In TV star Lauren Conrad's delicious, entertaining novel about young Hollywood, the lies are only as sweet as the people telling them.Jane Roberts is a bona fide celebrity - she is treated like a queen, has couture clothes and starlet looks. She also has the tabloid scandals, fake friends and relentless paparazzi. Now that Jane has survived her first season on the air, she has learned a few things. Most importantly: Hollywood is full of people trying to use you - especially her former friend and current co-star, Madison Parker.So Jane is trying to surround herself with the people she knows love her for her. Like Scarlett, her best friend since childhood. And Caleb, her high school boyfriend who happens to be back in Los Angeles for the next few months. Sure, after a recent - and very public - love-life implosion, Jane is on a break from boys. But that does not mean she can't spend time with Caleb. They are just friends. She and Braden are also now friends after they lived through a horrible photo scandal. Well, maybe not, but a little drama never hurt anyone... too badly.Full of the ripped-from-real-life plot twists that Lauren's fans love, SUGAR AND SPICE is another great page-turner in this juicy teen series.
Ten-year-old Sugar lives on River Road Plantation along the banks of the Mississippi River. Slavery is over, but working in the sugarcane fields all day doesn't make her feel very free. Thankfully, Sugar knows how to make her own fun, telling stories, climbing trees, and playing with forbidden friend Billy, the plantation owner's son. Then a group of Chinese workers arrives to help harvest the cane. Sugar wants to know everything about them - she loves the way they dress, their unfamiliar language, and, best of all, the stories they tell of dragons and emperors. Unfortunately, other folks on the plantation feel differently - they're fearful of these new neighbors and threatened by their different customs. Sugar knows things will only get better if everyone works together, so she sets out to help the two communities realize they're not so different after all. Sugar is the inspiring story of a strong, spirited young girl who grows beyond her circumstances and helps others work toward a brighter future.
La autora, a partir de pequeños fragmentos de relatos que logró recopilar, reconstruyó narraciones que nos hablan del patrimonio cultural de seis pueblos originarios de América del Sur, que habitan el territorio de lo que hoy conocemos como Chile, desde mucho antes de la gestación de este país: Lickantay (atacameños), Chango, Diaguita, Colla, Yagán y Kawéskar. Estas narraciones, reunidas en una antología intercultural, permiten al lector acercarse a la forma en que estos pueblos entienden el mundo, así como a sus creencias y saberes. Por ejemplo, para el pueblo Lickantay, que habita la zona interior del desierto de Atacama, el sol primigenio quemó todo a su paso, transformando a los ancestros en grandes cerros tutelares. En la parte final del libro se incluyen algunos aspectos de la cultura de estos pueblos originarios y orientaciones didácticas para trabajar cada uno de los relatos con niños y niñas.
School Spirit
Kat's mother is a medium, and not the kind that fits between small and large; she sees spirits and communicates with them. And, even worse, Kat has just discovered that she can see spirits, too. Now it's up to Kat and her best friend, Jac, to help a spirit trapped in their school cross over successfully. The question is, can they do it without having to switch schools themselves?
Cinco cuentos con pinceladas de amor, bravura y mucha magia, que despliegan el gran arte de Liliana Bodoc.
El diablo se enamora de Rubilda, la vendedora de manzanas más linda de todo el Mercado de las Rosas. Él intentará conquistar su corazón, con la ayuda de su madrina la bruja y sus milenarios hechizos. ¿Logrará su cometido? ¿Qué destino espera a este pobre diablo enamorado?
Este y otros cuentos de amor, vida, esperanza y sueños completan el arcoíris de historias de Liliana Bodoc.
Noch immer kann es Saha kaum glauben: Sie ist ein Submarine, halb Mensch, halb Meermädchen. Gemeinsam mit ihrem Schwarm erkundet sie den Ozean. Als Saha auf den mysteriösen Prinzen des Graureiter-Schwarms trifft und mit ihm auf seinem Wal reitet, ist sie wie verzaubert. Sie ist entschlossen, von nun an selbst über ihr Schicksal zu bestimmen. Doch der König der Graureiter hegt finstere Pläne für die Submarines, in denen ausgerechnet Saha als Mittlerin zwischen den Welten eine wichtige Rolle spielt. Saha gerät in große Gefahr und muss eine folgenschwere Entscheidung treffen ...
True love may mean certain death in a ghostly affair of risk and passion from New York Times bestselling duo Christina Lauren, authors of Beautiful Bastard. Tahereh Mafi, New York Times bestselling author of Shatter Me calls Sublime “a beautiful, haunting read.”
When Lucy walks out of a frozen forest, wearing only a silk dress and sandals, she isn’t sure how she got there. But when she sees Colin, she knows for sure that she’s here for him.
Colin has never been captivated by a girl the way he is by Lucy. With each passing day their lives intertwine, and even as Lucy begins to remember more of her life—and her death—neither of them is willing to give up what they have, no matter how impossible it is. And when Colin finds a way to physically be with Lucy, taking himself to the brink of death where his reality and Lucy’s overlap, the joy of being together for those brief stolen moments drowns out everything in the outside world. But some lines weren’t meant to be crossed…
Stupid Fast is playwright Geoff Herbach's first book for young adults. No one's more shocked than shy 15-year-old Felton Reinstein himself when he undergoes a tremendous growth spurt. After dusting the football jocks in a race, Felton marvels at his new athletic ability. Everything isn't looking up, however. Felton must also come to grips with his mother's sudden depression and his bratty younger brother. And then Felton learns a shocking secret about his past that helps put things in perspective.
This dramatic and moving story set in the days of the Negro Leagues illustrates the true meanings of friendship, prejudice, and heroism. Charlie Nebraska wants two things he can't get: to make the local Wildcats baseball team and to have life to return to the way it was before his father died two years earlier in the Korean War. Then Charlie meets Luther Peale, a former Negro Baseball League player who agrees to coach Charlie's fledgling neighborhood baseball team for a game against the Wildcats. But many of Charlie's white neighbors are suspicious of Luther, and when Charlie inadvertently reveals a secret of Luther's, violence erupts in the town and both Luther and Charlie are drawn into serious danger. Great family listening for ages 10 and up.
Tom Edison (no, not that Tom Edison) is a hopeful janitor who dreams of becoming a scientist--and Dr. Morice is a shy scientist who dreams of making friends. When an accident at the lab sends them back in time to the stone age, Tom and Dr. Morice must work together to face down cavemen, saber-tooth tigers, and other B.C. hazards, with only one problem: Tom isn't very good at science, and Dr. Morice isn't very good with people.
A laugh-out-loud time-travel adventure, Stuck in the Stone Age is the first in a series of novels that double as an introduction to the basics of creative writing. With the help of Story Pirate Captain Rolo Vincent and the Story Creation Zone, kids can use this kid-generated sci-fi comedy as inspiration to create their OWN great stories!
Arizona is excited to spend the weekend at her friend's house and they have a fun list of things planned. But they get sidetracked by a TV-show marathon and end up spending a day in front of the television.
