Family Classics For Teens

'Twas the night before Christmas. Ebenezer Scrooge was alone, when suddenly he heard a ghostly moan. A ghost it was, took him back to the past, then to the present and future days in hope that Scrooge would mend his ways.

This is the story of Mary and her friends and a garden which had been locked away for 10 years.

Chris Brabson hates the Union troops. Yankee riders in the Tennessee mountains have stolen his family's newly harvested crops and their only horse. In spite of this, Chris' brother joins the Union army, and his parents refuse to take either side. But Chris has no doubts, he would fight for the Confederacy. The Perilous Road, a Newbery Honor book, powerfully illustrates the senseless waste of war and the true meaning of courage and tolerance.

El hermoso diario de Enrico Bottini, un niño italiano que narra lo que pasa en un año escolar: las cosas buenas y malas con sus compañeros de clase, con sus maestros, y con su familia. Enseña los más importantes valores humanos para practicarlos cada día. Un best seller mundial recomendado para niños y adultos por igual. 

This novel tells the story of Catherine Sloper, the plain, obedient daughter of the widowed, well-to-do Dr. August Sloper of Washington Square. When a handsome, reckless man-about-town proposes to Catherine, her father forbids the marriage because he believes the man to be after Catherine's fortune and future inheritance. The conflict between father, daughter, and suitor provokes consequences in the lives of all three that make this story one of James's most piercingly memorable.

Alice Lethbury, a young wife stuck in a dull, passionless marriage, decides to adopt a baby, Jane, with the consent of her reluctant husband. As Jane grows up, it becomes clear that she has entered the Lethburys' lives for a reason.

Brave little Rikki Tikki Tavi is a mongoose who finds himself the target of the deadly cobra Naga. Can the courageous little critter protect himself and the family he loves from the fearsome bite of the cobra?

Here is a tale that concerns the incredible power of friendship. The movie Tennessee's Partner (1955), starring John Payne and Ronald Reagan, was based on this story.

A sentry falls asleep at his post, leading to dire consequences. This is a classic tale about the terrible cost of the Civil War, which divided entire families.

Life on the streets of turn-of-the-century London hurls the orphan Oliver Twist into a danger-filled adventure! With him we meet the Artful Dodger and Fagin, and learn the ways of the hard world...

If your best friend is named Huckleberry Finn, and there's a girl in your life named Becky Thatcher, a villain named Injun Joe, and you and your friends get into all kinds of mischief and adventures, then you must be that ever-lovin' charmer from Missouri, Tom Sawyer!

Since summer was six years old she lived with dear Aunt May and Uncle Ob. Now, six years later, Aunt May has died. Summer, who misses May with all her might, is afraid something will happen to Ob. Most days Ob seems like he doesn't want to go on. But then Ob feels May's spirit around him and he wants to contact her. Cletus Underwood, a strange boy from school, reads about someone who could help him do that. Summer wants to hear from May too. Ob and Summer don't know what to expect when they set off on their search for some sign from May.

In klarer Sprache wird die flotte Handlung der Geschichten von Gulliver bei den Lilliputanern und bei den Riesen geschildert. Er versucht, gut mit ihnen auszukommen, lernt ihre Sprache und es entwickeln sich Freundschaften - aber manche Adelige und Militärs werden zu Feinden. So lebt er in ständiger Gefahr. Wie wird es ihm ergehen?

Am Ufer des Mississippi liegt das beschauliche Städtchen, in dem Huck leben muss - alles ist ihm langweilig und zu ordentlich. Kaum zu glauben: Sein Vater versucht ihm zu verbieten, in die Schule zu gehen! Und so dauert es nicht lange, bis er unter abenteuerlichen Umständen fliehen muss. Er - als weißer Außenseiter - und Jim, ein schwarzer Sklave, tun sich zusammen, in einer Zeit, in der Rassismus und Sklaverei fest verwurzelt waren.

Vielfältige Charaktere sind in diesem Klassiker in einem Spiel auf Leben und Tod verbunden. Nie geht die Spannung verloren, die Reise mit dem Schiff ist für Jim Hawkins eine Möglichkeit, hinaus in die Welt zu gehen und sich zu bewähren. Er ordnet sich nicht unter und geht immer wieder eigene Wege. Es wird auch gezeigt, wie die Gier nach Gold und Geld manche Menschen zu Übeltätern und Bestien macht. Es wird auch klar, wie manche Menschen am Alkohol scheitern - selbst der Lange John Silver, der Anführer der Piraten, warnt seine Kumpane vergeblich davor

In The End of the Young Family Feud, three sisters accept an invitation from their Aunt Jean to join them at their father's ancestral home for Christmas. But when they arrive, there is no one there to greet them, a feast has been laid out along with presents for all three and the home is in a strange state of disarray. Will they meet the feared Uncle William, who has a long-standing feud with their father?

Es nuestro distinto placer presentarle nuestra versión de Pinocho por Carlo Collodi, narrado por Adriel Ureña.