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City Of The Beasts Ciudad de las Bestias
City of Beasts centers on the adventures of Alexander Cold, a typical fifteen year-old boy. Ciudad de las bestias se centra en las aventuras de AlexanderCold, un típico chico de quince años de edad. He goes to school, where he's in band; he has a crush on a girl in his class, likes to rock-climb with his dad, fights with his sisters. Él va a la escuela,donde está en la banda, él está enamorado de una chica de su clase, le gusta el rock-escalar con su padre, las peleas con sus hermanas. Ordinary. Ordinario. But when his mother becomes ill, he is sentto stay with his grandmother, Kate, who is most untypical. Pero cuando su madre se enferma, es enviado a vivir con su abuela Kate, que es el más atípico. She is a writer for International Geographicmagazine, which seems to be modeled after another very popular magazine – you guess which one. Ella es una escritora de la revista International Geographic, que parece ser el modelo de otra revistamuy popular - Puedes adivinar cuál. She is portrayed as an old-school journalist of the hard-drinking, hard-nosed, get-the-story-at-any-cost kind. Ella se presenta como un periodista de la vieja escueladel bebedor, puro y duro, para hacerse la historia-en especie-cualquier costo. To tell the truth, neither character is very appealing at first. A decir verdad, ni personaje es muy atractivo alprincipio. But as the story progresses, it becomes clear that they are neither as bad as they seem. Pero a medida que avanza la historia, queda claro que no son ni tan malos como parecen. They are justinsecure and unwilling to open up, but they really do love each other, and both of them grow a great deal emotionally during the book. Ellos son inseguros y poco dispuesto a abrir, pero realmente se aman,y ambos crecen mucho emocionalmente durante el libro.

Alexander's grandmother is on assignment to find "The Beast", a yeti-like monster with a stench so bad that it has been known to paralyze or...