Mercedes Guhl

"Shortly after retiring from the university where she taught literature, Antonia Vega, a Latino writer, loses her beloved husband and her life seems to suddenly fall apart. Until then, she seemed to have found comfort in the literature she loves--the words of her favorite authors spin around her head like prayers--but the disappearance of her sister, with her unpredictable personality and big heart, along with the appearance of an immigrant illegally...

"When celebrated writer Alma Cruz inherits a small plot of land in the Dominican Republic, she turns it into a place to bury her untold stories--literally. She creates a graveyard for manuscript drafts and revisions and the characters whose lives she tried and failed to bring to life and who still haunt her. Alma wants her characters to rest in peace, but they have other ideas, and the cemetery becomes a mysterious sanctuary for their true narratives"--Provided...

When three girls and their father visit for a week in the summer, it takes Tíá́ Lola to make Miguel forget his unhappiness at the absence of any boys and embrace the adventures that ensue.

Virgil se siente fuera de lugar en su familia loca por los deportes. Valencia es sorda, inteligente y ama todo sobre la naturaleza. Kaori es una psíquica autoproclamada, cuya hermana pequeña, Gen, siempre la sigue. Y Chet desea que los niños raros simplemente dejen de ser tan diferentes para poder concentrarse en el baloncesto. No son amigos Pero cuando Chet tira una broma que atrapa a Virgil y su conejillo de indias en el fondo de un pozo, Kaori,...

"En la entrega final de Poptrópica, Mya, Oliver, y Jorge están más lejos de casa que nunca. Con la égida destruida, las islas de Poptrópica han sido desestabilizadas, y ahora no hay manera de cruzar. Sin embargo, cuando todo parece perdido, los héroes persiguen una leyenda sobre una red en el corazón de Poptrópica que conecta todo el tiempo." -- "In the final installment of Poptrópica, Mya, Oliver, and Jorge are further from home than ever...