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Me llamo Márgara Averbach. Cuando era chica, mis padres, mi hermano y yo viajábamos mucho, siempre en auto. A San Salvador de Bahía, en Brasil; al Cuzco, en Perú; a Ushuaia por una ruta toda de ripio, no de pavimento como ahora. Eran días y días de auto y para que el viaje se nos hiciera más fácil, mi mamá nos leía en voz alta. Un libro a papá, el único que manejaba; un libro, a nosotros dos, en el asiento de atrás. En esos tiempos, lo confieso, a mí me gustaba tanto el viaje como el lugar al que llegábamos. Y me gustaba porque dentro del auto, el aire era todo historias. Desde ...

Bernardo, aged 11, is the hockey goalkeeper for the school team and his father is the greatest fan. But when the day of the final dawns, Bernardo falls ill. Father and son find themselves in a dilemma: should he play or stay at home? They finally decide to go to the doctor and in the way home, while the father is on the pharmacy Bernardo disappears… A funny book about the stupid things that a parents can do for their kids.

Un emocionante cuento que nos muestra como la imaginacion nos regala una sonrisa soñadora que nunca nunca debemos dar por perdida. A bewitching tale that shows us how our imaginations can fill in many gaps in our lives, bringing smiles to our faces that we should never, ever give up as lost. Lexile Level: 770L

Maya is a captive. In Grandmother's house in California, she is forbidden from playing or having friends, every word and action is strictly monitored, and even her memories of her mother have been erased -- except within the imaginary world she has created. A world away, in the rugged Wyoming wilderness, a tobiano Paint horse called Artemisia runs free, belonging only to the stars. The mother of a new foal and the lead mare of a harem band in a land where survival is precarious, she embodies the spirit of the wild-and she holds the key to Maya's memories. En la casa de su abuela a Maya le...