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Dawn's California Diaries: Diary One, Diary Two, and Diary Three (California Diaries)
by Ann M. MartinTeenager Dawn Schafer struggles with big changes on the West Coast in this spin-off from the Newbery Award–winning author&’s Baby-sitters Club series. Thirteen-year-old Dawn is thrilled to be back in California again after living in Connecticut, but her life and friends on the West Coast aren&’t exactly like she remembers. As Dawn adjusts to having a new baby sister in her house and attempts to rekindle her relationship with her friend Sunny, the crunchy, health-conscious member of the Baby-sitters Club will have to figure out how she fits in and where she belongs . . . The next chapter following Ann M. Martin&’s bestselling Baby-sitters Club series, the California Diaries are the first-person journals of Dawn, Sunny, Maggie, Amalia, and Ducky—five teenagers dealing with the ups and downs of growing up. This collection includes the complete set of Dawn&’s three California Diaries.
The Day and the Way We Met
by Mary StolzThis is the story of Julie Connor, the younger sister of the heroine of Mary Stolz's earlier book, ready or not. Morgan is now married, and the Connor family—Dan, the father; Julie; and her young brother, Ned—are faced with the realization that their lives must go on, even though their focal point, Morgan, is no longer with them. The days after Morgan's marriage are not easy for anyone; each has his own problems. Julie's private adolescent world is shattered. But from the pieces come a new and wider understanding of the truth, new perceptions, awarenesses, and a strong promise of love and happiness in the future.
A Day In the Life of a Child Care Worker (Community Helpers At Work Ser.)
by Heather AdamsonThis book follows a child care worker through the work day, and describes the occupation and what the job requires.
A Day in the Life of a Police Officer (Darling Kindersley Readers )
by Linda HaywardThe duties of police officers are simply explained to young readers in this book that features short sentences, simple vocabulary, word repetition, and visual clue to help readers learn new words.
Day of the Flying Fox: The True Story of World War II Pilot Charley Fox
by Steve PittCommended for the 2009 Best Books for Kids & Teens Canadian World War II pilot Charley Fox, now in his late eighties, has had a thrilling life, especially on the day in July 1944 in France when he spotted a black staff car, the kind usually employed to drive high-ranking Third Reich dignitaries. Already noted for his skill in dive-bombing and strafing the enemy, Fox went in to attack the automobile. As it turned out, the car contained famed German General Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox, and Charley succeeded in wounding him. Rommel, who at the time was the Germans’ supreme military commander in France orchestrating the Nazis’ resistance to the D-day invasion, was never the same after that. Author Steve Pitt focuses on this seminal event in Charley Fox’s life and in the war, but he also provides fascinating aspects of the period, including profiles of noted ace pilots Buzz Beurling and Billy Bishop, Jr., and Great Escape architect Walter Floody, as well as sidebars about Hurricanes, Spitfires, and Messerschmitts.
Day One (Day Zero Duology #2)
by Kelly deVosIn the sequel to Day Zero, stepsisters Jinx and MacKenna must put aside their enmity and work together to rescue their little brother…and possibly save the world. A nonstop whirlwind of a read for fans of Marie Lu, Rick Yancey and Alexandra Bracken.RULE ONE: THOSE WHO PANIC DON’T SURVIVEIT’S AS TRUE NOW AS IT WAS THE DAY OUR WORLD EXPLODED INTO CHAOSJinxThree months ago, all I wanted was to stay up late playing video games and pretending things were fine. But with my parents’ role in a massive political conspiracy exposed, I ended up on the run, desperate to rescue my little brother, Charles, from the clutches of The Opposition.I used to hate my father’s obsession with disaster prepping. But as I fight my way across a war-torn country and into a secret military research facility with only my stepsister to count on, I realize that following Dr. Doomsday’s Guide for Ultimate Survival might be our only hope of surviving to see Charles again.MacKennaOnce, I had it all. The right backstory. The right qualifications. But my life as a student journalist was destroyed forever in the explosions that triggered the country’s meltdown. Now I’m determined to help Jinx get our little brother back. But we also have to find our own reasons to survive. Somehow, I’ve become the first reporter of the new civil war. In a world where your story is your ultimate weapon, I have to become the toughest freedom fighter of all.
Day Zero (Day Zero Duology #1)
by Kelly deVosDon’t miss the exhilarating new novel from the author of Fat Girl on a Plane, featuring a fierce, bold heroine who will fight for her family and do whatever it takes to survive. Fans of Susan Beth Pfeffer’s Life As We Knew It series and Rick Yancey’s The 5th Wave series will cheer for this fast-paced, near-future thrill ride.If you’re going through hell…keep going.Seventeen-year-old coder Jinx Marshall grew up spending weekends drilling with her paranoid dad for a doomsday she’s sure will never come. She’s an expert on self-heating meal rations, Krav Maga and extracting water from a barrel cactus. Now that her parents are divorced, she’s ready to relax. Her big plans include making it to level 99 in her favorite MMORPG and spending the weekend with her new hunky stepbrother, Toby.But all that disaster training comes in handy when an explosion traps her in a burning building. Stuck leading her headstrong stepsister, MacKenna, and her precocious little brother, Charles, to safety, Jinx gets them out alive only to discover the explosion is part of a pattern of violence erupting all over the country. Even worse, Jinx’s dad stands accused of triggering the chaos.In a desperate attempt to evade paramilitary forces and vigilantes, Jinx and her siblings find Toby and make a break for Mexico. With seemingly the whole world working against them, they’ve got to get along and search for the truth about the attacks—and about each other. But if they can survive, will there be anything left worth surviving for?
Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing (Grade #6)
by Fran Claggett Louann Reid Ruth VinzThroughout this Daybook, you will read, respond to, and write about many different kinds of texts. You will read and write for a variety of purposes.
Daylight Come
by Diana McCaulayIt is 2084. Climate change has made life on the Caribbean island of Bajacu a gruelling trial. The sun is so hot that people must sleep in the day and live and work at night. In a world of desperate scarcity, people who reach forty are expendable. Those who still survive in the cities and towns are ruled over by the brutal, fascistic Domins, and the order has gone out for another evacuation to less sea-threatened parts of the capital. Sorrel can take no more and she persuades her mother, Bibi, that they should flee the city and head for higher ground in the interior. She has heard there are groups known as Tribals, bitter enemies of the Domins, who have found ways of surviving in the hills, but she also knows they will have to evade the packs of ferals, animals with a taste for human flesh. Not least she knows that the sun will kill them if they can't find shelter. Diana McCaulay takes the reader on a tense, threat-filled odyssey as mother and daughter attempt their escape. On the way, Sorrel learns much about the nature of self-sacrifice, maternal love, and the dreadful moral choices that must be made in the cause of self-protection.
Daylighters: The Morganville Vampires (The Morganville Vampires #15)
by Rachel CaineWhile Morganville, Texas, is often a troubled town, Claire Danvers and her friends are looking forward to coming home. But the Morganville they return to isn’t the one they know; it’s become a different place—a deadly one…Something drastic has happened in Morganville while Claire and her friends were away. The town looks cleaner and happier than they’ve ever seen it before, but when their incoming group is arrested and separated—vampires from humans—they realize that the changes definitely aren’t for the better.It seems that an organization called the Daylight Foundation has offered the population of Morganville something they’ve never had: hope of a vampire-free future. And while it sounds like salvation—even for the vampires themselves—the truth is far more sinister and deadly.Now, Claire, Shane and Eve need to find a way to break their friends out of Daylighter custody, before the vampires of Morganville meet their untimely end…Includes a teaser from Prince of Shadows: A Novel of Romeo and Juliet!
Daymaker
by Gwyneth Jones Ann HalamTen-year-old Zanne has lived on her parents' farm in Garth her whole life, following the seasons as regularly as the years.Everything changes when raiders come to their village, and Zanne uses her powers to save her family. Zanne's mother - Keeper of the Covenant, binding life to their country - sends her to Covenant school. Zanne needs to be trained, and to put her powers to use for the good of Inland.But there is a stronger force present than even Zanne realises. The call of the Daymaker, the legendary power from the time of the machines, pulls against the Covenant, and Zanne finds herself on a quest to discover its origins, and the truth of Inland's history...The first book in the DAYMAKER trilogy, this book by award-winning author Gwyneth Jones, writing as Ann Halam, is perfect for fans of Ursula Le Guin's EARTHSEA trilogy.
Daymaker
by Gwyneth Jones Ann HalamTen-year-old Zanne has lived on her parents' farm in Garth her whole life, following the seasons as regularly as the years.Everything changes when raiders come to their village, and Zanne uses her powers to save her family. Zanne's mother - Keeper of the Covenant, binding life to their country - sends her to Covenant school. Zanne needs to be trained, and to put her powers to use for the good of Inland.But there is a stronger force present than even Zanne realises. The call of the Daymaker, the legendary power from the time of the machines, pulls against the Covenant, and Zanne finds herself on a quest to discover its origins, and the truth of Inland's history...The first book in the DAYMAKER trilogy, this book by award-winning author Gwyneth Jones, writing as Ann Halam, is perfect for fans of Ursula Le Guin's EARTHSEA trilogy.
The Days of Bluegrass Love
by Edward van de VendelTycho Zeling is drifting through his life. Everything in it – school, friends, girls, plans for the future – just kind of … happens. Like a movie he presses play on, but doesn't direct.So Tycho decides to break away from everything. He flies to America to spend his summer as a counselor at a summer camp, for international kids. It is there that Oliver walks in, another counselor, from Norway.And it is there that Tycho feels his life stop, and begin again, finally, as his.The Days of Bluegrass Love was originally published in the Netherlands in 1999. It was a groundbreaking book and has since become a beloved classic throughout Europe, but has never been translated into English. Here, for the first time, it is masterfully presented to American readers – a tender, intense, unforgettable story of first love.
Days of Infamy: How a Century of Bigotry Led to Japanese American Internment (Scholastic Focus)
by Lawrence GoldstoneIn another unrelenting look at the iniquities of the American justice system, Lawrence Goldstone, acclaimed author of Unpunished Murder, Stolen Justice, and Separate No More, examines the history of racism against Japanese Americans, exploring the territory of citizenship and touching on fears of non-white immigration to the US -- with hauntingly contemporary echoes.On December 7, 1941 -- "a date which will live in infamy" -- the Japanese navy launched an attack on the American military bases at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The next day, President Franklin Roosevelt declared war on Japan, and the US Army officially entered the Second World War.Three years later, on December 18, 1944, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which enabled the Secretary of War to enforce a mass deportation of more than 100,000 Americans to what government officials themselves called "concentration camps." None of these citizens had been accused of a real crime. All of them were torn from their homes, jobs, schools, and communities, and deposited in tawdry, makeshift housing behind barbed wire, solely for the crime of being of Japanese descent. President Roosevelt declared this community "alien," -- whether they were citizens or not, native-born or not -- accusing them of being potential spies and saboteurs for Japan who deserved to have their Constitutional rights stripped away. In doing so, the president set in motion another date which would live in infamy, the day when the US joined the ranks of those Fascist nations that had forcibly deported innocents solely on the basis of the circumstance of their birth.In 1944 the US Supreme Court ruled, in Korematsu v. United States, that the forcible deportation and detention of Japanese Americans on the basis of race was a "military necessity." Today it is widely considered one of the worst Supreme Court decisions of all time. But Korematsu was not an isolated event. In fact, the Court's racist ruling was the result of a deep-seated anti-Japanese, anti-Asian sentiment running all the way back to the California Gold Rush of the mid-1800s. Starting from this pivotal moment, Constitutional law scholar Lawrence Goldstone will take young readers through the key events of the 19th and 20th centuries leading up to the fundamental injustice of Japanese American internment. Tracing the history of Japanese immigration to America and the growing fear whites had of losing power, Goldstone will raise deeply resonant questions of what makes an American an American, and what it means for the Supreme Court to stand as the "people's" branch of government.
The Dazzling Heights (Thousandth Floor #2)
by Katharine McGeeThe sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Thousandth FloorNew York, 2118. Manhattan is home to a thousand-story supertower, a breathtaking marvel that touches the sky. But amidst high-tech luxury and futuristic glamour, five teenagers are keeping dangerous secrets…LEDA is haunted by memories of what happened on the worst night of her life. She’ll do anything to make sure the truth stays hidden—even if it means trusting her enemy. WATT just wants to put everything behind him…until Leda forces him to start hacking again. Will he do what it takes to be free of her for good?When RYLIN wins a scholarship to an upper-floor school, her life transforms overnight. But being there means seeing the boy whose heart she broke, and who broke hers in return.AVERY is tormented by her love for the one person in the world she can never have. She’s desperate to be with him… no matter the cost. And then there’s CALLIOPE, the mysterious, bohemian beauty who arrives in New York determined to cause a stir. And she knows exactly where to begin. But unbeknownst to them all, someone is watching their every move, someone with revenge in mind. And in a world of such dazzling heights, just one wrong step can mean a devastating fall.Perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying and Big Little Lies, the sumptuous second book in the bestselling Thousandth Floor series has all the drama, romance and hidden secrets that landed the first book in this series at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list!
DBT Skills for Teens with Anxiety: Practical Strategies to Manage Stress and Strengthen Emotional Resilience
by Atara HillerRelieve Anxiety, Reduce Emotional Chaos, and Change Unwanted Behaviors with Essential DBT Skills. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) has been proven to help adolescents and teens get through some of the toughest times in their lives—from chronic stress and worry to panic attacks, phobias, and overwhelm. In DBT Skills for Teens with Anxiety, licensed psychologist and DBT Certified Clinician Atara Hiller shares practical therapy techniques from five areas of DBT: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and the Middle Path—to help you find calm and control even when life feels unbearably hard. · SKILLS YOU CAN USE RIGHT AWAY, from disrupting spiraling thoughts to navigating conflict and creating positive emotions · STEP-BY-STEP PRACTICE EXERCISES using relatable examples that make DBT skills engaging and easy to understand · 14 READY-TO-USE DBT TOOL KITS developed for common stressors like exams, peer pressure, and fights with family · BONUS TRACKERS AND TEMPLATES to create your own cope-ahead plans and custom DBT tool kits
The DC Icons Series (DC Icons Series)
by Leigh Bardugo Marie Lu Sarah J. MaasFor fans of Sarah J. Maas, Marie Lu, and Leigh Bardugo, this ebook collection includes all of these #1 New York Times bestselling authors' DC Icons titles--Catwoman, Batman, and Wonder Woman--not to be missed by any reader who loves powerful YA fantasy!Three instant New York Times bestsellers of DC Comics' iconic characters! This ebook collection is truly SUPER.Wonder Woman: Warbringer She will become one of the world's greatest heroes: WONDER WOMAN. But first she is Diana, Princess of the Amazons. And her fight is just beginning. . . .Batman: Nightwalker Before he was BATMAN, he was Bruce Wayne. A reckless boy willing to break the rules for a girl who may be his worst enemy.Catwoman: Soulstealer Selina Kyle is CATWOMAN. There's a new thief on the prowl in Gotham City, and she's got killer backup. It's time to see how many lives this cat really has.
The DC Icons Series (DC Icons Series)
by Leigh Bardugo Marie Lu Sarah J. MaasFor fans of Sarah J. Maas, Marie Lu, and Leigh Bardugo, this ebook collection includes all of these #1 New York Times bestselling authors' DC Icons titles--Catwoman, Batman, and Wonder Woman--not to be missed by any reader who loves powerful YA fantasy!Three instant New York Times bestsellers of DC Comics' iconic characters! This ebook collection is truly SUPER.Wonder Woman: Warbringer She will become one of the world's greatest heroes: WONDER WOMAN. But first she is Diana, Princess of the Amazons. And her fight is just beginning. . . .Batman: Nightwalker Before he was BATMAN, he was Bruce Wayne. A reckless boy willing to break the rules for a girl who may be his worst enemy.Catwoman: Soulstealer Selina Kyle is CATWOMAN. There's a new thief on the prowl in Gotham City, and she's got killer backup. It's time to see how many lives this cat really has.
De aquí a la Luna: Una historia de amor más allá de la enfermedad
by Adolessence VoluntariosNo te pierdas la increíble historia de Rodrigo y Rocío, los fundadores del proyecto de voluntariado Adolessence. Hay amores capaces de superar cualquier dificultad. Las almas gemelas funcionan así, saben que no hace falta ser una estrella para brillar. «¿Cuánto tiempo me queda?» es lo primero que le viene a la mente a Rodrigo cuando su traumatóloga le informa de que el tumor de su rodilla es maligno. Solo tiene diecisiete años y nadie ha pronunciado todavía la palabra «cáncer», pero intuye que su futuro se ha vuelto de repente negro, muy negro. Rodrigo tiene a su lado a su familia, a sus amigos y, sobre todo, a Rocío, el amor de su vida, su alma gemela. El cáncer pondrá a prueba su relación, pero siempre juntos, contra viento y marea, aprenderán a valorar las pequeñas cosas de la vida, porque cada día está lleno de sabiduría, aunque la mayoría de las veces no nos demos cuenta. Sobre los autores«Rocío y Rodrigo se conocían desde la guardería. Pero con 16 años un encuentro providencial en el metro hace que comience una historia de amor. Y del de verdad. Lejos de las películas románticas y cursis, son una pareja normal y corriente, hasta que llega la prueba. Sin ser todavía mayor de edad, a Rodrigo le detectan un osteosarcoma -un cáncer de hueso- en la rodilla. Comienza un duro y largo camino de enfermedad, en el que tanto Rodrigo, como su novia Rocío, eligen vivirlo de una forma distinta. Rodrigo celebra una fiesta el día que se afeita la cabeza por primera vez ante la falta de cabello. Y Rocío no falta ni un solo día a su cita en el hospital con su novio. Hoy su historia y su ejemplo nos habla del amor maduro y de cómo afrontar el sufrimiento con alegría. Un testimonio viral que da su fruto en un proyecto de voluntariado para y por los jóvenes titulado Adolessence.»Javier González, amigo y periodista.
De aquí a la Luna... y vuelta (El clan de los náufragos #Volumen 1)
by Moon RiverEs domingo por la tarde y, sin nada mejor que hacer, Víctor recorre una y otra vez la línea 3 del metro en busca de inspiración. Es un poeta literalmente underground porque sus musas viven bajo tierra... pero hoy solo despiertan cuando cruza la mirada con una chica celestial.Martina lleva todo el día sentada en el andén buscando fuerzas para montarse en el siguiente tren. Le da pánico hacerlo. Por suerte, Víctor la rescata para invitarla a una taza de chocolate en la próxima estación.Compartirán mesa con dos estudiantes que deben trabajar juntas a pesar de que son como la noche y el día. Lauren está demasiado enfadada con el mundo, pero por suerte Abril cree en el poder de la casualidad y enseguida conecta con Víctor y Martina.Cuando Max, su camarero, se una al grupo, descubrirán que, cada uno a su manera, los cinco navegan igual de perdidos por la vida. Son náufragos pero a partir de ahora tendrán una gran balsa a la que agarrarse: una hechade amistad, sueños imposibles y amor.
De aquí a la Luna... y vuelta (El clan de los náufragos #Volumen 1)
by Moon RiverUna novela sobre la amistad, los sueños imposibles y el amor. Es domingo por la tarde y, sin nada mejor que hacer, Víctor recorre una y otra vez la línea 3 del metro en busca de inspiración. Es un poeta literalmente underground porque sus musas viven bajo tierra... pero hoy solo despiertan cuando cruza la mirada con una chica celestial. Martina lleva todo el día sentada en el andén buscando fuerzas para montarse en el siguiente tren. Le da pánico hacerlo. Por suerte, Víctor la rescata para invitarla a una taza de chocolate en la próxima estación. Compartirán mesa con dos estudiantes que deben trabajar juntas a pesar de que son como la noche y el día. Lauren está demasiado enfadada con el mundo, pero por suerte Abril cree en el poder de la casualidad y enseguida conecta con Víctor y Martina.Cuando Max, su camarero, se una al grupo, descubrirán que, cada uno a su manera, los cinco navegan igual de perdidos por la vida. Son náufragos pero a partir de ahora tendrán una gran balsa a la que agarrarse: una hecha de amistad, sueños imposibles y amor.
De-Extinction: The Science of Bringing Lost Species Back to Life
by Rebecca E. HirschIn the twenty-first century, because of climate change and other human activities, many animal species have become extinct, and many others are at risk of extinction. Once they are gone, we cannot bring them back—or can we? With techniques such as cloning, scientists want to reverse extinction and return lost species to the wild. Some scientists want to create clones of recently extinct animals, while others want to make new hybrid animals. Many people are opposed to de-extinction. Some critics say that the work diverts attention from efforts to save species that are endangered. Others say that de-extinction amounts to scientists "playing God." Explore the pros and cons of de-extinction and the cutting-edge science that makes it possible.
De flor en flor
by Estefanía Carmona Sánchez Alejandro D. Martínez MartínUna apuesta, una boda, muchas flores y dos misiones: ser el padrino de sus mejores amigos... y ligarse al florista encargado de la decoración. ¿Qué puede salir mal? Cuando Lorena y Ángel deciden casarse, saben que no pueden nombrar padrino a nadie más que a Nico. Y, como dice el refrán, «un gran poder conlleva una gran responsabilidad». Entre sus (numerosas) responsabilidades se encuentra la de ocuparse de las flores, y cuando descubre De flor en flor, sabe que esa floristería es la elegida (y no solo porque el dueño, Héctor, sea el chico más guapo que ha visto en su vida. Para nada). Pero Damián, su compañero de piso, decide darle aún más interés a sus funciones: sabiendo que Nico es incapaz de negarse a una apuesta, le reta a que se ligue al florista para que sea su más uno en la boda... o pague un mes entero de alquiler solo. Con lo que Damián no cuenta es con que, incapaz de jugar con los sentimientos de Héctor perodeseoso de ganar la apuesta, Nico confiesa y, junto al florista, deciden darle su merecido a Damián. Así comienza su alianza. Con sus mejores amigas como únicas cómplices y mientras Lorena y Ángel rezan por que la boda no se vea perjudicada, Nico iniciará con Héctor una falsa relación que... quizás no sea tan falsa como ellos creen. A veces las mentiras solo necesitan de un empujoncito para convertirse en verdad.
A de Grummond Primer: Highlights of the Children's Literature Collection
by Carolyn J. Brown, Ellen Hunter Ruffin, and Eric L. TribunellaContributions by Ann Mulloy Ashmore, Rudine Sims Bishop, Ruth B. Bottigheimer, Jennifer Brannock, Carolyn J. Brown, Ramona Caponegro, Lorinda Cohoon, Carol Edmonston, Paige Gray, Laura Hakala, Andrew Haley, Wm John Hare, Dee Jones, Allison G. Kaplan, Megan Norcia, Nathalie op de Beeck, Amy Pattee, Deborah Pope, Ellen Hunter Ruffin, Anita Silvey, Danielle Bishop Stoulig, Roger Sutton, Deborah D. Taylor, Eric L. Tribunella, Alexandra Valint, and Laura E. Wasowicz During the 1960s, a dedicated library science professor named Lena de Grummond initiated a letter-writing campaign to children’s authors and illustrators requesting original manuscripts and artwork to share with her students. Now named after de Grummond, this archive at the University of Southern Mississippi has grown into one of the largest collections of historical and contemporary youth literature in North America with original contributions from more than 1,400 authors and illustrators, as well as over 185,000 volumes. The first book-length project on the collection, A de Grummond Primer: Highlights of the Children's Literature Collection provides a history of de Grummond’s work and an introduction to major topics in the field of children’s literature. With more than ninety full-color images, it highlights particular strengths of the archive, including extensive holdings of fairy tales, series books, nineteenth-century periodicals, Golden Age illustrated books, Mississippi and southern children’s literature, nonfiction, African American children’s literature, contemporary children’s and young adult authors and illustrators, and more. The book includes contributions from literature and information science scholars, historians, librarians, and archivists—all noted experts on children’s literature—and points to the exciting research possibilities of the archive.De Grummond could not have realized when she wrote to luminaries like H. A. and Margret Rey, Berta and Elmer Hader, Madeleine L’Engle, J. R. R. Tolkien, Lois Lenski, Garth Williams, and others that their correspondence and contributions would form the foundation for this extraordinary trove now visited by scholars from around the world. Such major authors and illustrators as Ezra Jack Keats, Richard Peck, Rosemary Wells, Angela Johnson, and John Green continued to donate content. In addition, curators, past and present, have acquired both historical and contemporary volumes of literature and criticism.
De hombres a monstruos (Chaos Walking #Volumen 3)
by Patrick NessEl final de la aclamada trilogía «Chaos Walking» del autor de Un monstruo viene a verme. Tres facciones marchan hacia New Prentisstown y hacia una guerra que puede destruir todo cuanto Todd y Viola conocen. Las consecuencias de cada acción, y de cada palabra, son incalculables. ¿Apoyarán a un tirano, o a un terrorista? ¿Es mejor salvar la vida de quien más quieres, o la de miles de extraños? ¿Es posible la redención, o hay que darla por perdida? Y mientras el Ruido, incesante, descubre todos los pensamientos, la voluntad de unos amenaza con superar el deseo desesperado de otros. Todd y Viola no tienen posibilidad de escapar. Y si la guerra convierte a los hombres en monstruos, ¿qué terribles decisiones les aguardan?