"De pronto Greg se descubre a sí mismo inmerso en la tensión de las fiestas de chicos y chicas, mayores responsabilidades y hasta los cambios fisiológicos propios de la edad. Todo ello sin poder contar con su mejor amigo, Rowley. ¿Podrá Greg salir adelante por sus propios medios? ¿O tendrá que rendirse ante La Horrible Realidad?"--p. [4] of cover. While trying to find a new best friend after feuding with Rowley, middle-school slacker Greg...

"El papá de Eugenio no regresará nunca más. Se ha ido. Para siempre. Contra ese "para siempre" no hay ninguna pastilla. Nunca más volverá a ser como fue, dice la madre. Pero hay que seguir adelante. ¿Pero por qué, de repente, la gente se vuelve tan rara? Los hay que susurran, que únicamente dicen: "Pobre niño" y sonríen. Y el ejército de los mudos. Son la mayoría. Resulta difícil hablar de ello y, sin embargo, es muy fácil: Papá no...

The Notebook of Doom is missing and Alexander and his fellow-monster hunters, Rip and Nikki, are convinced that the boss-monster has it; but is that monster the mysterious Principal Vanderpants, who is certainly behaving oddly, or someone else--and they need to figure that out quickly because a mistake could have deadly consequences for Stermont Elementary.

Cuando un padre es apartado de su familia y enfrenta la deportación, su familia se queda sufriendo con el duelo y deseando saber qué sucederá después. Maricela, Manuel y su madre enfrentan los muchos desafíos al tener que su vida es cambiada completamente por la ausencia de su padre y su esposo. Mudarse a una casa nueva, juegos de fútbol perdidos, fiestas de cumpleaños, y el vacío son ahora la norma del día a día. La Luna Mango muestra cómo...

Half god and half human, Rue has made a vow to restore the magic that the Chancellor and the Grays have stolen from the Ghizoni and take back their land; she has more fully embraced her identity among the people of Yiyo Peak, but she is also from East Row in Houston, and girls from East Row do not give in to oppressors. After the murder of her mother, Rue was taken from her home in Houston and forced to assimilate into her father's home: Ghizon,...

The kids in these humorous short stories each have a minor superpower they're learning to live with. One can shape-shift--but only part of her body, and only on Mondays. Another can always tell whether an avocado is perfectly ripe. One can even hear the thoughts of the animals in the pet store! But what these stories are really about is their young protagonists "owning" a power that contributes to their individuality, that allows them to find their...

Lupe Impala, El Chavo Flapjack, and Elirio Malaria love working with cars. You name it, they can fix it. But the team's favorite cars of all are lowriders - cars that hip and hop, dip and drop, go low and slow, bajito y suavecito. The stars align when a contest for the best car around offers a prize of a trunkful of cash - just what the team needs to open their own shop! ¡Ay chihuahua! What will it take to transform a junker into the best car in...

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. Ghost has a crazy natural talent, but no formal training....

La magia no parece posible para los Tejones de West Bottom. Ocupan el último lugar de su liga de baloncesto y nadie cree que ellos puedan ganar un solo partido. Pero cuando el Profesor Rolabi Wizenard se convierte en su nuevo entrenador en un training camp de dos semanas de duración, el equipo no puede entender ni explicar las cosas mágicas que ven y escuchan. Cada jugador comienza a experimentar visiones únicas muy extrañas, visiones que desafían...

"Eleven-year-old Stella Rodriguez finds herself in possession of a strange new pet that swallows up everything in sight when a black hole decides to follow her home"-- Eleven-year-old Stella Rodriguez finds herself in possession of a strange new pet that swallows up everything in sight when a black hole decides to follow her home from NASA one day. Stella especially likes it when Larry swallows up items that remind her of her dad who died recently...