Los Protectores

Claudio's new teacher, Maraia Delores, is an immigrant to the country. Claudio wonders why he can't be an immigrant as well. Throughout the school year he and his class learn about immigrants and how they are viewed by people already living in the country.

Provides information on the tiny reptiles, including their use of color as a defense, their climbing skills, and their ability to grow back a missing tail.

The Underground Railroad was the massive effort by slaves and free people to secretly bring thousands of blacks to freedom in the North during the 19th century. This thought-provoking book will capture readers’ imaginations and fill them with awe for the brave “conductors” and “passengers” on the Railroad. They’ll learn about the many safe havens, called “depots,” that housed fugitives and the secret passages within them that hid slaves from their pursuers. Information about the American Civil War and the Fugitive Slave Act, biographies of figures vital to the Underground Railroad,...

"In this heartwarming book, brother and sister, Mark and Sara, discover the story behind the poinsettia plant--the Christmas flower (las flores de la Nochebuena)--as their family experiences the best Christmas ever."--Cover back.

Evelyn Thomas had great plans for her 21st birthday celebration in Vegas, but waking up on a bathroom floor with the worst hangover ever next to an attractive, tattooed stranger was not one of them. Why is there a giant diamond on her ring finger? If she could only remember something. One thing is for sure; getting up one morning married to a rock star is sure to bring trouble.