Como Un Susurro

In Del Rio, Texas, life is all about borders -- and what happens when you cross the line. A fresh new series in the tradition of Bluford High explores what it's like to grow up on the edge. In the Rio Grande Valley, life is all about borders -- and what happens when you cross the line. Nothing is simple in a border town like Dos Rios, in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Even for high school students Fabiola Garza and her younger sister Alexis, whose parents run a local Tex-Mex restaurant, Dos Rios is full of borders -- where you should go, who your friends should be, which boy you should date. ...

The backdrop for the life and loves of a member of the small-town upper class is a village, population 13. With his feelings strangled by the snobbish standards set for him by his mother, all he can do is rebel on the inside. His only friend and drinking buddy is a retired sailor named Ismael. Ismael, no longer able to work and tired out by all the things he has done in his life, has returned to his home to die. But life, through the skills of an old witch, offers him one shady chance to become young again, which Ismael turns down. Hidden feelings in the heart of people who have felt how...

"La valiente Momo siempre se ha sentido a gusto en la feria medieval en la que trabajan sus padres. Pero este aäno estâa a punto de embarcarse en una aventura âepica, Æempieza la secundaria! Pronto descubrirâa que, en la vida real, los hâeroes y los villanos no siempre son tan fâaciles de identificar como en la feria. ÅCâomo conseguirâa hacerse un sitio (y nuevos amigos) en este reino tan extraäno y complicado?"--Back cover.

"Cuando Elisa no puede dormir se aventura con su linterna por Duermevela, un lugar entre el sueño y la vigilia. En una selva oscura y poblada donde los caminos llevan a encuentros esperados..."--Page [4] of cover.