Feliz Navidad, Gus!

Pedro's class is building is tower out of paper cups to see who can build the tallest tower. Pedro loves to build, but he's got a big problem. Troublemaker Roddy is on his team. Can Pedro and Roddy learn to work together? A glossary and critical thinking questions make this a great title for libraries, while a collection of jokes adds to the fun.

This novel, narrated in two voices for their characters, playing strong themes that make up the life of a boy and a girl living in Havana, Cuba. Discrimination, sexism, harassment, female subjugation, homosexuality, are treated with subtlety through metaphors, pauses, silences and innuendos that make this a moving and thoughtful book.

When the animals cannot decide which is the cleverest, they call on a boy called Curumín to help them settle the matter, and either the turtle or the monkey could be the winner.

"La inspectora Cruz y su hija Alba han embarcado en el Goelán dispuestas a disfrutar de unas merecidas vacaciones. Sin embargo, la primera noche a bordo, un extraño suceso agita a todo el barco: ¡la valiosa esmeralda de la duquesa de la Florinata ha desaparecido! Alba y su nuevo amigo Oliver se estrenarán como detectives investigando a las diferentes familias de pasajeros."--Back cover.