Title: LoterÌa
Author: Karla Arenas Valenti
Narrators: Yunuenn Hidalgo
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Release Date: 05/01/24
Runtime: 06:26:52
Genre: See Full Description
Language: Spanish
Grade Level: 3rd Grade,4th Grade,5th Grade,6th Grade
Fiction
Description : The turn of a card could change your destiny in this captivating middle grade adventure based on the LoterÌa card game and perfect for fans of Coco. While searching for her missing cousin, a young girl is transported to a mythical kingdom, becoming entangled in a perilous game of chance.ìA magical, philosophical tale rooted in Mexican lore.î óSchool Library Journal, starred review In the hottest hour of the hottest day of the year, a fateful wind blows into Oaxaca City. It whistles down cobbled streets and rustles the jacaranda trees before slipping into the window of an eleven-year-old girl named Clara. Unbeknownst to her, Clara has been marked for la LoterÌa.Life and Death deal the LoterÌa cards but once a year, and the stakes could not be higher. Every card reveals a new twist in Claras fateóa scorpion, an arrow, a blood-red rose. If Life wins, Clara will live to a ripe old age. If Death prevails, shell flicker out like a candle. But Clara knows none of this. All she knows is that her young cousin Esteban has vanished, and shell do whatever it takes to save him, traveling to the mythical Kingdom of las Pozas, where every action has a price, and every choice has consequences. And though it seems her fate is sealed, Clara just might have what it takes to shatter the game and choose a new path.Karla Arenas Valenti weaves an adventure steeped in magic and mythology exploring the notion of free will in a world where fate holds all the cards.
Author: Karla Arenas Valenti
Narrators: Yunuenn Hidalgo
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Release Date: 05/01/24
Runtime: 06:26:52
Genre: See Full Description
Language: Spanish
Grade Level: 3rd Grade,4th Grade,5th Grade,6th Grade
Fiction
Description : The turn of a card could change your destiny in this captivating middle grade adventure based on the LoterÌa card game and perfect for fans of Coco. While searching for her missing cousin, a young girl is transported to a mythical kingdom, becoming entangled in a perilous game of chance.ìA magical, philosophical tale rooted in Mexican lore.î óSchool Library Journal, starred review In the hottest hour of the hottest day of the year, a fateful wind blows into Oaxaca City. It whistles down cobbled streets and rustles the jacaranda trees before slipping into the window of an eleven-year-old girl named Clara. Unbeknownst to her, Clara has been marked for la LoterÌa.Life and Death deal the LoterÌa cards but once a year, and the stakes could not be higher. Every card reveals a new twist in Claras fateóa scorpion, an arrow, a blood-red rose. If Life wins, Clara will live to a ripe old age. If Death prevails, shell flicker out like a candle. But Clara knows none of this. All she knows is that her young cousin Esteban has vanished, and shell do whatever it takes to save him, traveling to the mythical Kingdom of las Pozas, where every action has a price, and every choice has consequences. And though it seems her fate is sealed, Clara just might have what it takes to shatter the game and choose a new path.Karla Arenas Valenti weaves an adventure steeped in magic and mythology exploring the notion of free will in a world where fate holds all the cards.
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