{"product_id":"alebrijes-9798885794725","title":"Alebrijes","description":"\"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe next stunning novel from Donna Barba Higuera, author of Newbery and Pura Belpr? Award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Last Cuentista\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is the story as it was told to me by Leandro the Mighty.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Donna Barba Higuera, Newbery and Pura Belpr? Medal-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Cuentista\u003c\/i\u003e, comes another novel to astonish us and create a whole new imaginative world, that holds a mirror to our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonna Barba Higuera\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eEl Cucuy Is Scared, Too!\u003c\/i\u003e; the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Handkerchief\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLupe Wong Won't Dance\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of a Pura Belpr? Honor and a PNBA award; and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Cuentista\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Newbery Medal and the Pura Belpr? Medal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Visit her at www.dbhiguera.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Youth Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644321927442,"sku":"9798885794725","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_abe68467-226c-407b-b170-7b814a5bfa46.jpg?v=1746298006","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/alebrijes-9798885794725","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}