Los Monstruos Que Merecemos

Author : Marcus Sedgwick
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781788542296

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The Monsters We Deserve by Marcus Sedgwick Pdf

'Do monsters always stay in the book where they were born? Are they content to live out their lives on paper, and never step foot into the real world?' The Villa Diodati, on the shore of Lake Geneva, 1816: the Year without Summer. As Byron, Polidori, and Mr and Mrs Shelley shelter from the unexpected weather, old ghost stories are read and new ghost stories imagined. Born by the twin brains of the Shelleys is Frankenstein, one of the most influential tales of horror of all time. In a remote mountain house, high in the French Alps, an author broods on Shelley's creation. Reality and perception merge, fuelled by poisoned thoughts. Humankind makes monsters; but who really creates who? This is a book about reason, the imagination, and the creative act of reading and writing. Marcus Sedgwick's ghostly, menacing novel celebrates the legacy of Mary Shelley's literary debut in its bicentenary year.

Author : Benjamin Alire Saenz
Publisher : Cinco Puntos Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781933693798

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Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Saenz Pdf

"Sáenz' poetic narrative will captivate readers from the first sentence to the last paragraph of this beautifully written novel. . . . It is also a celebration of life and a song of hope in celebration of family and friendship, one that will resonate loud and long with teens."—Kirkus Reviews "…There is never a question of either Sáenz’s own extraordinary capacity for caring and compassion or the authenticity of the experiences he records in this heartfelt account of healing and hope."—Booklist "Offering insight into [an adolescent's] addiction, dysfunction and mental illness, particularly in the wake of traumatic events, Sáenz's artful rendition of the healing process will not soon be forgotten."—Publishers Weekly "Sáenz weaves together [18-year-old] Zach's past, present, and changing disposition toward his future with stylistic grace and emotional insight. This is a powerful and edifying look into both a tortured psyche and the methods by which it can be healed."—School Library Journal Zach is eighteen. He is bright and articulate. He's also an alcoholic and in rehab instead of high school, but he doesn't remember how he got there. He's not sure he wants to remember. Something bad must have happened. Something really, really bad. Remembering sucks and being alive—well, what's up with that? I have it in my head that when we're born, God writes things down on our hearts. See, on some people's hearts he writes Happy and on some people's hearts he writes Sad and on some people's hearts he writes Crazy on some people's hearts he writes Genius and on some people's hearts he writes Angry and on some people's hearts he writes Winner and on some people's hearts he writes Loser. It's all like a game to him. Him. God. And it's all pretty much random. He takes out his pen and starts writing on our blank hearts. When it came to my turn, he wrote. I don't like God very much. Apparently he doesn't like me very much either. Sad Benjamin Alire Sáenz is a prolific novelist, poet, and author of children's books. Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood, his first novel for young adults, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a Young Adult Library Services Association Top Ten Books for Young Adults pick in 2005.

Author : Napoleon I (Emperor of the French)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1808
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0022322370

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Manifesto á la Europa. Bonaparte ha sido enviado al mundo para destruccion de la humanidad by Napoleon I (Emperor of the French) Pdf

Author : Fredric Wertham
Publisher : Main Road Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Comic books and children
ISBN : 159683000X

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Seduction of the Innocent by Fredric Wertham Pdf

Dr. Wertham was senior psychiatrist for the Department of Hospitals in New York City. This book, thoroughly documented by facts and cases, gives the substance of Dr. Wertham's expert opinion on the effects that comic books have on the minds and behavior of children who come in contact with them. Reprint of the 1954 edition with a new comprehensive Introduction by James E. Reibman, Ph.D.

Author : Cecilia Vicuña,Ernesto Livon-Grosman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780195124545

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The Oxford Book of Latin American Poetry by Cecilia Vicuña,Ernesto Livon-Grosman Pdf

The most inclusive single-volume anthology of Latin American poetry intranslation ever produced.

Author : Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Publisher : Cinco Puntos Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781935955320

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Everything Begins & Ends at the Kentucky Club by Benjamin Alire Sáenz Pdf

Winner of the 2013 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Benjamin Alire S enz's stories reveal how all borders--real, imagined, sexual, human, the line between dark and light, addict and straight--entangle those who live on either side. Take, for instance, the Kentucky Club on Avenida Ju rez two blocks south of the Rio Grande. It's a touchstone for each of S enz's stories. His characters walk by, they might go in for a drink or to score, or they might just stay there for a while and let their story be told. S enz knows that the Kentucky Club, like special watering holes in all cities, is the contrary to borders. It welcomes Spanish and English, Mexicans and gringos, poor and rich, gay and straight, drug addicts and drunks, laughter and sadness, and even despair. It's a place of rich history and good drinks and cold beer and a long polished mahogany bar. Some days it smells like piss. "I'm going home to the other side." That's a strange statement, but you hear it all the time at the Kentucky Club. Benjamin Alire S enz is a highly regarded writer of fiction, poetry, and children's literature. Like these stories, his writing crosses borders and lands in our collective psyche. Poets & Writers Magazine named him one of the fifty most inspiring writers in the world. He's been a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and PEN Center's prestigious award for young adult fiction. S enz is the chair of the creative writing department of University of Texas at El Paso. Awards: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Lambda Literary Award Southwest Book Award

Author : Swati Avasthi
Publisher : Ember
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-24
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780375863417

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Split by Swati Avasthi Pdf

A riveting portrait of life after abuse from an award-winning novelist. Sixteen-Year-Old Jace Witherspoon arrives at the doorstep of his estranged brother Christian with a re-landscaped face (courtesy of his father’s fist), $3.84, and a secret. He tries to move on, going for new friends, a new school, and a new job, but all his changes can’t make him forget what he left behind—his mother, who is still trapped with his dad, and his ex-girlfriend, who is keeping his secret. At least so far. Worst of all, Jace realizes that if he really wants to move forward, he may first have to do what scares him most: He may have to go back. Award-winning novelist Swati Avasthi has created a riveting and remarkably nuanced portrait of what happens after. After you’ve said enough, after you’ve run, after you’ve made the split—how do you begin to live again? Readers won’t be able to put this intense page-turner down.

Author : Benjamin Alire S‡enz
Publisher : Copper Canyon Press
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781556592973

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The Book of what Remains by Benjamin Alire S‡enz Pdf

Presents a collection of poems focusing on the border between the United States and Mexico.

Author : Martin Wilson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780735227842

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We Now Return to Regular Life by Martin Wilson Pdf

The Face on the Milk Carton meets The Impossible Knife of Memory in this ripped-from-the-headlines novel that explores the power of being an ally—and a friend—when a kidnapped boy returns to his hometown. Sam Walsh had been missing for three years. His older sister, Beth, thought he was dead. His childhood friend Josh thought it was all his fault. They were the last two people to see him alive. Until now. Because Sam has been found, and he’s coming home. Beth desperately wants to understand what happened to her brother, but her family refuses to talk about it—even though Sam is clearly still affected by the abuse he faced at the hands of his captor. And as Sam starts to confide in Josh about his past, Josh can’t admit the truths he’s hidden deep within himself: that he’s gay, and developing feelings for Sam. And, even bigger: that he never told the police everything he saw the day Sam disappeared. As Beth and Josh struggle with their own issues, their friends and neighbors slowly turn on Sam, until one night when everything explodes. Beth can’t live in silence. Josh can’t live with his secrets. And Sam can’t continue on until the whole truth of what happened to him is out in the open. For fans of thought-provoking stories like The Face on the Milk Carton, this is a book about learning to be an ally—even when the community around you doesn’t want you to be.

Author : Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Poetry
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173000072764

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Calendar of Dust by Benjamin Alire Sáenz Pdf

Author : Jennifer Mathieu
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781626722392

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Afterward by Jennifer Mathieu Pdf

A tragic kidnapping leads to an unlikely friendship in this novel about finding light in the midst of darkness from the author of The Truth About Alice. When Caroline's little brother is kidnapped, his subsequent rescue leads to the discovery of Ethan, a teenager who has been living with the kidnapper since he was a young child himself. In the aftermath, Caroline can't help but wonder what Ethan knows about everything that happened to her brother, who is not readjusting well to life at home. And although Ethan is desperate for a friend, he can't see Caroline without experiencing a resurgence of traumatic memories. But after the media circus surrounding the kidnappings departs from their small Texas town, both Caroline and Ethan find that they need a friend--and their best option just might be each other.

Author : Martin Wilson
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-12
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780375848926

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What They Always Tell Us by Martin Wilson Pdf

JAMES AND ALEX have barely anything in common anymore—least of all their experiences in high school, where James is a popular senior and Alex is suddenly an outcast. But at home, there is Henry, the precocious 10-year-old across the street, who eagerly befriends them both. And when Alex takes up running, there is James’s friend Nathen, who unites the brothers in moving and unexpected ways.

Author : Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062045980

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Carry Me Like Water by Benjamin Alire Sáenz Pdf

"Sentimental and ferocious, upsetting and tender, firmly magic-realist yet utterly modern. . . Sáenz is a writer with greatness in him." —San Diego Union Tribune With Carry Me Like Water, Benjamin Alire Sáenz unfolds a beautiful story about hope and forgiveness, unexpected reunions, an expanded definition of family, and, ultimately, what happens when the disparate worlds of pain and privilege collide. Diego, a deaf-mute, is barely surviving on the border in El Paso, Texas. Diego's sister, Helen, who lives with her husband in the posh suburbs of San Francisco, long ago abandoned both her brother and her El Paso roots. Helen's best friend, Lizzie, a nurse in an AIDS ward, begins to uncover her own buried past after a mystical encounter with a patient. This immensely moving novel confronts divisions of race, gender, and class, fusing together the stories of people who come to recognize one another from former lives they didn't know existed— or that they tried to forget.

Author : Alex Sanchez
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781416937722

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Bait by Alex Sanchez Pdf

Diego keeps getting into trouble because of his explosive temper until he finally finds a probation officer who helps him get to the root of his anger so that he can stop running from his past.

Author : Catherine Atkins
Publisher : Putnam Juvenile
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0698119150

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When Jeff Comes Home by Catherine Atkins Pdf

Sixteen-year-old Jeff, returning home after having been kidnapped and held prisoner for three years, must face his family, friends, and school and the widespread assumption that he engaged in sexual activity with his kidnapper.