El Vals de la Bruja

Belén Martínez, one of the most vibrant and promising voices in Spanish youth literature, once again captivates us with After the Ocean, a harrowing story about life and death; hope and family; about identity and those moments that end up defining us as human beings... March 11, 2011. Nanami Tendo had to leave Miako, her hometown. That same day, an earthquake struck Japan, producing one of the deadliest tsunamis in history. She survived, but her home and her world were destroyed. Years later, in Kyoto, Nanami meets a strange boy who was in Miako on the day of the catastrophe and brings back ...

Harley is over the moon when she is given a trip to Paris where her beloved cousin Gretchen lives. The girls have changed since the last time they have seen one another. In an attempt to win back her cousin's friendship, Harley accompanies a group of friends to a forbidden part of the Paris catacombs. When a cave-in kills a guide and leaves the group wounded, terrified, and lost, they must desperately try to find a way out of a place where death rules.

Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy's life has never been her own. The life of the Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to be looked upon. Never to be spoken to. Never to experience pleasure. Waiting for the day of her Ascension, she would rather be with the guards, fighting back the evil that took her family, than preparing to be found worthy by the gods. But the choice has never been hers. The entire kingdom's future rests on Poppy's shoulders, something she's not even quite sure she wants for herself. Because a Maiden has a heart. And a soul. And longing. And when...

Mamá y papá han pensado largo y tendido sobre si ir de vacaciones este año. Y aún más dudas de si debíamos ir al mismo campamento. Todos esos recuerdos... Pero ya ha pasado casi un año desde ese terrible día: quieren volver a abrazar la vida. Trato de recordar las cosas bonitas, pero ese hormigueo en mi panza no desaparece. Todas las cosas que solía hacer con mi hermanita. Y todas las cosas que teníamos pendiente de hacer, pero que ahora nunca haremos.

A veces la independencia depende de un insignificante papel de baño. Tavo no se entiende con su papá, nada que ver con él en gustos, ni con su mamá yogui, siempre en la nube rosa del optimismo. Así que escribe su lista de motivos para emanciparse y hacer lo que le plazca, oír música a todo volumen y comer cuanto pan con mantequilla se le antoje, tirando migajas, sin que las obsesiones de limpieza y alimentación orgánica de su casa se interpongan en su camino a la libertad. Junto con su mejor amigo, el Tuerzo, vive divertidas peripecias para conseguirse un trabajo y pagar la renta de...