La Regenta

Cuenta la leyenda que en una tribu de África, cuando una mujer se entera de que está esperando un hijo, corre a decírselo a las otras mujeres. Ellas creen que cada persona tiene una canción muy suya, la Canción de la Vida. Por eso, unos días más tarde, al amanecer, se adentran en la selva para descubrir, juntas, la canción de la nueva criatura.

No better feeling exists in the world than stepping to the top of a winner's podium and hoisting a trophy high in the air. At least, that's what Allie thinks . . . she's never actually won anything before. Everyone in her family is special in some way -- her younger sister is a rising TV star; her brother is a soccer prodigy; her great-grandfather is a Congressional Medal of Honor winner. With a family like this, Allie knows she has to make her mark or risk being left behind. She's determined to add a shiny medal, blue ribbon, or beautiful trophy to her family's award shelf. When a...

Hay dos cosas que todos sabemos de las luciérnagas: que vuelan y que tienen luz propia. Lo que pocos saben es que volar, lo que se dice volar, sólo los machos pueden hacerlo, porque las hembras tienen alas minúsculas y sólo pueden quedarse brillando entre las hojas. Es una ley dictada por la naturaleza. Pero para Lucía, no hay leyes que no se puedan desafiar con tal de conseguir su sueño y volar como un cometa por la noche. Un libro inspirado en Las luciérnagas no vuelan. Breve ópera luminosa.

Harley knows her grandparents are sick, but what she doesn't know is that the four of them will take turns going to the bathroom in their vacation trailer when she comes to visit. None of it makes sense and sends her into a panic until her Nana, the last to make the leap, explains to her that the bathroom in their getaway home is not only that, but a portal to the afterlife. For years they had been the secret keepers of this portal, but now, in their time to enter, leaving life behind for the land of the dead, that responsibility has fallen to Harley. Beyond the shock, there is only one...