2021 Pura Belpré Honor Book NYPL Best Book of 2020 2020 Evanston Public Library Great Books for Kids In this magical middle-grade debut novel from Adrianna Cuevas, The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez , a Cuban American boy must use his secret ability to communicate with animals to save the inhabitants of his town when they are threatened by a tule vieja, a witch that transforms into animals.
Now it\'s up to Nestor\'s extraordinary ability and his new friends to catch the tule vieja--and save a place he might just call home..
And the next Eclipse is just around the corner...
As Nestor investigates the source of the disappearances, he learns that they are being seized by a tule vieja--a witch who can absorb an animal\'s powers by biting it during a solar eclipse.
But when the animals in his new town start disappearing, Nestor\'s grandmother becomes the prime suspect after she is spotted in the woods where they were last seen.
He definitely doesn\'t want to anyone find out his deepest secret: that he can talk to animals.
When he and his mother move to a new town to live with his grandmother after his dad\'s latest deployment, Nestor plans to lay low.
All Nestor Lopez wants is to live in one place for more than a few months and have dinner with his dad. 2021 Pura Belpré Honor Book NYPL Best Book of 2020 2020 Evanston Public Library Great Books for Kids In this magical middle-grade debut novel from Adrianna Cuevas, The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez , a Cuban American boy must use his secret ability to communicate with animals to save the inhabitants of his town when they are threatened by a tule vieja, a witch that transforms into animals
