El monstruo Malacresta

Para Candra Lowell, de diecisiete años, el último año escolar debería ser lo mejor de su vida, no se supone que la envíen lejos con sus tíos "por su propio bien"... sea lo que eso signifique. Entonces llega la mala noticia, se entera que se transformará de humana a mujer lobo en unos meses, además de que heredará un poder único. En casa de sus tíos, Candra es inundada de pesadillas con bosques susurrantes, unos ojos brillantes y una figura sombría que le lanza una advertencia: debe irse del pueblo. Candra intenta quitarse esas imágenes de la mente, pero cuando esa figura aparece...

Life took me by unexpected paths, as a child I dreamed that the sky was an ocean of infinite crystal. And today I still feel it or thinking like that ... here I leave my love, my forgiveness, my pain, my passion, my devotion, my secrets, my ailments, my experiences. Hopes, failures, dedications, dreams of my imagination ... or creation ... whoever reads with his heart will feel identified. I started writing at age 17 for my first lost love ... that eternal and pure feeling that will never give up our hearts ... I admit that I also did it to fall in love. I never imagined that writing, feeling ...

Eerie Elementary is one scary school! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. Samuel Cementerio discovers that his elementary school is ALIVE! He finds this out on his first day as the school hall monitor. Samuel must defend himself and his fellow students against the evil school! Is he up to the challenge? ¡La escuela primaria de Samuel Cementerio está VIVA! El chico lo descubre el primer día que lo nombran monitor de pasillo. ¡Samuel deberá defender a sus compañeros y a sí mismo de la malvada escuela!...

In Spanish. A young girl describes what a typical day is like in her parents' Chinese store in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Recipient of a Pura Belpr� Illustrator Award Honor in 2000.