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The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez
2021 Pura Belpré Honor Book
NYPL Best Book of 2020
2020 Evanston Public Library Great Books for Kids
In this magical middle-grade debut novel from Adrianna Cuevas, The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez, a Cuban American boy must use his secret ability to communicate with animals to save the inhabitants of his town when they are threatened by a tule vieja, a witch that transforms into animals.
All Nestor Lopez wants is to live in one place for more than a few months and have dinner with his dad.
When he and his mother move to a new town to live with his grandmother after his dad's latest deployment, Nestor plans to lay low. He definitely doesn't want to anyone find out his deepest secret: that he can talk to animals.
But when the animals in his new town start disappearing, Nestor's grandmother becomes the prime suspect after she is spotted in the woods where they were last seen. As Nestor investigates the source of the disappearances, he learns that they are being seized by a tule vieja--a witch who can absorb an animal's powers by biting it during a solar eclipse. And the next eclipse is just around the corner...
Now it's up to Nestor's extraordinary ability and his new friends to catch the tule vieja--and save a place he might just call home.
Book Details
- Publisher: Square Fish
- Publish Date: Sep 21st, 2021
- Pages: 320
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.50in - 5.10in - 0.90in - 0.55lb
- EAN: 9781250791856
- Recommended age: 08-12
- Categories: • Fantasy & Magic• Hispanic & Latino• Legends, Myths, Fables - Caribbean & Latin American
About the Author
More books by Adrianna Cuevas
What people are saying
A lifelong love of reading starts here! 📚🎈 Home to a growing number of amazing authors and books from Macmillan Children's Publishing Group.
Feautred tites include: 📚 Never After by Melissa de la Cruz 📚 The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas 📚 Frizzy by Claribel Ortega; illustrated by Rose Bousamra 📚 For Black Girls Like Me by Mariama Lockington 📚 Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh
(he/him) Singer-songwriter/#writer of #MGLit #MGNarwhals/stay-at-home-dad/nature nerd/ builder of stuff/ #WritingCommunity/ #amquerying/#SCBWI/#NHWP
#PWPoePrompts Friday Reads Just finished "The Hail Mary" by Andy Weir. I was distracted by how similar the beats were to "The Martian." Currently listening to "The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez" by Adrianna Cuevas, which is amazingly refreshing, original and unpredictable. https://t.co/2MPFG3yTuB
🇨🇴🇺🇸 Children's Author. Educator. Next: Lupita's Hurricane Palomitas (‘24) & Grow Up, Luchy Zapata (‘24). Rep: Deborah Warren @EastWestLit.
Also: if you haven’t already read Adrianna’s books, well, what are you waiting for?! My son & I both adored THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF NESTOR LOPEZ & CUBA IN MY POCKET. & we can’t wait for THE GHOSTS OF RANCHO ESPANTO, which releases Apr 2023! Preorder here: https://t.co/tsYQ6xJDwE https://t.co/cIQOLUfIHL
Praise for this book
2021 Pura Belpré Honor Book
NYPL Best Book of 2020
2020 Evanston Public Library Great Books for Kids
A Sunshine State Young Readers Award Book
"A charming and vibrant debut fantasy." --Kirkus Reviews
"Readers will devour this fast-paced adventure as they root for Nestor and his ragtag bunch of friends and animal allies . . . In a unique take on South and Central American folklore, Cuevas brings to life an earthly type of twisted magic that transcends spells and transfiguration, extending into the feelings of belonging and finding a true home." --Booklist
"With this heartwarming debut, Cuevas draws upon Central American legends and her Cuban heritage to flesh out Nestor's experiences . . . crafting a tense, satisfying tale of magic, family, and finding one's true home." --Publisher's Weekly
"Cuevas crafts a riveting story based on folktales from Panama and Costa Rica." --School Library Journal
"A marvelous, magical mystery that deftly blends family, friends and folklore." --David Bowles, author of Pura Belpré Honor Book and Walter Dean Myers Honor Book They Call Me Güero and Pura Belpré Honor Book The Smoking Mirror
"Mystery, adventure, humor, friendship, and...talking animals--The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez has it all! Readers will love this funny, fast-paced, heartwarming story." --Celia C. Pérez, author of the Pura Belpre Honor book The First Rule of Punk and Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers
What people are saying
A lifelong love of reading starts here! 📚🎈 Home to a growing number of amazing authors and books from Macmillan Children's Publishing Group.
Feautred tites include: 📚 Never After by Melissa de la Cruz 📚 The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas 📚 Frizzy by Claribel Ortega; illustrated by Rose Bousamra 📚 For Black Girls Like Me by Mariama Lockington 📚 Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh
(he/him) Singer-songwriter/#writer of #MGLit #MGNarwhals/stay-at-home-dad/nature nerd/ builder of stuff/ #WritingCommunity/ #amquerying/#SCBWI/#NHWP
#PWPoePrompts Friday Reads Just finished "The Hail Mary" by Andy Weir. I was distracted by how similar the beats were to "The Martian." Currently listening to "The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez" by Adrianna Cuevas, which is amazingly refreshing, original and unpredictable. https://t.co/2MPFG3yTuB