Betsy Byars

The Midnight Fox is an atmospheric and heartfelt story, and one of Betsy Byars best-loved classics. And then, this afternoon, Uncle Fred said to me, you and Ill go after the fox. Tom, a town boy, is horrified when his parents tell him he has to stay on Aunt Millies farm while they are away. He finds country life every bit as strange and uncomfortable as he feared. But soon, he discovers a rare black fox with green eyes, living with her cubs in the forest. Suddenly, the summer is full of excitement. That is, until Uncle Fred decides to go after the fox - will Tom save her and her family in time?I would recommend this book to anyone who loves animals and an adventure story. Josh, age 10, ToppstaA stand-out.Kirkus

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Un emotivo alegato a la esperanza y a la amistad.Carlie, Harvey y Thomas J. han sido acogidos por los Manson. Los tres se sienten como esas bolas de las máquinas tragaperras que van y vienen sin rumbo fijo; y desearian ser otros niños. Sin embargo, los dias compartidos en casa de los Manson les enseñaran que, ir o no a la deriva, esta en sus manos. ¿Cambiaran, pues, el rumbo de sus vidas?

Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award In peaceful Southern Sweden Louise Akerblom, an estate agent, pillar of the Methodist church, wife and mother, disappears. There is no explanation and no motive. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team are called in to investigate. As Inspector Wallander is introduced to this missing person's case he has a gut feeling that the victim will never be found alive but he has no idea how far he will have to go in search of the killer and the origin of the crime. In South Africa, Nelson Mandela has made his long walk to freedom, setting in train the country's painful journey towards the end of Apartheid. Wallander and his colleagues find themselves caught up in a complex web involving renegade members of South Africa's secret service and a former KGB agent, all of whom are set upon halting Mandela's rise to power. In an increasingly globalised world Wallander and his team are faced with international terrorism which knows no frontiers - they must prevent a hideous crime that means to dam the tide of history.

Bingo escribe en su diario todas las preguntas sin respuesta que se va formulando a lo largo del día. ¿Llegará algún día a entender a las chicas? ¿Por qué siempre está metido en líos?... Cuando el señor Markham, el mejor profesor que ha tenido, sufre un grave accidente, Bingo se pregunta si podria haberlo evitado.Combinando humor y ternura, la autora crea un inolvidable retrato de un muchacho desconcertado por los interrogantes de la juventud y que no entiende del todo los conflictos de los adultos.

Bingo mira una foto suya, se observa en el espejo... ¿Cómo puede alguien enamorarse de esta cara? ¿Tiene algo especial que él no ha visto? ¿Qué es? De pronto, en la vida de Bingo comienzan a suceder demasiadas cosas; no solo el enamorarse de Melissa, sino que tambien, en pocos meses, tendra un hermanito con el que compartir sus victorias y desgracias.Nuevamente, con humor y ternura, la autora nos retrata a un muchacho adolescente que ahora se enfrenta a los problemas del amor.