El fabricante de risas

Hace casi dos siglos unos seres diminutos llegaron escondidos en la tierra de los maceteros con árboles nuevos que portaban los colonos. Son los viajeros invisibles, protagonistas de esta novela ambientada en medio de la bella naturaleza del sur.

Jerusha «Judy» Abbott es una huérfana de 17 años cuyo futuro parece ya marcado. Después de años de soledad y duro trabajo en el orfanato y con pocas posibilidades de prosperar, su vida da un vuelco inesperado pues el destino tiene reservadas todavía grandes sorpresas para ella. Todo cambia cuando es llamada al despacho de la directora e informada de que un miembro del consejo de administración del hogar para huérfanos, que prefiere permanecer en el anonimato, ha decidido convertirse en su benefactor y enviarla a la universidad para que se convierta en escritora. Para obtener esta...

There’s no place like home when it’s time for bed. When Bear can’t sleep, he goes on an adventure and discovers the wonders of New York City—a parade, Central Park, hot dogs, and more! But when he finally gets tired and looks for a place to rest . . . he learns why it’s called the city that never sleeps. What’s a bear to do? Caroline Nastro’s gentle adventure and Vanya Nastanlieva’s engaging illustrations, available now in Spanish, are sure to comfort and delight!

With their father conducting strange experiments with plants in the basement, Margaret and Casey begin to investigate and soon discover that their father has begun to resemble a plant. Dr. Brewer is doing a little plant-testing in his basement. Nothing to worry about. Harmless, really. But Margaret and Casey Brewer are worried about their father. Especially when they meet some of the plants he is growing down there. Then they notice their father is developing plantlike tendencies. In fact, he's becoming distinctly weedy?and seedy. Is is just part of their father's "harmless" experiments? Or...

In an exploration of the immigrant experience in modern America, the author presents a deeply personal account of her experiences after leaving Cuba during the Freedom Flights of the 1960s.