When a severe drought threatens a Mayan village, Balam, on the brink of manhood, kills a jaguar as an offering to the gods, but the village elders believe that only a human sacrifice will appease the gods....
As he makes a seventeen-mile pilgrimage to the Santuario de Chimayo that he hopes will save his beloved grandmother from cancer, eleven-year-old Eloy is joined by a friendly dog that helps him keep going...
When Luís's father joins the army shortly after the start of World War II, Luís's entire life changes. His mother decides to return to the dusty New Mexican village where she and her husband grew up. In Los Angeles, Luís had struggled to find a pl...
Tom, while in Mexico vacationing with his family, has an encounter with a local boy which soon leads to an unusual friendship as he helps Tom to safety as the political climate of the community suddenly turns dangerous....
This is an Authors Guild/BIP title. Please use Authors Guild/BIP specs.Author's bio:Marc Talbert has written many books for young readers, several of them published in seven foreign countries. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Tesque, New M...
This is an Authors Guild/BIP title. Please use Authors Guild/BIP specs. Author's bio: Marc Talbert has written many books for young readers, several of them published in seven foreign countries. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Tesuque, Ne...
This is an Authors Guild/BIP title. Please use Authors Guild/BIP specs. Author's bio: Marc Talbert has written many books for young readers, several of them published in seven foreign countries. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Tesuque, Ne...
Chester is faced with the toughest decision of his life: Which of his newly divorced parents should he choose to live with? His mother is a wealthy but unstable businesswoman who "needs" him, while his father is the easygoing owner of a bookstore in ...
When Sam's Uncle Frank dies, he leaves his magic tricks to his nine-year-old nephew. This is a book about magic- the kind magicians perform, as well as the magic of believing in dreams, and in oneself.
Also published in Germany....
Nobody, not even Jeremys mother knows the terrible secret that keeps him wary and afraid. On Halloween night, however, Jeremys worst fears are realized his secret is revealed and a charge of sexual molestation explodes with devastating impact....