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The Authorities have decided to remove one day from the calendar and the date chosen just happens to be the sixth of October, the day Edu was born. He's suddenly been stripped of a birthday - stuck at ten years old. And of course he isn't taking it very well. Although it isn't the first time that this has happened (why do you think February has only 28 days?) - that's no consolation to Edu.
Lazaro was born in Salamanca, right by the Tormes river. He was very poor and had to take care of himself from a young age. He didn't live in a happy world, but he was clever and cunning and he found ways to get by...
Every journey unfolds across three dimensions: the inner journey, the journey through time and the journey through space. The spatial dimension fills the senses while the temporal one fuels the experience, but it is the inner journey that can truly change a human being. But can a human being change the meaning of the universe?
This book was created as a guide for boys on their road to puberty and maturity. It offers a real, natural image of boys and masculinity, free from stereotypes, which welcomes the expression of feelings such as sadness through tears. Boys are powerful in a different way from what we have been led to believe.
This book was created as a guide for girls on their road to puberty and maturity. Using poetic language, in harmony with the illustrations, it offers a real, natural image of girls, moving away from the hyper-sexualized image promoted by our society and culture.
One weekend of torrential rain, four people come together in La Solana, a small Mediterranean village. Victor and Valeria’s marriage is in crisis, and their business trip looks as though it may really be the end of their relationship. Breogán and Brigitte are an artist and a tourist guide, washed up in this lost corner of the coast and meandering its narrow streets without ever meeting.
Stella must accept her destiny when, on the day of her sixteenth birthday, she discovers a secret which will shake the foundations of her peaceful life in a town on the Mediterranean coast. Growing up carries many responsibilities, something Stella will learn about with the help of her friends.
One full moon night at Sharlok Home Boarding School, Fernando magically meets Hopi, a very small puppy. The two of them, along with Balbina, will form a young, inexperienced but brave team of detectives. They will have to face the horrible Professor Salami, Sibiuda and the mystery of the disappearing socks. Will they succeed?
The protagonist of this novel is curious and inexperienced and has an unusual, almost supernatural gift, that makes him different from everyone else. He also has an unlimited passion for the different languages of the world.
The Spanish Civil War has been a source of literary inspiration almost since the moment it finished, and The Boy and the Lost Village is the latest book to draw on its history, set around the events of the Battle of the Ebro and the Fatarella mountains.