Nina Moreno

For fans of GILMORE GIRLS and TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE, this effervescent love story from debut author Nina Moreno will sweep you away. Rosa Santos is cursed by the sea-at least, that's what they say. Dating her is bad news, especially if you're a boy with a boat. But Rosa feels more caught than cursed. Caught between cultures and choices. Between her abuela, a beloved healer and pillar of their community, and her mother, an artist who crashes in and out of her life like a hurricane. Between Port Coral, the quirky South Florida town they call home, and Cuba, the island her abuela refuses to talk about. As her college decision looms, Rosa collides-literally-with Alex Aquino, the mysterious boy with tattoos of the ocean whose family owns the marina. With her heart, her family, and her future on the line, can Rosa break a curse and find her place beyond the horizon?

Don't Date Rosa Santos

Told in two voices, Lou Patterson reconnects with her neighbor and ex-best friend Sam Alvarez, now seniors in high school, after they rediscover their childhood bucket list.

Our Way Back to Always

Maggie Diaz of Miami is excited to start seventh-grade with her best friends, Zoey and Julian, and finally getting a cellphone of her own; but after school her friends are wrapped up in their various clubs, her mother is attending college, and her older sister Caro has her sports and tutoring, so Maggie decides that she will find a club to join as well--but trying out ALL the different clubs while still juggling school work is exhausting and confusing--and soon it seems like everybody is mad at her, and the cellphone of her dreams is getting further and further away.

Join the Club, Maggie Diaz

Courtney Lovett

Pack Your Bags, Maggie Diaz

Dizem que as mulheres da família Santos são amaldiçoadas. As águas do mar tragaram os homens que elas amaram. E é por isso que namorar Rosa é um mau agouro, especialmente para garotos com um barco. Ela vive numa cidadezinha no sul da Flórida. Mas seu grande sonho é conhecer Cuba, a ilha que sua família deixou para trás há alguns anos. Para realizá-lo, precisa entrar numa faculdade que ofereça um programa de intercâmbio. E aí está o grande dilema de Rosa: contar para sua abuela, a curandeira mais amada da comunidade, sobre suas intenções. Ah, e ela não pode se esquecer de mencionar esse plano para a mãe... que sempre está chegando e partindo. Entre duas culturas e tantas escolhas, Rosa Santos precisa encontrar seu lugar além do horizonte. Quem sabe, nesse meio-tempo, ela também possa quebrar a maldição e enfim ser livre para se apaixonar. "Esse maravilhoso romance de estreia fala sobre encontrar o seu lugar. Rosa é uma protagonista convincente, sua voz única ‒ esperta e engraçada, mas também calorosa ‒ é um refresco na literatura YA. A leitura perfeita para aqueles que procuram respostas sobre seu mundo e sobre si mesmos." ‒ BOOKLIST "Não namore Rosa Santos é uma história de amadurecimento e um conto evocativo e sincero que trata de gerações. Rosa é uma heroína para quem torcer, e Nina Moreno faz com que cada página inspire a rica cultura cubana e a magia da Flórida." ‒ Chanel Cleeton, autora do best-seller Next Year in Havana, selecionado pelo Clube de Leitura de Reese Witherspoon "Um conto lírico de amor, perdas e avós atrevidas. Nina Moreno escreve lindamente, e envolve você de forma tão completa na história que é quase possível sentir a brisa do mar enquanto lê." ‒ Adi Alsaid, autor de Perdidos por aí

Não namore Rosa Santos

To All the Boys I've Loved Before meets Morgan Matson in this effervescent romance about childhood best friends reconnecting that's full of sunny days, warm nights, first kisses, and mended hearts. Luisa (Lou) Patterson grew up across the street from Sam Alvarez in the small, quirky town of Port Coral. They used to be inseparable--spending every holiday together, shooting silly YouTube videos, and rescuing stray cats. But then middle school happened, including the most disastrous (and embarrassing) serenade ever, and Lou and Sam haven't talked in the four years since. Sam is now the golden boy with plenty of friends, while Lou is an introverted romantic who's happy playing video games and writing fan fiction. But it's also the summer before their senior year, and life is knocking on Lou's door. With her older sister having given up a scholarship to Princeton to have a baby and work at the local botanica, all of their mother's expectations are now riding on Lou's shoulders. She's retaking her SAT's, signed up for way too many AP classes, and her sights set on colleges with fancy names like Duke and Vanderbilt. But when she finds the bucket list she and Sam wrote together as kids, before Sam's father was diagnosed with cancer, she's shocked to see that she hasn't accomplished any of the goals she'd set for herself. Go to a party? Nope. Pull the greatest prank of all time? Still no. Learn how to be a really good kisser? Definitely not. ​Torn between the future that her mother, sister, and younger self planned for her, Lou sets out to finish the list, and in a stroke of destiny or fate, Sam decides to tag along. Still trying to stay afloat amid the grief of losing his father, Sam himself is staring down a future that feels all too close, and is coming far too fast. But with the bucket list to guide them, Sam and Lou might just be able to find a way through the future, and also a way back to each other.

This humorous and heartfelt middle-grade debut by Nina Moreno with illustrations by Courtney Lovett is perfect for fans of Celia C. Pérez and Terri Libenson, and any reader still deciding what their passion in life is. "MAYBE I'M GOOD AT SOMETHING I DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT YET." Everyone in Maggie Diaz's life seems to be finding their true passion. The one thing that defines them as a person. Her best friends Zoey and Julian are too busy to hang out after school thanks to band and comics club. Mom is finishing her last semester in college. And Maggie’s perfect older sister Caro is perfectly-perfect at sports and tutoring. So Maggie cooks up a plan to join every club she can! But trying to fit in with type-A future leaders, gardening whizzes, and the fearless kids in woodshop is intimidating, exhausting, and seriously confusing. And juggling homework, friends, and all of her after-school activities is way harder than it looks. Seventh grade is all about figuring out who you are -- good thing Maggie Diaz has the perfect plan!

Javier Muñoz-Basols

Taboada Inma

Manel Lacorte

Introducción a la lingüística hispánica actual is the ideal introduction to Spanish linguistics for all undergraduate and postgraduate students of Spanish. No prior knowledge of linguistics is assumed as the book takes you step-by-step through all the main subfields of linguistics, both theoretical and applied. Phonology. morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, second language acquisition, history of the Spanish language, dialectology and sociolinguistics are concisely and accurately outlined providing a comprehensive foundation in the field. A comprehensive companion website provides a wealth of additional resources including further exercises to reinforce the material covered in the book, extra examples to clarify the most difficult concepts, extensive audio clips which reproduce the sounds of phonemes and allophones and sonograms. Written in a clear and accessible manner with extensive auxiliary materials, Introducción a la lingüística hispánica actual has been specially designed for students of Spanish with little or no linguistic background who need to understand the key concepts and constructs of Spanish linguistics.

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