Alebrijes / Donna Barba Higuera.

9781646142637 (hardcover)
1646142632 (hardcover)

Montclair [New Jersey] ; Amsterdam [The Netherlands] ; Hoboken [New Jersey] : Levine Querido, October 2023.

[San Francisco, California] : distributed by Chronicle Books, LLC.

©2023

English

404 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), 1 black and white map ; 22 cm

YA PZ7.1.H5468 Al 2023

813/.6 [Fic]

"For 400 years, the world 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 Cascabeles 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."-- Back cover.

"Art for the jacket, case, and interiors was drawn by David Álvarez"--Page 406.
Color illustrations on lining papers.
"This is an Arthur A. Levine book"--Title page verso.

Grades 5-9.
Ages 10-14.

Pura Belpré Honor Book for Children, 2024 (Recognized)

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