Mónica Mancillas
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SING IT LIKE CELIA...
Twelve-year-old Salva Sanchez has always been a lifelong fan of Celia Cruz, also known as "the queen of salsa." Her love of Celia stems from her mother, who leaves Salva without explanation one awful day. Now Salva is stuck with her investigative journalist father in a trailer park. In the middle of nowhere.
As Salva acclimates to her new environment and desperately tries to figure out why her mother left, she befriends a posse of campground kids who have started a band. When the kids discover that Salva has an amazing singing voice, they convince her to join their group. Soon, Salva learns how to find her voice and herself with the help of her newfound friends, her dad, and the one and only Celia Cruz.
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Twelve-year-old Salva Sanchez has always been a lifelong fan of Celia Cruz, also known as "the queen of salsa." Her love of Celia stems from her mother, who leaves Salva without explanation one awful day. Now Salva is stuck with her investigative journalist father in a trailer park. In the middle of nowhere.
As Salva acclimates to her new environment and desperately tries to figure out why her mother left, she befriends a posse of campground kids who have started a band. When the kids discover that Salva has an amazing singing voice, they convince her to join their group. Soon, Salva learns how to find her voice and herself with the help of her newfound friends, her dad, and the one and only Celia Cruz.
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TACO TUESDAYS...
Nacho average foodie WISH book! Mnica Mancillas explores themes of family, food, and identity wrapped up in a sweet, commercial title.
Dulce doesn’t want to spend the summer helping at her family’s restaurant, but with the business needing all the help it can get, she doesn’t have a choice.
Julian doesn’t want to be in California. But his food vloger parents have relocated the family as part of an attempt to keep their marriage going, so he doesn’t have a choice, either.
When the two literally crash into each other, it’s so not the beginning of a beautiful friendship. But as they’re both forced to enroll in a cooking class together and slowly get to know each other, things get heated―and not just the tacos! Julian and Dulce each have something to learn from the other about friendship, family, community, and food.
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Nacho average foodie WISH book! Mnica Mancillas explores themes of family, food, and identity wrapped up in a sweet, commercial title.
Dulce doesn’t want to spend the summer helping at her family’s restaurant, but with the business needing all the help it can get, she doesn’t have a choice.
Julian doesn’t want to be in California. But his food vloger parents have relocated the family as part of an attempt to keep their marriage going, so he doesn’t have a choice, either.
When the two literally crash into each other, it’s so not the beginning of a beautiful friendship. But as they’re both forced to enroll in a cooking class together and slowly get to know each other, things get heated―and not just the tacos! Julian and Dulce each have something to learn from the other about friendship, family, community, and food.
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ABOUT MONICA...
Mónica Mancillas is a musician, educator and speaker who authors picture books and Middle Grade fiction and non-fiction. She holds a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley. Her award-winning books include Mariana and Her Familia, The Worry Balloon, How to Speak in Spanglish, Sing it Like Celia, Taco Tuesdays (Scholastic, January 7, 2025), and Leyendas/Legends (Chronicle, 2025).
https://monicamancillas.com
Mónica Mancillas is a musician, educator and speaker who authors picture books and Middle Grade fiction and non-fiction. She holds a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley. Her award-winning books include Mariana and Her Familia, The Worry Balloon, How to Speak in Spanglish, Sing it Like Celia, Taco Tuesdays (Scholastic, January 7, 2025), and Leyendas/Legends (Chronicle, 2025).
https://monicamancillas.com