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Tortilla Sun

When twelve-year-old Izzy discovers a beat-up baseball marked with the words "Because...magic" while unpacking in yet another new apartment, she is determined to figure out what it means. What secrets does this old ball have to tell? Her mom certainly isn't sharing any -- especially when it comes to Izzy's father, who died before Izzy was born.

But when she spends the summer in her Nana's remote New Mexico village, Izzy discovers long-buried secrets that come alive in an enchanted landscape of watermelon mountains, whispering winds, and tortilla suns. Infused with the flavor of the southwest and sprinkled with just a pinch of magic, this heartfelt middle grade debut is as rich and satisfying as Nana's homemade enchiladas.

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Description

"Nana warmly welcomes her granddaughter to her remote village, a place that seems frozen in time. Izzy meets Nana's friends and neighbors, learns to make tortillas, and watches her grandmother, a curandera, prepare folk remedies. She also begins to uncover the mystery surrounding her father's life and death. Cervantes's prose is lean and lightly spiced with evocative metaphor." -- Marilyn Taniguchi, School Library Journal

Product Details

Recommended Age 9 - 12
Author Jennifer Cervantes
ISBN 1452131503
Publication Date Apr 1, 2014
Publisher Chronicle Books
Language English