Directed at students between the ages of 12 and 15, the short stories in this book have been written in accordance with the basic competencies of Spain's education system, the Ley Orgánica de Educación (LOE), and are as useful in regular classrooms as in support groups or therapeutic learning environments for teaching reading comprehension and writing skills. This collection develops personal initiative in a skillful manner, fosters necessary linguistic skills, encourages active participation and creativity, utilizes new technologies and data processing, and boosts students' relationships with the natural world through topics such as health, social relations, teamwork, tolerance, and respect toward others and their differences. Each short story is supplemented by a vocabulary list, reading comprehension questions, and writing prompts.