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4) Más allá
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The performers with Galaxy Circus are always doing daring and tricky things, risking their lives on a daily bases.Maybe this is why they seems to think about life after death.
5) Huesos
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"Introduce your little ones in both English and Spanish to the strong bond between a human and their pet - and how one passing away will never do them apart! Huesos is Abuelo's four-legged travieso, a rambunctious troublemaker with a constant ball of energy and a big bite. Nothing and no one is safe from Huesos' mischief and chomping teeth, from Grandpa's slippers to the neighborhood's mailman. Until on day, Calaca Pascuala knocks on his door and...
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"Transformed by the goddess Yemoja into a Mami Wati, an African mermaid charged with collecting the souls of those who die at sea, Simi goes against the gods to save a living boy, Kola, from drowning"--OCLC.
Transformed by the goddess Yemoja into a Mami Wata, an African mermaid charged with collecting the souls of those who die at sea, Simi goes against the gods to save a living boy, Kola, from drowning. To protect the other Mami Wata, Simi must...
7) Everlost
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Skinjacker trilogy volume 1
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When Nick and Allie are killed in a car crash, they end up in Everlost, or limbo for lost souls, where although Nick is satisfied, Allie will stop at nothing--even skinjacking--to break free.
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Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.
"Voy en busca d un Gran quizá, " Miles se siente fascinado por esta ultimas palabras del escritor Francois Rabelais. Aburrido de su mono̓tona existencia, inicia su propia búsquéda y se muda a Alabama par terminar la preparatoria en el internado...
9) Peque y yo
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"Cuando mi perro Peque muri̤, todos en casa nos pusimos tristes. Al d̕a siguiente, una nube comenz̤ a seguirme a todos lados, me entr̤ jab̤n en los ojos y un pulpo me agarr̤ muy fuerte del coraz̤n."--
"When Peque, my dog, died, everyone at home was sad. The next day, a dark cloud began to follow me around and it felt like I had soap in my eyes and an octopus wrapped tightly around my heart."--
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"Meet Skeletina, a fun-loving, fearless little girl who lives in the in-between world with her friends, who include monsters, creatures, ghosts, and more. The upside-down, inside-out, in-between world is where the living go when they are fast asleep and where the dead hang out when they have unfinished business. Visitors to the in-between world are children who come to confront their fears or to see a loved one who has recently left the world of the...
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In the Andes Mountains, Felipa misses her grandmother Abuelita, and goes in search of her soul, only to find the celebrations of the Day of the Dead to be the perfect way to feel close to Abuelita again.
Abuelita ha muerto y Felipa se siente muy triste. Para consolarla, sus padres le explican que las almas de las personas muertas viven para siempre ... Cuando toda la aldea se prepara para celebrar el Día de los Muertos y honrar a los seres queridos...
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Children ask different adults and themselves about death and receive a wide variety of answers. Includes an afterword and suggestions for parents.
"¿Qué debe responderle a un niño cuando pregunta sobre la muerte? En este libro, escrito con gran sensibilidad, los niños preguntan a varios adultos, y a sí mismos: ¿Adonde van las personas cuando mueren? Cada respuesta es diferente y refleja las distintas creencias sobre las muerte. También se...
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Jerome, de doce años, es la más reciente víctima, asesinada por un policía blanco que confunde su pistola de juguete con una amenaza. Como fantasma, él observa la devastación que se ha desatado en su familia y comunidad a raíz de lo que ven como un asesinato injusto y brutal. Una vez más, Jewell Parker Rhodes entrelaza hábilmente capas históricas y sociopolíticas en una historia apasionante y conmovedora sobre cómo los niños y las familias...
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Empieza a leer y conócela junto con Lula, una niña que se la encuentra en un clóset encerrada el día en que muere su abuelita. La historia de estas dos simpáticas amigas nos enseña que la muerte es parte natural de la vida y que no hay razón para temerle, ocultarla o hacer como si no pasara nada. Además, cada uno de nosotros llevamos dentro nuestra propia Tilica, ¿no me crees? Pues atrévete a leer este libro y verás que también descubrirás...
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"Mamá prometió cuidarnos siempre. Y las promesas de mamá no se rompen nunca." --
"A little fox lives in the countryside with his dad: Before she died, his mother made them a promise: she would always take care of them. So he knows that, even if she is not there with them, he can find her in everything that surrounds them: in the kitchen fire, in the yarn he left at home, in the forest, and above all, in the stars." --
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Cuatro vientos volume 123
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The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.