run away, she planned very carefully. She would be gone just long enough to teach her parents a lesson in Claudia appreciation. And she would go in comfort-she would live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She saved her money, and she invited her brother Jamie to go, mostly because be was a miser and would have money. Claudia was a good organizer and Jamie bad some ideas, too; so the two took up residence at the museum right on schedule. But once the fun of settling in was over, Claudia had two unexpected problems: She felt just the same, and she wanted to feel different; and she found a statue at the Museum so beautiful she could not go home until she bad discovered its maker, a question that baffled the experts, too. The former owner of the statue was Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Without her-well, without her, Claudia might never have found a way to go home...

-Titulo Original : Speaking of America: United States Presidents and the Words That Changed History-Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: A New York Times bestseller! From New York Times bestselling author Jared Cohen comes an encouraging and engaging debut children’s book that brings United States history to life through forty-five compelling presidential quotes, demonstrating the power of words and inspiring hope for the future of America. From 1776 to the present day, the Presidents of the United States have been America’s most important public speakers. Their words have inspired change throughout the highs and lows of history, from the Declaration of Independence to declarations in support of civil rights, and everything in between. Why did George Washington call for “good faith and justice towards all nations” in his farewell address? What did it mean for Franklin D. Roosevelt to proclaim, in the middle of the Great Depression, that “the only thing to fear is fear itself?” And in one of the most famous presidential speeches ever given, the Gettysburg Address, why did Abraham Lincoln choose to begin with math (“four score and seven years ago”)? In Speaking of America, the meaning and historical impact of quotes from the first forty-five American presidents are illuminated with wit and warmth. Full of fascinating facts that take listeners behind the scenes of American history, this captivating nonfiction book shows how US presidents have used their words to encourage, explain, assert, and defend-while equipping future leaders with the knowledge that they too have the power to change the world...

-Titulo Original : Elosa Y Su Ventanita Musical (elosas Musical Window) -Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: Inspirado en historias de la infancia de su madre, la celebre autora Margarita Engle y el premiado artista John Parra, han creado un vibrante libro ilustrado sobre como una jovencita y su familia encuentran alegria en la musica que entraba por su ventana. Eloisa ama la musica, pero como su familia es muy humilde, solo puede escuchar los ritmos y melodias que entran cuando abre su ventana. Pajaritos y gatos, con sus voces, entonan coros a diario, y canciones de la radio del vecino flotan en el aire. En la calle, los niños agitan maracas y producen ritmos con tambores bongos, un laud, un cencerro y un guiro, en fin, una orquesta. Los sonidos del vecindario es musica suficiente para Eloisa, pero cuando su mama se enferma y a su familia se le dificulta comprar medicinas, ¿podra la musica aliviarla del mismo modo en que consuela a Eloisa...

-Titulo Original : Out Of My Mind (the Out Of My Mind Series)-Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: Out of My Mind by Draper, Sharon M.. Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers,2010, Binding: Hardcove...

-Titulo Original : Duck For President (a Click Clack Book)-Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: From the New York Times bestselling creators of Click, Clack, Moo, comes an entertaning introduction to politics. My fellow Americans: It is our pleasure, our honor, our duty as citizens to present to you Duck for President. Here is a duck who began in a humble pond. Who worked his way to farmer. To governor. And now, perhaps, to the highest office in the land. Some say, if he walks like a duck and talks like a duck, he is a duck. We say, if he walks like a duck and talks like a duck, he will be the next president of the United States of America. Thank you for your vote...

-Titulo Original : Truman-Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: An NPR Favorite Book of 2019 A New York Times Best Children’s book of 2019 A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2019 A School Library Journal Best Picture Book of 2019 An enchanting tale of bravery, heroism, and undying devotion. -The New York Times Book Review After his best friend Sarah leaves for her first day of school, a tortoise named Truman goes on an adventure across the living room and learns to be brave in this thoughtful and heartwarming twist on a first experience story. Truman the tortoise lives with his Sarah, high above the taxis and the trash trucks and the number eleven bus, which travels south. He never worries about the world below…until one day, when Sarah straps on a big backpack and does something Truman has never seen before. She boards the bus! Truman waits for her to return. He waits. And waits. And waits. And when he can wait no longer, he knows what he must do. Even if it seems…impossible...

-Titulo Original : No Talking-Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: It’s boys vs. girls when the noisiest, most talkative, and most competitive fifth graders in history challenge one another to see who can go longer without talking. Teachers and school administrators are in an uproar, until an innovative teacher sees how the kids’ experiment can provide a terrific and unique lesson in communication. In No Talking, Andrew Clements portrays a battle of wills between some spunky kids and a creative teacher with the perfect pitch for elementary school life that made Frindle an instant classic...

-Titulo Original : Con Cario, Amalia (love, Amalia) -Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: Martha, la mejor amiga de Amalia, va a mudarse muy lejos. Y Amalia se siente triste y enojada. Sin embargo, aunque la vida parece injusta, las sabias palabras cariñosas de su abuelita la ayudan a sentirse un poco mejor. Amalia disfruta el tiempo que comparte con su abuela: cocinando, escuchando cuentos y musica y aprendiendo de la familia mientras miran las tarjetas que la abuelita atesora en una caja de madera de olivo. Pero cuando una nueva perdida sacude la vida de Amalia, nada tiene ya sentido. ¿Podra descubrir Amalia, a pesar del dolor, que especial es, aun si quienes ama ya no estan a su lado...

-Titulo Original : The Catwings Complete Paperback Collection (boxed Set) Catwings; Catwings Return; Wonderful Alexander And The Catwings; Jane On Her Own-Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: A litter of winged kittens flee the city and have charming adventures in legendary author Ursula K. Le Guin’s bestselling Catwings chapter book series-all four books now together in a paperback boxed set with a new look! Mrs. Jane Tabby can’t explain why her four kittens-Thelma, Roger, James, and Harriet-were born with wings. Whatever the reason, she’s grateful they can use their flying skills to soar away from the dangerous, busy city where they were born. But once the kittens escape, they learn that country life comes with its own difficulties-just as they learn that help and friendship can be found in even the most unlikely places. Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic series follows the winged feline siblings across four big adventures: finding a new home in the country, returning to the city to visit their mother, befriending a wonderful orange cat, and following the youngest sibling’s foray into the world on her own. This whimsical paperback boxed set includes: Catwings Catwings Return Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings Jane on Her Ow...

-Titulo Original : Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day-Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: A Latino-centric movie adaptation is coming soon to Disney! From children’s book legend Judith Viorst comes the perennially popular tale of Alexander’s worst day. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day is a story that belongs on every child’s bookshelf. Alexander could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. He went to sleep with gum in his mouth and woke up with gum in his hair. When he got out of bed, he tripped over his skateboard and by mistake dropped his sweater in the sink while the water was running. He could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Nothing at all was right. Everything went wrong, right down to lima beans for supper and kissing on TV. What do you do on a day like that? Well, you may think about going to Australia. You may also be glad to find that some days are like that for other people too...

-Titulo Original : Los Pltanos Son Amor (pltanos Are Love) -Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: Un delicioso libro ilustrado sobre las formas en que los platanos dan forma a la cultura, la comunidad, y la familia Latina/o/x/e, contado a traves de las experiencias de una niña en la cocina con su abuela. Abuela dice, “Los platanos son amor.” Yo pense que eran comida. Pero Abuela dice que nos alimentan de mas de una manera. Con cada explosion de los tostones, pure de mangu y chisporroteo de los maduros, una niña aprende que los platanos son su historia, son su cultura y, lo mas importante, son amor...

-Titulo Original : Con Una Estrella En La Mano (with A Star In My Hand) Ruben Dario -Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: Margarita Engle, la aclamada autora y Poeta Juvenil Laureada del Poetry Foundation, entrega una nueva y hermosa novela en verso acerca de Ruben Dario, el poeta nicaraguense y heroe popular que inicio el movimiento literario del Modernismo en Hispanoamerica. De niño, a Ruben Dario le gustaba escuchar a su tio abuelo, un hombre que contaba cuentos exagerados con una poderosa voz de trueno. Ruben aprendio bien pronto la magia de contar cuentos y descubrio el embeleso y la belleza del verso. Con su incansable alma romantica, Ruben viajo a traves de America Central y America del Sur en busca de aventura y conexion. Mientras descubria nuevos lugares y amores, escribia poemas para expresar la tormenta salvaje de sentimientos. Pero las formas tradicionales eran muy restrictivas. Comenzo a improvisar sus propias formas poeticas para plasmar el mundo entero en sus palabras. A la edad de veintiun años, publico su primer libro, Azul, que anuncio un nuevo y vibrante movimiento literario llamado Modernismo que combinaba poesia y prosa y convertia esa mezcla en algo magico. En sus hermosos poemas, Margarita Engle cuenta la historia de este apasionado joven que revoluciono la literatura mundial...

-Titulo Original : Turk And Runt A Thanksgiving Comedy-Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: Turks parents are proud of him, the biggest, strongest, most graceful bird at Wishbone Farm. Hes a dancer, says his mother. Hes an athlete, says his father. Hes a goner, says his little brother, Runt. But no one ever listens to Runt -- even after people with seasonal plans and roasting pans begin showing up at Wishbone Farm, or even after the juiciest turkeys are chosen, one by one. Chosen for what? Turk asks. No one wants to hear Runts answer. But you will laugh at what he has to do to get his familys attention. They are, after all, turkeys...

-Titulo Original : La Selva (forest World) -Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: Ahora disponible en español, la animada novela juvenil en verso de la galardonada autora Margarita Engle sobre un niño cubanoamericano que visita el pueblo de su familia en Cuba por primera vez y conoce a una hermana que no sabia que tenia. A Edver no le hace ninguna gracia que lo envien a Cuba a ver al padre que apenas conoce. Sin embargo, ahora que las leyes de viaje han cambiado y es mucho mas facil reunir a las familias divididas, su mama piensa que es hora de que padre e hijo pasen tiempo juntos. Edver no se imagina lo que le depara el verano, ¡pero definitivamente no espera conocer a la hermana que ni siquiera sabia que existia! Luza es un año mayor y esta muy entusiasmada por conocer a su hermanito, hasta que se da cuenta de cuan diferentes han sido sus vidas. A la busca de cualquier cosa que puedan tener en comun, se meten en internet y accidentalmente atraen la atencion de un peligroso cazador de animales salvajes. Edver ha luchado contra muchisimos villanos en los videojuegos. Ahora, para salvar la selva que tanto quieren, ¡Luza y el tendran que encontrar un modo de derrotar a un villano real...

-Titulo Original : How To Change Everything The Young Humans Guide To Protecting The Planet And Each Other-Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: “[A] uniquely inclusive perspective that will inspire conviction, passion, and action.” -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) An empowering, engaging young readers guide to understanding and battling climate change from the expert and bestselling author of This Changes Everything and On Fire, Naomi Klein. Warmer temperatures. Fires in the Amazon. Superstorms. These are just some of the effects of climate change that we are already experiencing. The good news is that we can all do something about it. A movement is already underway to combat not only the environmental effects of climate change but also to fight for climate justice and make a fair and livable future possible for everyone. And young people are not just part of that movement, they are leading the way. They are showing us that this moment of danger is also a moment of great opportunity-an opportunity to change everything. Full of empowering stories of young leaders all over the world, this information-packed book from award-winning journalist and one of the foremost voices for climate justice, Naomi Klein, offers young readers a comprehensive look at the state of the climate today and how we got here, while also providing the tools they need to join this fight to protect and reshape the planet they will inherit...

-Titulo Original : Blended-Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: Eleven-year-old Isabella’s blended family is more divided than ever in this “timely but genuine” (Publishers Weekly) story about divorce and racial identity from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Out of My Mind, Sharon M. Draper. Eleven-year-old Isabella’s parents are divorced, so she has to switch lives every week: One week she’s Isabella with her dad, his girlfriend Anastasia, and her son Darren living in a fancy house where they are one of the only black families in the neighborhood. The next week she’s Izzy with her mom and her boyfriend John-Mark in a small, not-so-fancy house that she loves. Because of this, Isabella has always felt pulled between two worlds. And now that her parents are divorced, it seems their fights are even worse, and they’re always about HER. Isabella feels completely stuck in the middle, split and divided between them more than ever. And she is beginning to realize that being split between Mom and Dad involves more than switching houses, switching nicknames, switching backpacks: it’s also about switching identities. Her dad is black, her mom is white, and strangers are always commenting: “You’re so exotic!” “You look so unusual.” “But what are you really?” She knows what they’re really saying: “You don’t look like your parents.” “You’re different.” “What race are you really?” And when her parents, who both get engaged at the same time, get in their biggest fight ever, Isabella doesn’t just feel divided, she feels ripped in two. What does it mean to be half white or half black? To belong to half mom and half dad? And if you’re only seen as half of this and half of that, how can you ever feel whole? It seems like nothing can bring Isabella’s family together again-until the worst thing happens. Isabella and Darren are stopped by the police. A cell phone is mistaken for a gun. And shots are fired...

-Titulo Original : The Report Card-Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: A fifth-grade genius turns the spotlight on grades-good and bad-in this novel from Andrew Clements, the author of Frindle. Nora Rose Rowley is a genius, but dont tell anyone. Shes managed to make it to the fifth grade without anyone figuring out that shes not just an ordinary kid, and she wants to keep it that way. But then Nora gets fed up with the importance everyone attaches to test scores and grades, and she purposely brings home a terrible report card just to prove a point. Suddenly the attention shes successfully avoided all her life is focused on her, and her secret is out. And thats when things start to get really complicated......

-Titulo Original : Nine, Ten A September 11 Story-Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: From the critically acclaimed author of Anything But Typical comes a “tense…and thought-provoking” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) look at the days leading up to the tragic events of September 11, 2001, and how that day impacted the lives of four middle schoolers. Ask anyone: September 11, 2001, was serene and lovely, a perfect day-until a plane struck the World Trade Center. But right now it is a few days earlier, and four kids in different parts of the country are going about their lives. Sergio, who lives in Brooklyn, is struggling to come to terms with the absentee father he hates and the grandmother he loves. Will’s father is gone, too, killed in a car accident that has left the family reeling. Naheed has never before felt uncomfortable about being Muslim, but at her new school she’s getting funny looks because of the head scarf she wears. Aimee is starting a new school in a new city and missing her mom, who has to fly to New York on business. These four don’t know one another, but their lives are about to intersect in ways they never could have imagined. Award-winning author Nora Raleigh Baskin weaves together their stories into an unforgettable novel about that seemingly perfect September day-the day our world changed forever...

-Titulo Original : Patina (track)-Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: A newbie to the track team, Patina must learn to rely on her teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons in this New York Times bestselling follow-up to the National Book Award finalist Ghost by New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds. Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team-a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves. Patina, or Patty, runs like a flash. She runs for many reasons-to escape the taunts from the kids at the fancy-schmancy new school she’s been sent to ever since she and her little sister had to stop living with their mom. She runs from the reason WHY she’s not able to live with her “real” mom anymore: her mom has The Sugar, and Patty is terrified that the disease that took her mom’s legs will one day take her away forever. And so Patty’s also running for her mom, who can’t. But can you ever really run away from any of this? As the stress builds, it’s building up a pretty bad attitude as well. Coach won’t tolerate bad attitude. No day, no way. And now he wants Patty to run relay…where you have to depend on other people? How’s she going to do THAT...

-Titulo Original : The Very, Very Far North-Fabricante : Atheneum Books For Young Readers-Descripcion Original: “Wonderfully follows in the tradition of A. A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh stories...Endearing...Will win over young readers in a heartbeat.” -Booklist (starred review) “Quirky and imaginative-postmodern storytelling at its best.” -Kirkus Reviews An inquisitive polar bear named Duane befriends an array of animals as he discovers where he belongs in this charming classic-in-the making. In the Very, Very Far North, past the Cold, Cold Ocean and just below the hill that looks like a baby whale, you’ll find Duane and his friends. Duane is a sweet and curious young bear who makes friends with everyone he meets-whether they’re bossy, like Major Puff the puffin, or a bit vain, like Handsome the musk ox, or very, very shy, like Boo the caribou. For these arctic friends, every day is a new adventure...