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La casa en Mango Street es la extraordinaria historia de Esperanza Cordero. Contado a través de una serie de viñetas --a veces desgarradoras, a veces profundamente alegres-- es el relato de una niña latina que crece en un barrio de Chicago, inventando por sí misma en qué y en quién se convertirá. Pocos libros de nuestra era han conmovido a tantos lectores.
The House on Mango Street tells the extraordinary story of Esperanza Cordero. Told through...
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Cuando su madre la obliga a pasar las vacaciones con su padre en un pueblo de Carolina del Norte, Ronnie Miller una adolescente de 17 años, no puede imaginarse una tortura peor.
Hace tres años que sus padres se separaron, pero ella nunca lo superó. Su padre, concertista y profesor de piano, vive alejado de todo en una casita cerca de la playa, donde Ronnie y su hermano pequeño irán a pasar las vacaciones. En este entorno idílico,
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This New York Times bestseller is now available as a Spanish-language audio book. Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees is the history of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped by her confused memory of her mother's death when Lily was just a small child. This is a notable novel about female power-divine and human-and a story that women will share and pass from mother to daughter for generations. Ambientada en Carolina del Sur en...
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"When Aurora came to the United States, she learned to speak English. But her spaniel, Nena, did not. Sweet Nena loves to give besos, and she knows only Spanish. At the park, Nena may not know what the other dog owners are saying, but she and Aurora will always understand each other just fine."--
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A novel of a young girl, Esperanza Cordero, growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Her neighborhood is one of harsh realities and harsh beauty. Esperanza doesn't want to belong - not to her run-down neighborhood, and not to the low expectations the world has for her.
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All her life, 13-year old Anna has helped her sister fight leukemia. Anna has provided platelets, bone marrow, and even stem cells to ensure Kate's survival. But when their parents ask her to donate a kidney, Anna has had enough. She enlists the aid of a lawyer and announces her intention to sue for control of her own body.
"Anna ha nacido con un propósito muy específico. Nació porque un científico manipuló la conexión entre el óvulo de su...
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