Books for Children and Young Adults in Spanish 2021

Jordi Sierra i Fabra Las chicas de alambre Wired Girls ILLUSTRATIONS Juliana Orihuela GR N/A Intolerance and Acceptance / Eating Disorders / Self-Esteem and Self-Reliance 9788491221371 5" x 8" / 224 pp $17.99 / PB Literature Narrative / Novel / Realistic Fiction A young newspaperman delves into the life of several models who live it up, and up, and up, all the way to their life at the top. He investigates the whereabouts of one of them, the girl who had the most impact on his teenage years. 1994 PREMIO EDEBÉ; 2019 PREMIO FUNDACIÓN CUATROGATOS AWARD- WINNING AUTHOR Luis María Pescetti La Mona Risa The Best Humor Stories ILLUSTRATIONS José Rosero GR N/A Humor / General 9786070135675 5½" x 8½" / 279 pp $17.95 / PB Literature Narrative / Stories / Humor Luis Pescetti has carefully chosen the twenty-seven stories that make up this anthology, in which humor displays all the richness of its multiple facets. The authors include Daniel Samper, Roberto Fontanarrosa, Woody Allen, Samuel Becket, Alfredo Bryce Chenique, Italo Calvino, Julio Cortázar, Darío Fo, Günter Grass, Elvira Lindo, Juan José Millás, Augusto Monterroso, and Maruja Torres. AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR AUTHENTIC TITLE AWARD-WINNER 257 YOUNG ADULTS