A perfect pick for kids who love Rick Riordan. Booklist (starred review) A winner for all kids, but it will be especially loved by Latinx and Hispanic families. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The Lightning Thief meets the Story Thieves series in this middle grade fantasy inspired by Hispanic folklore, legends, and myths from the Iberian Peninsula and Central and South America.Charlie Hernndez has always been proud of his Latin American heritage. He loves the culture, the art, and especially the myths. Thanks to his abuelas stories, Charlie possesses an almost encyclopedic knowledge of the monsters and ghouls who have spent the last five hundred years haunting the imaginations of children all across the Iberian Peninsula, as well as Central and South America. And even though his grandmother sometimes hinted that the tales might be more than mere myth, Charlies always been a pragmatist. Even barely out of diapers, he knew the stories were just makebelievenothing more than intricately woven fables meant to keep little kids from misbehaving. But when Charlie begins to experience freaky bodily manifestationsones all too similar to those described by his grandma in his favorite legendhe is suddenly swept up in a world where the mythical beings hes spent his entire life hearing about seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Hispanic folklore and into his life. And even stranger, they seem to know more about him than he knows about himself. Soon, Charlie finds himself in...

Binding: Paperback;352 pages; Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Classification: YFCF; Weight: 374 g; Dimensions: 130 x 193 x 21

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