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Awards
Authentic Literature
Castillo de la Lectura
Size: 5.1 x 7.7 in
Pages: 216
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 978-607-621-307-0
Una criatura del mar
y otros cuentos
Half a Creature from the Sea
Author: David Almond
Illustrated by: Eleanor Taylor
Located in Tyneside, England, the hometown of
David Almond, these eight stories portray some
autobiographical episodes of the author, where
the extraordinary emerges from the child’s vision
and his immense creativity. Accompanied by the
evocative and delirious illustrations of Eleanor
Taylor, the stories show how the imagination allows
us to understand the world.
A fine selection of stories where the ordinary
coexists with the magical and unexpected.
THEMES
Short Stories/
Mystical/
Suspense/ Horror
Book: Nominated for
the German Children’s Literature
Award (JugendliterAturPreis
Selected for
the Prix Sorcières
Author: Winner of
the 2010 Hans Christian
Andersen Award
Costa Book Awards
Prix Sorcières 2006,
2010 and 2015 German
Children’s Literature Award
(JugendliterAturPreis)
Nominated for
the Astrid Lindgren
Memorial Award (ALMA)
Grades: 8 and up
Vida en peligro
Life in Danger
Author: Hortensia Moreno
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Illustrated by: Jesús Benítez
Twelve-year-old Monica has just moved. Days after
the move she meets Eli when both were spying on a
house that looks abandoned. From that moment on,
they become inseparable. While they try to unveil the
secrets of the house and the woman who lives there,
they discover the intensity and the ups and downs of
unconditional friendship.
A novel that recalls and celebrates the intensity of
affections at the beginning of adolescence.
Castillo de la Lectura
Size: 5.1 x 7.7 in
Pages: 256
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 978-970-200-982-5
Theme:
Friendship/
Conflicts/Loyalty
Grades 8 and up