Books for Children and Young Adults in Spanish 2021

Edna Iturralde Cuando callaron las armas When the Guns Fell Silent ILLUSTRATIONS Mauricio Jácome GR N/A Military and Wars / Civil Rights / Intolerance and Acceptance 9789942193063 5" x 7" / 120 pp $16.95 / PB Literature Narrative / Novel / Realistic Fiction Twelve astonishing, human tales about the daily lives of children who live in the middle of serious political conflicts in various parts of the world. These stories about Israel and Palestine, Afghanistan, Colombia, Chechnya, Bosnia, Liberia, Sudan, Rwanda, Northern Ireland, Iraq, Sri Lanka, and Spain make up a moving, unprecedented book in Latin American children’s literature. AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR Luis María Pescetti Cartas al rey de la cabina Letters to the King of the Cabin ILLUSTRATIONS Carlus Rodríguez GR N/A Love and Romance 9786070132476 5½" x 8½" / 104 pp $16.99 / PB Literature Narrative / Stories / Epistolary Paloma, a girl of about nineteen, is in love, but it is vaguely reciprocated. Not knowing what to do with her pain, she starts writing to her beloved. Throughout twenty- two letters, written in poetic prose, the book expresses with deep lyricism the feeling of a young woman facing her first love disappointment. AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR 256 WWW. LOQUELEO.COM/US 8–12 Young Adults YOUNG ADULTS