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Alice va al último curso en el instituto. Sólo le quedan unos exámenes y podrá presentarse a la selectividad. Mientras, a su alrededor ocurren cosas nuevas, excitantes y desconocidas: el primer amor, la primera vez... Es difícil ser adulto y aprender a ser uno mismo... Además, en su casa las cosas no van muy bien, su padre viaja constantemente por motivos de trabajo, aunque Alice sospecha que hay algo más. El mundo de los adultos es un caos y el suyo también, y encima no parece haber nadie que la ayude a contar las estrellas. Carlo es de los que se sienta siempre en la última fila,...

The United States grew rapidly from the time of the Louisiana Purchase to the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. All of this expansion came at the expense of Native American populations that had either lived in the region for centuries or been forced there from ancestral homes in the East. Tribes memorably fought on their own and together in an doomed effort to retain the land and a lifestyle that had long sustained their families. This book outlines some of the major conflicts of the Westward Expansion, and of the treaties and were signed, and often broken, by representatives of the...

A nonsensical and factual look at animals. Use of eye-catching illustrations and clear text answers children's most frequently asked questions about animals.

If we could take a trip to the center of the Earth, what would we find? In this amazing book readers can do just that with the help of a special ship that can handle the extreme heat and pressure deep beneath Earth’s crust. Digging through a few miles of the crust is just the start of the nearly 4,000-mile journey to Earth’s core. Readers might be surprised to find that not all of the trip is through solid rock, as the intense heat does strange and amazing things to the material that makes up our planet!