Alexandra Alessandri |
THE ENCHANTED LIFE OF VALENTINA MEJÍA
Coming 2023 |
FELIZ NEW YEAR, AVA GABRIELA...
Ava Gabriela is visiting her extended family in Colombia for the holidays. She's excited to take part in family traditions such as making bunuelos, but being around all her loud relatives in an unfamiliar place makes Ava shy and quiet. How will Ava find her voice before she misses out on all the New Year's fun?
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ISABEL AND HER COLORES GO TO SCHOOL...
English, with its blustery blues and whites, just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers the warm oranges and pinks of Spanish. As she prepares for class at a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn--and she would rather not! Her first day is uncomfortable, until she discovers there's more than one way to communicate with friends. This is a universal story about feeling new and making new friends. English and Spanish edition coming 7.15.2021
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Ava Gabriela is visiting her extended family in Colombia for the holidays. She's excited to take part in family traditions such as making bunuelos, but being around all her loud relatives in an unfamiliar place makes Ava shy and quiet. How will Ava find her voice before she misses out on all the New Year's fun?
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ISABEL AND HER COLORES GO TO SCHOOL...
English, with its blustery blues and whites, just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers the warm oranges and pinks of Spanish. As she prepares for class at a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn--and she would rather not! Her first day is uncomfortable, until she discovers there's more than one way to communicate with friends. This is a universal story about feeling new and making new friends. English and Spanish edition coming 7.15.2021
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2023 Middle Grade Debut...
THE ENCHANTED LIFE OF VALENTINA MEJÍA...
THE ENCHANTED LIFE OF VALENTINA MEJÍA, which releases Spring 2023: Twelve-year-old Valentina doesn't believe in her father's tales about the mano peluda, madremonte, and patasola, but when an earthquake injures Papi and leaves her stranded with her brother in a strange—and magical—land, she must face the madremonte's wrath if she has any hopes of getting home and saving Papi.
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THE ENCHANTED LIFE OF VALENTINA MEJÍA...
THE ENCHANTED LIFE OF VALENTINA MEJÍA, which releases Spring 2023: Twelve-year-old Valentina doesn't believe in her father's tales about the mano peluda, madremonte, and patasola, but when an earthquake injures Papi and leaves her stranded with her brother in a strange—and magical—land, she must face the madremonte's wrath if she has any hopes of getting home and saving Papi.
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ABOUT ALEXANDRA...
Alexandra Alessandri is the award-winning author of FELIZ NEW YEAR, AVA GABRIELA! (Albert Whitman) and the forthcoming ISABEL AND HER COLORES GO TO CHOOL (Sleeping Bear Press). The daughter of Colombian immigrants, she is also an Associate Professor of English at Broward College and a poet, with some of her work appearing in The Acentos Review, Rio Grande Review, Atlanta Review, and Young Adult Review Network. Alexandra lives in Florida with her husband and son.
https://alexandraalessandri.com/
Alexandra Alessandri is the award-winning author of FELIZ NEW YEAR, AVA GABRIELA! (Albert Whitman) and the forthcoming ISABEL AND HER COLORES GO TO CHOOL (Sleeping Bear Press). The daughter of Colombian immigrants, she is also an Associate Professor of English at Broward College and a poet, with some of her work appearing in The Acentos Review, Rio Grande Review, Atlanta Review, and Young Adult Review Network. Alexandra lives in Florida with her husband and son.
https://alexandraalessandri.com/