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.
Leandro and his unflinching dedication to an uplifting view of humanity that will spark engagement from the first page and linger in the minds of r. --Publishers Weekly (starred) ★ Higuera brilliantly balances the heaviness of a dystopian future of a ruined Earth with her own blend of science fiction and Mexican folkloric elements once Leandro leaves his human body... --Booklist (starred) ★ This stellar speculative narrative explores themes of identity across circumstance, centering an adolescent without structural power working to protect family and community.
A wondrous addition to any collection.
Though it exposes cruelty and corruption, it raises up storytelling, culture, and kindness as stronger yet...
Beautiful, imaginative writing fills this dystopian sf novel. --Kirkus (starred) ★ High-stakes adventure... --Foreword (starred) ★ This heartfelt adventure signals hope for humanity, even in the aftermath of darkness. --Shelf Awareness (starred) ★ Combines humanity and technology with imaginative splendor.
A ferociously epic and beautiful middle-grade dystopian novel. --School Library Journal (starred) ★ Breathtaking...
P R A I S E ★ An instant classic.
From Donna Barba Higuera, Newbery and Pura Belpré Medal-winning author of The Last Cuentista, comes another novel to astonish us and create a whole new imaginative world, that holds a mirror to our own.
But beyond the walls of Pocatel lie other alebrijes like Leandro who seek for a better world -- as well as mutant monsters, wasteland pirates, a hidden oasis, and the truth.
But his exile proves more than he ever could have imagined -- far from a simple banishent, his consciousness is placed inside an ancient drone and left to fend on its own.
When Gabi is caught stealing precious fruit from the Pocatelan elite, Leando takes the fall.
The city does not take kindly to Cascabel like them - the descendants of those who worked the San Joaquin Valley for generations. 13 year-old pickpocket Leandro and his sister Gabi do what they can to forge a life in Pocatel.
They don\'t last long.
The few humans that survive scrape together an existence in the cruel city of Pocatel - or go it alone in the wilderness beyond, filled with wandering spirits and wyrms.
For 400 years, Earth has been a barren wasteland.
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
