Títulos en Novela histórica

Providence, 1904. Un vascello nero come la notte attracca al porto ma nessun marinaio scende per rifocillarsi nei locali di Lower South, il quartiere malfamato della città. Alla locanda dello Swearing Parrot si comincia a vociferare che sia una nave fantasma e Julius, giovane e intraprendente figlio della cameriera, è deciso a vederci chiaro. Insieme all'inseparabile amica Vicky, non sospetta ancora di trovarsi di fronte al primo di una serie di oscuri eventi che nemmeno la più fervida immaginazione potrebbe concepire...

Bruno, detto Brubru, è un bambino curioso. Osserva dalla finestra le stagioni che cambiano, la Storia che gli scorre davanti, e si fa tante domande: cosa ci fanno tutti quei soldati per le strade? E perché hanno la divisa nera? Perché si combatte? E soprattutto: qual è il segreto che i suoi genitori custodiscono? Un albo intriso di realismo e poesia per raccontare la Resistenza ai più piccoli.

Pietro ha quattordici anni, una vita tranquilla e un lavoro che gli piace: cura i maiali del signore di Ateste, il paese dove è nato e dove sa che resterà per sempre. Ma un giorno un cavaliere porta una notizia: arrivano gli Unni! Siamo nel 452 dopo Cristo e le armate di Attila il Grande percorrono le pianure alla volta di Mediolanum, Ravenna, Roma, decise a conquistare ciò che resta dell'impero. È così che nella vita di Pietro cambia tutto: deve arruolarsi e partire per respingere l'invasore.

Durante la Guerra de la Independencia, el convento de fray Perico es atacado. Los franceses roban la imagen de San Francisco y a Calcetín, el burro del simpático fraile. Los monjes se unirán para encontrarles y recibirán ayuda de los personajes más insospechados. ¿Qué puede hacer un pacifista en una guerra que no entiende? Una novela que muestra de nuevo el valor de la paz, la unión y el diálogo.

Nuestra protagonista vuelve a un rígido internado en Toledo donde volverá a hacer de las suyas hasta ser rescatada por el Tío Rodrigo. Una vez fuera, enmarcados ahora en un pueblo de la sierra madrileña, vivirá grandes aventuras junto a Paulette, hasta volver a Francia junto a su padre para reencontrarse con su madre y Cuchifritín. Celia se aleja de la niñez, creando una especie de despedida para todos sus oyentes donde queda latente el paso del tiempo y el alcance de la madurez, sin dejar de lado esa lógica maravillosa que nunca deja indiferente.

Gregorio y José Ignacio son dos niños que viven en San Miguel de Tucumán, en 1816. En medio del revuelo y la agitación que perciben en los adultos, estos dos niños viven divertidas aventuras y travesuras, al escaparse de su casa para investigar el misterioso enamorado de su prima Lucía y la desaparición de su preciado relicario. Un misterioso extraño, don Manuel, los ayudará a develar el misterio que finalmente se develará en la fiesta de la Independencia.

Trocito es un pedacito de tela que está perdido y busca su lugar en el mundo. ¿Cuál será su destino? ¿Será vivir en el océano, rodeado de peces de colores?, ¿o tal vez volar en el hermoso cielo gris de la costa peruana? El camino de Trocito es difícil y está lleno de desafíos, sin embargo, de la mano de una niña y su abuela, descubrirá la maravillosa sorpresa que la vida le tenía preparada....

Hannah está cansada de las fiestas religiosas; su familia solo habla del pasado. De hecho, le parece que eso es lo que hacen en todas las fiestas judías. Pero este año, el Seder de Pesaj será diferente, Hannah será transportada misteriosamente al pasado...y solo ella conoce los horrores indescriptibles que le esperan.

Le réaslisateur Aymeric Pavlenko est en train de préparer un film sur les cro mignons. Viens participer au casting et jouer dans le film pour vivre une merveilleuse aventure et t'amuser comme un fou en suivant ses consignes.

Ten-year-old BFFs Georgie and GiGi travel back and forth in time on a magical skateboard, as they learn lessons in leadership from U.S. presidents throughout history.

1950. Nella soffitta della piccola casa di Trieste riposa un enorme baule. Quando Andra e Tati liberano i ganci dallo strato di polvere e sollevano il pesante coperchio, per un attimo è come tornare indietro nel tempo, perché in quel baule è racchiusa tutta la loro vita fino a oggi. Una scatola di caramelle, poche fotografie, un cucchiaio di latta, un cappottino in morbida lana, un fiore essiccato... Gli oggetti che a poco a poco emergono raccontano la storia di un'intera famiglia ebrea.

Maeve Merritt knows all about magic. After all, she found Mermeros the djinni in a sardine tin! But not even magic can give her the freedom to do the daring things she wants to do in her life—things not allowed for girls in 1897. When Maeve and her friend Alice visit Cambridge University, though, she’s amazed to meet ambitious young women breaking down barriers in science, in education, and in sports. But just when it seems like her dreams might one day come true, thieves looking to steal Mermeros put Maeve and her friends in danger.

A young Aztec girl tells her little brother how their parents create beautiful painted manuscripts, or codices. She explains to him how paper is made from local plants and how the long paper is folded into a book. Her parents and others paint the codices to tell the story of their people’s way of life. Inspired by the pre-Columbian codices, this story tells how the Aztec and their neighbors in the Valley of Mexico painted books and records long before Columbus arrived, and continued doing so among their Nahua-speaking descendants for generations after.

Shoham wears a golden bangle on her wrist, just like her Nana Aziza. Their bangles jingle when they cook, and glitter in the sun. When Shoham and her family must leave Iraq, they are allowed to take only one suitcase each. They may take no jewelry. Shoham has the important job of carrying Nana’s homemade pita bread, which Nana says they will eat when they get to Israel. But when they finally arrive and it is time to eat, Shoham bites into something hard inside the pita bread.

Deborah has a gift; she can see the future. As Deborah grows up, so do the date palms that surround her home. Under these trees, people come from far and wide to seek guidance from the great prophetess and judge. In her dreams, Deborah foresees danger to the people of Israel. She summons a general to speak with her beneath the date palms. "War is coming and you must prepare," she tells him. For the girl that grew up under the date palms, her moment of destiny has arrived.

Do Camelotu przybywa Galahad i ostatnie miejsce przy okrągłym stole nareszcie zostaje obsadzone. Gdy oczom zebranych ukazuje się podobizna Świętego Graala, wszyscy rycerze króla Artura wyruszają w drogę, by udowodnić, że są go warci. Nie mają pojęcia, że próbie nie zostaną poddane ich siły czy umiejętności, lecz dusze.

Davy and Jo Michaud have been recently orphaned. Taken in by a distant relative-a famous aviator-they are now working with a group of stunt pilots who spend their time wing walking, leaping from plane to plane, and flying through fireworks! But though the stunts are dangerous, the real threat is building behind the scenes.

1786. Isolated from the rest of the world, thirteen-year-old Alma lives with her family in a lush African valley. She spends her days exploring their blissful homeland. But everything changes when her little brother finds a secret way out of the valley. Alma sets out to find him, but she soon must face terrible dangers in a continent ravaged by the slave trade. The journey to bring her brother home becomes a harrowing adventure to save herself, her family, and the memory of her people.

Spring, 1846: Douglas Allen Deeds dreams of starting a new life out West. When the opportunity to join the Donner Party Expedition arises, he leaves the life he's known behind to set out on the nearly 2,000-mile trek from Independence, Missouri to sunny California. But progress is slow. Brutal heat, poisoned water, and rough terrain slows the expedition down. Soon they have a choice: continue on the known but grueling trail, or take a shortcut that would cut 350 miles from their journey-but take them through unknown territory.

Seven-year-old Chellamuthu’s life—and his destiny—is forever changed when he is kidnapped from his village in Southern India and sold to the Lincoln Home for Homeless Children. His family is desperate to find him, and Chellamuthu anxiously tells the Indian orphanage that he is not an orphan, he has a mother who loves him. But he is told not to worry, he will soon be adopted by a loving family in America.