New Spanish-Language Books Releasing in July

Jenny Han meets CODA in this big-hearted YA debut about first love and Deaf pride at a summer camp. Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when you don’t feel “deaf enough” to identify as Deaf or hearing enough to meet the world’s expectations. But this summer, Lilah is ready for a change. When Lilah becomes a counselor at a summer camp for the deaf and blind, her plan is to brush up on her ASL. Once there, she also finds a community. There are cute British lifeguards who break hearts but not rules, a YouTuber who’s just a bit desperate for clout, the campers Lilah’s responsible for (and overwhelmed by)—and then there’s Isaac, the dreamy Deaf counselor who volunteers to help Lilah with her signing. Romance was never on the agenda, and Lilah’s not positive Isaac likes her that way. But all signs seem to point to love. Unless she’s reading them wrong? One thing’s for sure: Lilah wanted change, and things here . . . they’re certainly different than what she’s used to.

A beautiful and modernized edition of one of the most important classics of young adult literature in the Spanish language.Spain’s great lyric poet, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870), is famed both for his poetry and his fiction. Bécquer’s celebrated Rhymes consists of sixty-six of the most splendid poems written in Spain in the nineteenth century. As the Alvarez Quintero brothers said, “All his poetry is moonlight.” And the six tales from Bécquer’s Legends, shimmering between romance and fantasy, show why his prose is recognized as among the best from the Spanish Romantic tradition.· Complete illustrated edition, with the meticulous Alfaguara Clásicos design.· Featuring intriguing illustrations that depict Bécquer’s lyrical world like never before.

“It took me a long time to understand where he came from. The Little Prince, who asked me so many questions, never seemed to hear mine. Certain things he said, words spoken casually, gradually revealed everything.” In our own galaxy is a small asteroid, B 612. A young boy lives there, caring lovingly for a beautiful rose and fending off the roots of the baobab trees that threaten to destroy his home. Surely, you’ll have heard of this boy, better known as the Little Prince, but few know the story behind the character and his creator, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Irene Vasco leads readers in discovering the fascinating life of this French author, the magic hidden in his books, and the influence of aviation, friendship, travel, inventions and war on this classic of world literature.

Since then, my Macondo has been in Tolú. Each of us has found our own Macondo after García Márquez described his to us. —Irene Vasco Welcome to Macondo, a place where anything can happen. Don’t be alarmed if a mysterious gypsy tries to sell you magical objects, or you glimpse a woman ascend to heaven wrapped in white sheets. Don’t be surprised if your way is blocked by a cloud of butterflies. The best thing to do is to jot these things down in a notebook, in brightly colored ink, and join Irene Vasco and Rafael Yockteng in the universe of One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Nobel prize winning author Gabriel García Márquez. Meet the members of the Buendía family and discover if you really can float after drinking a cup of hot chocolate. The expedition is just beginning….

A medieval sorcerer accidentally becomes… the first streamer in history! This is the most savage and rebellious take on the Middle Ages. Fimbar Gunnerson is an old medieval sorcerer… who also happens to be history’s very first streamer! So, who better than Fimbar to tell you EVERYTHING about the Middle Ages?Join him and learn with him about the best (and weirdest) remedies for the Black Plague, about the most brutal public executions, and about the grossest meals of the era. Discover all this and more… IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MIDDLE AGES!