El corazón y la espada

She was little and quick and pretty. Her mother nicknamed her Colibri, Spanish for "Hummingbird". At age four she was kidnapped, torn from her parents on a crowded bus in Guatemala City. Since then, she's traveled with "Uncle," the ex-soldier and wandering beggar who has renamed her Rosa. Uncle has always told Rosa that he searched for his parents but had no success. There's almost no chance Rosa will ever find them--but Rosa still remembers and longs for them. When she was young, Uncle consulted fortune-tellers who told him that Rosa would bring him luck--a treasure big enough to last him...

Luke acaba de heredar seis millones de dólares... y ocho fantasmas que lo quieren ver muerto. Luke Manchett tiene dieciséis años y acaba de recibir la herencia de su padre. La vida le sonríe. Pero el dinero tiene un precio. El padre de Luke era nigromante, lo que implica que la herencia también incluye ocho sanguinarios fantasmas... Fantasmas que buscan venganza.

Olivia tiene problemas a la hora del baño: no le gusta que le laven el pelo y, además, cuando la peinan le hacen daño. Su madre le cuenta una historia y Olivia se convence de que es mejor bañarse y peinarse todos los días.

It's almost Valentine's Day, and Carlos and Carmen don't have any cards for their class! So they spend the day making valentines. They make big valentines and little valentines. They make valentines with glitter and valentines with stickers. Mamá and Papá think the twins may have made too many valentines. But, the twins have the perfect plan to make sure everybody has a happy Valentine's Day. Calico Kid is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO. Translated by native Spanish speakers--and immersion school educators.