Days of the Dead

di Kersten Hamilton (Autore)

Sky Pony, 2018

By the critically acclaimed author of Tyger Tyger, a warm, magical story of a girl’s struggle to keep a promise to her dead mother. Glorieta Magdalena Davis Espinosa is happy that Papi married Alice. She’s happy that he can smile again after years of mourning Mamá. But the urn containing Mamá’s ashes disappeared into a drawer the day Alice moved in. If everything about Glorieta’s life is going to change, then she wants one thing to go her way: She wants to hear stories about her mamá when the family gathers on the last night of los Días de los Muertos. And that can only happen if Tia Diosonita will allow Mamá to be buried with the Espinosas in holy ground. If she will allow people to speak Mamá’s name. With the help of her best friend, River, and her cousin Mateo, Glorieta sets out to convince Diosonita that Mamá is not burning in Hell. To do so, she’ll have to learn to let hate go—and to love the people who stand in her way. In prose that sparkles with magical undertones, author Kersten Hamilton weaves a tender story about grief, faith, and the redemptive power of love. With the strength of this book’s writing and its timely subject matter, it is a strong candidate for awards and inclusion in state lists, which guarantee sales for years. Sensitive exploration of faith and religion: Though religion plays a role in a huge number of children’s lives, it rarely plays a major role in children’s books for the trade market. Like 22% of the United States population, Glory and her family are Catholic, and their religion is explored sensitively and thoroughly. Catholic readers will appreciate seeing their experiences reflected in this book.

• Autore: Kersten Hamilton
• Editore: Sky Pony
• Formato: EPUB2 con Adobe DRM
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• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9781510728592

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