ALDA P. DOBBS
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Coming 2021
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BAREFOOT DREAMS OF PETRA LUNA...
BAREFOOT DREAMS OF PETRA LUNA is a debut #OwnVoices middle grade novel based on the author’s great-grandmother’s experience. Twelve-year-old Petra Luna is a poor mestizo girl who escapes her burning village along with her family during the Mexican Revolution in 1913. As she struggles to lead her family to the safety of the U.S. border, she hangs tight to her dreams. In her favorite dream, she knows how to read, and she reads everything – books, newspapers, EVERYTHING. But all of her dreams will have to wait as long as she stays true to a promise she's made. Coming 2021.
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BAREFOOT DREAMS OF PETRA LUNA is a debut #OwnVoices middle grade novel based on the author’s great-grandmother’s experience. Twelve-year-old Petra Luna is a poor mestizo girl who escapes her burning village along with her family during the Mexican Revolution in 1913. As she struggles to lead her family to the safety of the U.S. border, she hangs tight to her dreams. In her favorite dream, she knows how to read, and she reads everything – books, newspapers, EVERYTHING. But all of her dreams will have to wait as long as she stays true to a promise she's made. Coming 2021.
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ABOUT ALDA...
Alda P. Dobbs is the author of the upcoming novel Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna (Sourcebooks, Fall 2021). Her writings have won various awards including the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Award and the Sustainable Arts Foundation Grant. She has also written articles for Highlights Children’s Magazine, Guideposts, and La Prensa newspaper.
Alda was born in a small town in northern Mexico but moved to San Antonio, Texas as a child. She studied physics and worked as an engineer before pursuing her love of storytelling. She is as passionate about connecting children to their past, their communities, different cultures, and nature as she is about writing.
Alda lives with her husband and two children outside Houston, Texas.
aldapdobbs.com
Alda P. Dobbs is the author of the upcoming novel Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna (Sourcebooks, Fall 2021). Her writings have won various awards including the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Award and the Sustainable Arts Foundation Grant. She has also written articles for Highlights Children’s Magazine, Guideposts, and La Prensa newspaper.
Alda was born in a small town in northern Mexico but moved to San Antonio, Texas as a child. She studied physics and worked as an engineer before pursuing her love of storytelling. She is as passionate about connecting children to their past, their communities, different cultures, and nature as she is about writing.
Alda lives with her husband and two children outside Houston, Texas.
aldapdobbs.com