Maria Liatis

"Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler was six years old when his father disappeared during Kristallnacht--the night their family lost everything. Samuel's mother secured a spot for him on the last Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to the United Kingdom, which he boarded alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin. Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita Diaz, a blind seven-year-old girl, and her mother board another train,...

A ton of copycat gossip apps have popped up since Simon died, but in the year since the Bayview four were cleared of his shocking death, no one's been able to fill the gossip void quite like he could. The problem is no one has the facts. Until now. This time it's not an app, though-it's a game. Truth or Dare. Phoebe's the first target. If you choose not to play, it's a truth. And hers is dark. Then comes Maeve and she should know better-always choose...

"Marisol loves to paint. So when her teacher asks her to help make a mural for the school library, she can't wait to begin! But wait-how can Marisol ever make a sky without blue paint? After gazing out the bus window and watching from her porch as day turns into night, she closes her eyes and starts to dream"--

Sumario en español: Si le das un pastelito a un gato, querrá ponerle confites de colores. Cuando le des los confites, derramará algunos en el piso. Después de limpiar, sentirá color. Tendrás que darle un traje de baño. Y éste es sólo el comienzo. A series of increasingly far-fetched events might occur if someone were to give a cupcake to a cat. If you give a cat a cupcake, he'll ask for some sprinkles to go with it. When you give him the...

In this bilingual story that introduces simple vocabulary words, a little girl and boy pick up seemingly unconnected objects on their walk around the yard, providing a surprise for the reader.

Growing up in New York, brothers Emil and Brighton always idolized the Spell Walkers-a vigilante group sworn to rid the world of specters. While the Spell Walkers and other celestials are born with powers, specters take them, violently stealing the essence of endangered magical creatures. Brighton wishes he had a power so he could join the fray. Emil just wants the fighting to stop. The cycle of violence has taken a toll, making it harder for anyone...

"Cuando la familia de Maribel se tiene que mudar con la t�ia Carmen porque papi perdi�o su trabajo, Maribel y su hermana se sienten dudosas. No siempre es f�acil compartir una habitaci�on o estar en una casa llena de primos ruidosos, pero papi les recuerda a las ni�nas que es solo por un ratito. Mientras tanto, siempre hay alguien con quien jugar, la hora de comer est�a llena de m�usica y carcajadas y la hora de dormir es para acurrucarse....

Baja California, 1979. Viridiana spends her days watching the dead sharks piled beside the seashore, as the fishermen pull their nets. There is nothing else to do, nothing else to watch, under the harsh sun. She's bored. Terribly bored. Yet her head is filled with dreams of Hollywood films, of romance, of a future beyond the drab town where her only option is to marry and have children. Three wealthy American tourists arrive for the summer, and Viridiana...

"Describes--in Spanish, English, and Nahuat--the characteristics of fire from the perspective of one little spark"--

Before going to sleep, a little rabbit says goodnight to many different things.