NOVEDADES

Es el verano de 1976. Peggy Hillcoat tiene ocho años y pasa los días con su padre, James, un hombre obsesionado con la supervivencia que ha convertido el sótano de su casa en un refugio nuclear. Una noche, sin previo aviso, James secuestra a su hija y se la lleva a una cabaña en medio de un bosque inmenso. Alejados de toda señal de vida humana, James convence a Peggy de que el mundo entero ha sido destruido. Juntos aprenden a subsistir: construyen trampas para cazar, se lavan en el río, almacenan alimentos. Los inviernos son largos y crueles; los veranos, fugaces. En su aislamiento, incluso fabrican un piano de madera que no produce sonido alguno. Durante años, Peggy vive en esa cabaña con su padre, sin cuestionar su realidad. Hasta que, un día, encuentra unas botas. El descubrimiento la empujará a una búsqueda desesperada que revelará los secretos de su encierro y la verdad sobre la última noche que pasó con James. ¿Qué ocurrió realmente en aquel bosque? ¿Cómo logró escapar? Y, sobre todo, ¿por qué ha vuelto sin él?

When Sadie Brooks unexpectedly loses her marketing job, she flees New York City to spend the summer with her best friend in small-town Texas, where joining his Dungeons & Dragons campaign is the perfect distraction while she plans her next steps. In the game, she becomes Jaylie, a powerful human cleric blessed by the Goddess of Luck. But in real life, Sadie believes her luck has run out—until she meets Noah Walker, the outgoing bartender roped into joining their party as Loren, an adventurous and charismatic lute-strumming elf. Just as Jaylie finds herself succumbing to the bard’s charms over the course of their party’s travels, Sadie also begins to fall under Noah’s spell. As their relationship progresses in both worlds, Sadie wonders if what they have might last beyond the game. But like his traveling bard character, Noah never stays in one place for long. When a new opportunity arises in New York, Sadie must face the truth about why she lost her job in the first place—and whether she and Noah have found something in Texas worth staying for. Torn between her career dreams in the city and the exciting uncertainty of a new adventure, she will have no choice but to roll the dice.

Beautifully illustrated by Madalena Moniz’s subtle watercolors, Today I Feel . . . follows a child through a whole range of emotions, from adored to curious to strong. Not all of the emotions are positive and not all of them are simple, but they are all honest and worthy of discussion with a young child.