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The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejía

BuchGebunden
224 Seiten
Englisch
Atheneum Bookserschienen am21.02.2023
Encanto meets The Chronicles of Narnia by way of Colombian folklore in this middle grade fantasy adventure. To save their father´s life, a brother and sister must journey across a land full of mythical creatures and find the most powerful and dangerous of them all: the madremonte.Twelve-year-old Valentina wants to focus on drawing the real world around her and hopefully get into art school in Bogotá one day, but Papi has spent his life studying Colombia´s legendary creatures and searching for proof of their existence. So when Papi hears that a patasola-a vampire woman with one leg-has been sighted in the Andes, Valentina and her younger brother Julián get dragged along on another magical creature hunt. While they´re in the Andes, a powerful earthquake hits. Valentina and Julián fall through the earth...and find an alternate Colombia where, to Valentina´s shock, all the legends are real. To get home, Valentina and Julián must make a treacherous journey to reach this land´s ruler: the madremonte, mother and protector of the earth. She controls the only portal back to the human world-but she absolutely hates humans, and she´ll do anything to defend her land.mehr
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BuchGebunden
EUR18,00
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
EUR9,00

Produkt

KlappentextEncanto meets The Chronicles of Narnia by way of Colombian folklore in this middle grade fantasy adventure. To save their father´s life, a brother and sister must journey across a land full of mythical creatures and find the most powerful and dangerous of them all: the madremonte.Twelve-year-old Valentina wants to focus on drawing the real world around her and hopefully get into art school in Bogotá one day, but Papi has spent his life studying Colombia´s legendary creatures and searching for proof of their existence. So when Papi hears that a patasola-a vampire woman with one leg-has been sighted in the Andes, Valentina and her younger brother Julián get dragged along on another magical creature hunt. While they´re in the Andes, a powerful earthquake hits. Valentina and Julián fall through the earth...and find an alternate Colombia where, to Valentina´s shock, all the legends are real. To get home, Valentina and Julián must make a treacherous journey to reach this land´s ruler: the madremonte, mother and protector of the earth. She controls the only portal back to the human world-but she absolutely hates humans, and she´ll do anything to defend her land.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-6659-1705-6
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
FormatGenäht
Erscheinungsjahr2023
Erscheinungsdatum21.02.2023
Seiten224 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 147 mm, Höhe 213 mm, Dicke 25 mm
Gewicht318 g
Artikel-Nr.59023670

Autor

Alexandra Alessandri is the award-winning author of The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejía; Grow Up, Luchy Zapata; Isabel and Her Colores Go to School; and Feliz New Year, Ava Gabriela!. The daughter of Colombian immigrants, she is also a former associate professor of English, a writer for Curriculum Associates, and a poet. Alexandra lives in Florida with her husband and son.