{"product_id":"alebrijes-9781646142637","title":"Alebrijes","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe next stunning novel from Donna Barba Higuera, author of Newbery and Pura Belpré Award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Last Cuentista\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is the story as it was told to me by Leandro the Mighty. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 Cascabel like them - the descendants of those who worked the San Joaquin Valley for generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From Donna Barba Higuera, Newbery and Pura Belpré 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Levine Querido\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646142637\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023 pg. 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/21\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023 pg. 99\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/29\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/13\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Donna Barba Higuera","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43204893868213,"sku":"9781646142637","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9a3857ea-1d8a-42e5-8dc5-e798b219921e.jpg?v=1698126382","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/alebrijes-9781646142637","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}