The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez
The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

Author: Adrianna Cuevas

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Published: 2020-07-21

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 0374313628

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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. All Nestor Lopez wants is to live in one place for more than a few months and have dinner with his dad. 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. He definitely doesn’t want to anyone find out his deepest secret: that he can talk to animals. 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. 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. And the next eclipse is just around the corner... 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.

Cuba in My Pocket
Cuba in My Pocket

Author: Adrianna Cuevas

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Published: 2021-09-21

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 0374314683

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By the author of 2021 Pura Belpré Honor Book The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez, a sweeping, emotional middle grade historical novel about a twelve-year-old boy who leaves his family in Cuba to immigrate to the U.S. by himself, based on the author's family history. “I don’t remember. Tell me everything, Pepito. Tell me about Cuba.” When the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 solidifies Castro’s power in Cuba, twelve-year-old Cumba’s family makes the difficult decision to send him to Florida alone. Faced with the prospect of living in another country by himself, Cumba tries to remember the sound of his father’s clarinet, the smell of his mother’s lavender perfume. Life in the United States presents a whole new set of challenges. Lost in a sea of English speakers, Cumba has to navigate a new city, a new school, and new freedom all on his own. With each day, Cumba feels more confident in his new surroundings, but he continues to wonder: Will his family ever be whole again? Or will they remain just out of reach, ninety miles across the sea? A Kirkus Best Children's Book of the Year "...Cuevas’ latest is a triumph of the heart...A compassionate, emotionally astute portrait of a young Cuban in exile." —Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW "Cuevas’ intense and immersive account of a Cuban boy’s experience after the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion brings a specific point in history alive." —Booklist, STARRED REVIEW "Cuevas packs this sophomore novel with palpable emotions and themes of friendship, love, longing, and trauma, attentively conveying tumultuous historical events from the lens of one young refugee." — Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW

My Ukrainian American Story
My Ukrainian American Story

Author: Adrianna Bamber

Publisher:

Published: 2017-10-14

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9780998959115

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Journey with Oksana as she shares her Ukrainian American experience. Thirty-eight pages of detailed color illustrations transport you through a vibrant world filled with the customs, dance, food, craft, music and holiday traditions passed down from generations of Ukrainians.

The Year of Cozy
The Year of Cozy

Author: Adrianna Adarme

Publisher: Rodale Books

Published: 2015-10-06

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1623365112

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From the author of the popular blog, A Cozy Kitchen, comes a beautifully photographed one-stop-shop book with all the recipes and projects you’ll need for some cozy inspiration this holiday season—and all year long. You’ll love Adrianna Adarme’s easy-to-follow instructions and will enjoy getting lost in her warm and comforting photographs. Organized by the months of the year and by categories as “Live,” “Do,” and “Make, ” this book offers ideas for activities, recipes, and DIY projects that make the little moments in life just as exciting as the big. Adarme gives us special (but totally doable) things we can do for others and ourselves. From quick recipes to easy crafts, she focuses on simple, inexpensive undertakings that have a big reward: happiness. The Year of Cozy will surely inspire you to march into your kitchen and craft closet to make something you can truly be proud of.

Pancakes
Pancakes

Author: Adrianna Adarme

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2013-05-28

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 125001249X

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A wide-ranging collection of seventy-two sure-to-delight pancake recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, each photographed in full color. Additionally, there is a section with recipes for delicious syrups, simple glazes, and fruit-based toppings.

Muse Squad: The Mystery of the Tenth
Muse Squad: The Mystery of the Tenth

Author: Chantel Acevedo

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2021-07-06

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 0062947745

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The finale of an action-packed middle grade fantasy duology about a young Cuban American girl who discovers that she’s one of the nine muses of Greek mythology. Perfect for fans of The Serpent’s Secret, the Aru Shah series, and the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Callie Martinez-Silva is finally getting the hang of this whole goddess within thing. Six months after learning she was one of the nine muses of ancient myth, she and the other junior muses are ready for new adventures. Except first Callie has to go to New York City for the summer to visit her dad, stepmom, and new baby brother. Then the muses get startling news: an unprecedented tenth muse has been awakened somewhere in Queens, putting Callie in the perfect position to help find her. And she’ll have help—thanks to a runaway mold problem in London, Muse Headquarters is moving to the New York Hall of Science. But balancing missions and family-mandated arts camp proves difficult for Callie, especially once mysterious messages from spiders (yikes!) begin to weave a tale of ancient injustice involving Callie’s campmate Ari. Now Callie and her friends have to make a choice: follow orders and find the tenth muse or trust that sometimes fate has other plans.

The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto
The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto

Author: Adrianna Cuevas

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Published: 2023-04-04

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 0374390428

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A new middle grade contemporary fantasy from Adrianna Cuevas—author of the Pura Belpré Honor Book The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez—about a Cuban American boy who's sent to work on a ranch as punishment for a school prank gone wrong, where's he's confronted with a mystery as inexplicable as it is familiar and discovers that uncovering secrets will lead to learning hard truths about himself, told with Adrianna's signature self-deprecating humor. Rafa would rather live in the world of The Forgotten Age, his favorite fantasy role-playing game, than face his father’s increasing restrictions and his mother’s fading presence. But when Rafa and his friends decide to take the game out into the real world and steal their school cafeteria's slushie machine, his dad concocts a punishment Rafa never could’ve imagined—a month working on a ranch in New Mexico, far away from his friends, their game, and his mom’s quesitos in Miami. Life at Rancho Espanto isn’t as bad as Rafa initially expected, mostly due to Jennie, a new friend with similarly strong opinions about Cuban and Korean snacks, and Marcus, the veteran barn manager who's not as gruff as he appears. But when Rafa's work at the ranch is inexplicably sabotaged by a man (or a ghost) who may not be what he seems, Rafa and Jennie explore what's behind the strange events at Rancho Espanto—and discover that the greatest mystery may have been with Rafa all along.

Find Her
Find Her

Author: Sarah A. Denzil

Publisher: Sarah A. Denzil

Published:

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13:

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Three weddings at one isolated venue. Three dead bodies. Three missing brides… And one of them is a murderer. It’s Christmas Day at Wilder House, and three magical winter weddings are set to begin. But as the tables are arranged and the food is prepared, a perfect storm hits, cutting every guest from the rest of the world. Most little girls dream of the perfect wedding. But this bride stumbles alone into the snow, her silk train dragging through dirt, her hands bloody from the murder she just committed… Now there is at least one killer roaming the unforgiving landscape surrounding Wilder House. Who else will die on Christmas Day? This chilling psychological thriller by bestselling author Sarah A. Denzil is not one to miss. Set in the atmospheric Lake District, it’s the perfect winter read. Why readers are gripped by Find Her: “Sarah is the Queen of Suspense. There are so many twists and turns in her books that I’m left shocked and speechless. One of these days she's going to give me a heart attack!” – Goodreads reviewer. “Had me literally on the edge of my seat wanting to know what would happen next.” – Goodreads reviewer. “One of those books where I stayed up late for "just one more chapter" to get myself through the twists and cliff-hangers.” – Goodreads reviewer. “I found the book to be an easy-to-read thrill ride almost from start and definitely to the finish!” – Goodreads reviewer.

Descorchados 2023 Guide to the wines of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Peru & Uruguay
Descorchados 2023 Guide to the wines of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Peru & Uruguay

Author: Patricio Tapia

Publisher: Pehoe Ediciones

Published: 2023-05-17

Total Pages: 1086

ISBN-13: 9566131674

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Descorchados is celebrating its 25th anniversary. It began as a guide to Chilean wines and as of 2010, it has covered the wines of South America in what is now the region’s most complete wine guide. This year we have tasted 5,159 wines, of which we have recommended 4,130 from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay in this edition, thereby presenting a wide-angle HD photograph of South America’s current wine scene. In Descorchados 2023 you’ll find reviews of more than 600 wineries and their recommended wines as well as the latest news about each country and detailed maps of their primary terroirs, plus rankings of the best wines listed by variety and origin, as well as the best values for money that we have found in our tastings this year. Descorchados is an essential tool for those who want to know more about the reality of South American wine and the people who are the major driving forces behind it.