Ayudar a un amigo con un desorden alimenticio (Helping a Friend With an Eating Disorder)

As a teen who may be worried about certain warning signs a friend is exhibiting, it’s important to know how to recognize and confront an eating disorder. After all, teens are the most impacted group for developing eating disorders. Learn how the pressures of school, dating, and athletics contribute to body image issues and why teens are vulnerable. Explore eating disorders that people commonly have and how they are treated. Readers from grades six through twelve will have a relatable text to help them understand how they can make a difference to someone they care about.

Introducción, traducción y notas de A. Melero Bellido. Revisada por A. A. González Terriza y R. Herrera Montero.

Marzo de 2009: un niño estornuda en un pueblo de México. Dos meses después, miles de personas se infectan en todos los rincones del planeta y comienza el recuento de fallecidos. Acababa de estallar la pandemia de la gripe A (H1N1), de consecuencias aún imprevisibles. En 1918, la gripe mató a millones de personas. Estamos ahora mejor preparados que hace un siglo? Ha sido exagerada la respuesta de las autoridades o se ha hecho frente al problema con la severidad necesaria? Es segura la vacuna contra la gripe? Qué consecuencias puede acarrear no vacunarse? Más allá de la gripe, pueden...

As they say, necessity is the mother of invention, and this book introduces readers to 14 women who invented very useful, helpful items. They include Chicago native Margaret Wilcox who invented the car heater, Indiana native Marion O'Brien Donovan who invented disposable diapers, Pennsylvania native Stephanie Kwolek who invented Kevlar, and Austria-born actress Hedy Lamar whose secret communications systems led to the creation of WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS.

This selection of riddles is just right: not too hard, not too easy, and all "dressed up" with beautiful illustrations.