In this story a grandfather teaches his grandson about jumping beans which are really seed capsules containing the larva of a moth. Spanish words appear in the English story, some with translations. En este cuento ilustrado para niños, un abuelo le enseña a su nieto algo sobre los frijoles saltarines que en realidad son secciones de cáscaras de semillas que contienen la larva de una polilla. Palabras en español aparecen, algunas con traducciones,...

London, 1881. There's something a little eerie about Manon. She's not like the other girls at the orphanage. Maybe it's her red eyes. Maybe it's her silence. Maybe it's the series of violent deaths that seem to follow her. What we do know: someone is hot on her tail. And there's a lot of money at stake in finding out where exactly she comes from, and what exactly she is. In order to stay alive, Manon must untangle the mystery of her origins, and perhaps...