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10 campos de concentración. 10 lugares donde pasas hambre, eres torturado y trabajas hasta la extenuación. Nadie imagina que se pueda sobrevivir. Pero es a lo que Yanek Gruener se enfrenta. Es un niño polaco en la década de 1930 y está a merced de los invasores nazis. Todo lo que tenía y todo lo que amaba le ha sido arrebatado de la manera más brutal. Y el mismo Yanek es tomado prisionero y en el brazo le tatúan B-3087, su número de prisionero.

England is in trouble! A priceless violin has been stolen, and there's only one person who can help: Mac B., kid spy. Mac's adventure takes him on a top-secret museum night watch, zip-lining in Italy with his trusty corgi sidekick, and on an undercover mission in the heart of enemy territory. But when he ends up as a captured prisoner, is the mission lost for good?

The Queen of England calls on her trusty spy, Mac B., once again. This time, Mac must navigate secret tunnels beneath the Berlin Wall in order to retrieve cheat codes from a Soviet scientist. Floppy disk in hand, our hero finds himself trapped in East Germany, stuck between the wall and the Stasi. How will he escape? Well, it is 1989, and walls do fall down.

During the Revolutionary War, 14-year-old Nathan Wade joins forces with his older cousin, the inventor David Bushnell, to secretly build the first submarine used in naval warfare.

Have you ever had a dream - a nightmare - so mysterious and strange that it didn't really make sense, but also so vivid that you had to accept it for what it was? Early 20th century, Connecticut, United States. Eleven-year-old Lillian starts a new life with her loving family after her father's promotion at a museum. Everything seems to be working out perfectly, and her new life looks very promising. But shortly after her arrival to America, a series of tragic events begins to unfold. Deaths, kidnapping, threats....

Israeli kids and their aunt observe the holiday of Tisha B'Av, which commemorates the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, by visiting an archaeological dig at the Temple Mount and participating in their own hands-on dig.

Ali's donkey strays into the arena during a very important chariot race - and wins the race! The parallel stories in chapters of alternating languages will help you to follow Ali's exciting adventure in Spanish and English!