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Alebrijes Written by Donna Barba Higuera & illustrated by David Álvarez
D ONNA B ARBA H IGUERA N EWBERY M EDAL W INNER
The next stunning novel from Donna Barba Higuera, author of Newbery and Pura Belpré Award-winning The Last Cuentista
This is the story as it was told to me by Leandro the Mighty.
ver 400 years, the world has been a barren wasteland. The few ans that survive scrape together an existence in the cruel city of el—or go it alone in the wilderness beyond, filled with wandering s and wyrms. They don’t last long. 3 year-old pickpocket Leandro and his sister Gabi do what they can ge a life in Pocatel. The city does not take kindly to Cascabeles like —the descendants of those who worked the San Joaquin Valley for rations. When Gabi is caught stealing precious fruit from the Pocatelan elite, dro takes the fall. But his exile proves more than he ever could have ined—far from a simple banishment, his consciousness is placed e an ancient drone and left to fend on its own. But beyond the walls catel lie other Alebrijes like Leandro who seek for a better world—as as mutant monsters, wasteland pirates, a hidden oasis, and the truth.
For 400 years, Earth has been a barren wasteland. But when 13-year-old Leando is exiled from his city, he discovers other alebrijes like him who seek a better world. A Kirkus Best Book of the Year.
From Donna Barba Higuera comes another novel and imaginative world to astonish us and hold a mirror to our own.
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Half Moon Summer Written by Elaine Vickers & illustrated by Chloe Zola Two seventh graders discover it takes more than grit and a good pair of shoes to run 13.1 miles. You ’ ve got to have a partner who refuses to let you quit.
PRAISE FOR HALF MOON SUMMER : “Prepare your heart for an unforgettable, life-changing summer with Drew and Mia. You’ll never be the same after reading this heart-breaking/heart-healing gem of a book.” —Donna Gephart, author of Abby, Tried and True and Lily and Dunkin
“Get on your mark and get set, because once you start reading Half Moon Summer you won’t be able to stop
cheering for Drew, Mia, and their families.” —Tara Dairman, author of the All Four Stars series and The Girl from Earth’s End
“Full of heart and humanity, this beautiful story reminds us that when we lean on each other, we can get through anything.” —Ann Braden, author of The Benefits of Being an Octopus and Opinions and Opossums “Drew and Mia raced straight into my heart and had me rooting for them every step of the way.” —Jennifer Chambliss Bertman, New York Times bestselling author of the Book Scavenger series and Sisterhood of Sleuths
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The Last Cuentista By Donna Barba Higuera
When Earth is destroyed, humans find a new home among the stars. But why is young Petra Peña the only one who remembers humanity ’ s past? Winner of the Newbery Medal and Pura Belpré Award.
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DONNA BARBA HIGUERA Pura Belpré Honor winner
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Measuring Up Written by Lily LaMotte & illustrated by Ann Xu
“A beautiful story about food , family , and finding your place in the world.” —GENE LUEN YANG , author of American Born Chinese and Dragon Hoops
What if everything you’ve got simply isn’t enough ?
T welve-year-old Cici has just moved from Taiwan to Seattle, and the only thing she wants more than to fit in at her new school is to celebrate her grandmother, A-má’s, seventieth birthday together. Cici cooks up a plan to bring A-má to her by winning the grand prize in a kids’ cooking contest to pay for A-má’s plane ticket! There’s ust one problem: Cici only knows how to cook Taiwanese food. And after her pickled cucumber debacle at lunch, she’s determined to channel her inner Julia Child. Can Cici find a winning recipe to reunite with A-má, a way to fit n with her new friends, and somehow find herself, too?
Twelve-year-old Cici has just moved from Taiwan to Seattle. For her grandma ’ s 70th birthday, she enters a cooking contest to win enough money for a plane ticket to the U.S. An ALA Top Graphic Novel.
“A delicious and heartwarming exploration of identity by a young immigrant trying to find her place in multiple cultures.” —REMY LAI , author of Pie in the Sky and Fly on the Wall
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Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit Written by Jesse Q. Sutanto After inheriting a grieving fox spirit, a Chinese American boy must embrace his heritage to solve the mystery of his brother ’ s death in this magical, action-packed fantasy.
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“Wildly imaginative, laugh-out-loud funny, and full of heart . . . I didn’t want it to end!” — Nicole Lesperance , author of The Nightmare Thief and The Wide Starlight
an doesn’t want a spirit companion. He just wants to be a normal ican kid, playing video games, going to conventions, and using cirth cast his spells like everyone else. But when his older brother dies, Theo eriting Jamie’s fox spirit, Kai. happy about this, either. Theo is nothing like Jamie, and the two of ever gotten along. Then they realize the mysterious journal Jamie left d with clues and secret codes, and it becomes clear that something going on with Jamie’s internship at Reapling Corp. out the only way onto the campus is the highly competitive Know summer camp program, a celebration of Chinese and Indian cultures help connect students with their heritage. Theo and Kai will have to eir differences long enough to honor Jamie’s last wishes, or the mystery will remain unsolved forever . . .
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