Arcadia Public Library

"A veces tienes que pensar en el interior de la caja."-- "Terrance the turtle was born without a shell, so he uses a cardboard box instead. Terrance loves his box. It keeps him dry on soggy days, safe from snooping strangers, and is big enough to cozy up with a friend. But when another turtle points out that Terrance's shell is, well, weird, he begins to wonder whether there might be a better shell out there..."--

Del autor ganador de la Medalla Newbery, Matt de la Peña, y de la ilustradora bestseller del New York Times, Corinna Luyken, llega esta profundamente conmovedora oda a las infinitas posibilidades que cada niño promete: Una joven bailarina podría convertirse un día en programadora. Un jugador de baloncesto podría convertirse en poeta. La chistosa de la clase podría llegar a ser una maestra inspiradora. Y la niña silenciosa y solidaria de hoy...

"Rojo es una cera de colores azul con una etiqueta donde pone "rojo". Su maestro intenta ayudarla a pintar de color rojo (¡vamos a pintar fresas!), su madre intenta ayudarla a ser de color rojo enviándola a jugar con una compañera de color amarillo (¡Id a pintar una bonita naranja!), y las tijeras intentan ayudarla a ser de color rojo cortando un poco la etiqueta para que pueda respirar con más libertad. Pero Rojo no es feliz. No hay manera de...

When Firestar's grandchildren, Hollyleaf, Lionblaze, and Jayfeather, finally discover who their true parents are, there are dire consequences for ThunderClan and the Warrior Code.

Feeling deprived all her life of schooling, friends, mother, and even her name by her twin sister, Louise finally begins to find her identity. "Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated . . ." With her grandmother's taunt, Louise knew that she, like the biblical Esau, was the despised elder twin. Caroline, her selfish younger sister, was the one everyone loved. Growing up on a tiny Chesapeake Bay island in the early 1940s, angry Louise reveals how...

Kate, Michael, and Emma have passed from one orphanage to another in the ten years since their parents disappeared to protect them, but now they learn that they have special powers--and a fearsome enemy--and embark on a prophesied quest to find a magical book. Tres niǫs. Dos mundos. Una profeca̕. Kate es la mayor y ms̀ responsable. A sus 14 aǫs es la n͠ica que recuerda a sus padres, especialmente las l͠timas palabras de su madre pidiňdole...