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A young boy tries to help his younger brother, whose mind and body has become occupied by another boy, a young soldier in Saddam Hussein's army during the Persian Gulf War.

La idea insistente de inmortalizar lo intangible. Los pensamientos sublimes de situaciones, cosas, o personas que estallan en la mente. Saber que con una pluma y un papel se pueden plasmar vidas, sentimientos y añoranzas. En cada poema se describe un recuerdo, un momento que se quiso hacer eterno... los paseos por la montaña, los ojos cafés llenos de otoño, las largas caminatas bajo el dorado sol de la tarde, tomar una cerveza a la orilla del mar, o una taza de café al despertar, el amor de una madre hacia una hija y viceversa, los besos entre sábanas blancas, la muerte de quien tanto...

When winter hits, many people in colder climates spend most of their time indoors. But what do wild animals do? Some animals spend winters hibernating. Beginning readers will learn what hibernation is, why some animals hibernate and others don't, and how hibernating animals prepare for their long sleep. Full-color photographs grab readers' attention and allow them to draw connections to the narrative. Readers will love learning about this mysterious, restful time in some animals' lives.

People today refer to the Midwestern and prairie states as flyover country. During the Civil War, crossing those areas was the biggest obstacle in uniting the East and West Coasts of our divided nation. An act of Congress in 1862 authorized the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroad companies to build a railroad that would link the coasts. Seven years later, on May 10, 1869, an overwhelmingly immigrant labor force completed the task when a rail line was join in Promontory, Utah. The states had become united at last.