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Alebrijes: La Última Cuentista Libro 2 - Paperback
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by Donna Barba Higuera (Author), Aurora Humarán (Translator)
El segundo volumen de la serie de novelas CUENTISTA por Donna Barba Higuera, ganadora del la Medella Newbery y el Premio Pura Belpré
Desde hace 400 años, la Tierra es un páramo estéril. Los pocos humanos que quedan luchan por sobrevivir en la cruel ciudad de Pocatel. Su otra opción es aventurarse solos en las tierras salvajes, que están plagadas de espíritus errantes y gudrones. No duran mucho. Leandro, un ladroncito de 13 años, y su hermana Gabi hacen lo que pueden para forjarse una vida en Pocatel. La ciudad no es amable con cascabeles como ellos, descendientes de quienes trabajaron en el valle de San Joaquín durante generaciones. Luego de que atrapan a Gabi robando la preciada fruta de la elite pocatelana, Leandro asume la responsabilidad del robo. Su exilio resulta ser mucho más de lo que él podría haber imaginado de un simple destierro: su conciencia es colocada en un antiguo dron y... a arreglárselas solo. Pero más allá de los muros de Pocatel hay otros alebrijes que, como Leandro, quieren un mundo mejor. También hay monstruos mutantes, piratas del páramo, un oasis oculto... y la verdad. Escrita por Donna Barba Higuera, autora de The Last Cuentista (La última cuentista), libro premiado con la Medalla Newbery y el premio Pura Belpré, llega esta nueva novela para sorprendernos y crear un nuevo mundo lleno de imaginación, espejo del nuestro. R E C O N O C I M I E N T O Mejor del año: New York Times * Booklist * Kirkus * Chicago Public Library ★ "Un clásico inmediato". --School Library Journal (reseña estelar) ★ "Imaginación esplendorosa". --Foreword (reseña estelar) ★ "Un texto muy sentido que da señales de esperanza para la humanidad". --Kirkus (reseña estelar) ★ "Una aventura arriesgada... Asombrosa". --Booklist (reseña estelar) ★ "Estelar". --Publishers Weekly (reseña estelar) ★ "Inspiradora". --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (reseña estelar) ★ "Impresionante... Una novela distópica para jóvenes lectores que es intensamente épica y bella". --Shelf Awareness (reseña estelar) *** The next stunning novel from Donna Barba Higuera, author of Newbery and Pura Belpré Award-winning The Last Cuentista ★ "An instant classic."--School Library Journal (starred) ★ "Imaginative splendor."
-- Foreword (starred) ★"Heartfelt... Signals hope for humanity."
-- Kirkus (starred) ★ "High-stakes adventure...Wondrous."
-- Booklist (starred) ★ "Stellar."
-- Publishers Weekly (starred) ★ "Uplifting."
-- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred) ★ "Breathtaking... A ferociously epic and beautiful middle-grade dystopian novel."
-- Shelf Awareness (starred) This is the story as it was told to me by Leandro the Mighty. For 400 years, Earth has been a barren wasteland. 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. They don't last long. 13 year-old pickpocket Leandro and his sister Gabi do what they can to forge a life in Pocatel. The city does not take kindly to Cascabel like them - the descendants of those who worked the San Joaquin Valley for generations. When Gabi is caught stealing precious fruit from the Pocatelan elite, Leando takes the fall. But his exile proves more than he ever could have imagined -- far from a simple banishment, his consciousness is placed inside an ancient drone and left to fend on its 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. 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.
Author Biography
Donna Barba Higuera creció en el centro de California y actualmente vive en el noroeste del Pacífico. Ha pasado toda su vida mezclando el folclore con sus propias experiencias para crear las historias que llenan su imaginación. Donna es la autora de El Cucuy Is Scared, Too! (¡El Cucuy también tiene miedo!), The Yellow Handkerchief (El pañuelo amarillo), Lupe Wong Won't Dance (Lupe Wong no baila) y The Last Cuentista (La última cuentista). Entre otros galardones, ha ganado la Medalla Newbery, la Medalla Pura Belpré, el premio Pura Belpré y el premio PNBA. Su última novela, Alebrijes, ha recibido siete reseñas destacadas. Puedes conocer más sobre Donna en www.dbhiguera.com.
Lugar de residencia de la autora: Poulsbo, Washington Donna Barba Higuera grew up in Central California and now lives in the Pacific Northwest. She has spent her entire life blending folklore with her experiences into stories that fill her imagination. Donna is the author of El Cucuy Is Scared, Too!, The Yellow Handkerchief, Lupe Wong Won't Dance, and The Last Cuentista, and has won honors including the the Newbery Medal, the Pura Belpré Medal and Honor, and the PNBA Award. Her latest novel, Alebrijes, received seven starred reviews. Visit her at www.dbhiguera.com. Author residence: Poulsbo, WA Aurora Humarán es traductora pública de inglés graduada de la Universidad de Buenos Aires en 1982. En 2005, recibió el diploma de correctora internacional de textos en español expedido por la Fundación Litterae-Fundéu. En sus 40 años en la profesión se ha especializado en traducción legal, de marketing y en literatura infantil y juvenil. Tradujo A long walk to water de Linda Sue Park (HMH), best-seller de The New York Times; If I built a car de Chris Van Dusen (Penguin); Bodies are cool de Tyler Feder (Penguin) y The Last Communist Virgin de Wang Ping (Selva Canela), entre otros libros. Ha sido galardonada con la Medalla de Plata del Premio Internacional del Libro Latino (edición 2023) por su traducción de The Last Cuentista de Donna Barba Higuera (Levine Querido). Desde 2011 es miembra correspondiente de la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española. Es fundadora y actual presidenta de la Asociación Internacional de Profesionales de la Traducción y la Interpretación. Lugar de residencia de la traductora: Buenos Aires Aurora Humarán graduated from the University of Buenos Aires with a BA in translation in 1982. In 2005, she received her degree as an International Certified Proofreader from Fundación Litterae-Fundéu. Throughout her 40 years as a translator, she has specialized in legal, banking, marketing translation, as well as children and YA literature. Aurora is the translator of A long walk to water by Linda Sue Park (HMH), The New York Times best-seller; If I built a car by Chris Van Dusen (Penguin); Bodies are cool by Tyler Feder (Penguin), and The Last Communist Virgin by Wang Ping (Selva Canela), among other books. In October 2023, she received the Silver Medal from the International Latino Book Awards for her translation of The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera (Levine Querido). Aurora is a Corresponding Member of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language (Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española, ANLE). She is a founding member and the current president of the International Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters. Author residence: Buenos AiresPay with
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