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Gr 1–3—This bilingual foray into magical realism revolves around a Puerto Rican folkloric symbol, the vejigante. With its horned mask and black "jumpsuit," the devil/trickster figure traditional to the carnavales of Puerto Rico is scary to young Sofi. Her mother sends her to the bodega at the end of the block of their South Bronx neighborhood for some milk. On her way back, she decides to take a closer look at the mural she always sees from her apartment. She crosses the street (by herself, after her mother admonishe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

When Sofi gets sucked into a mural on her street, she dances in Viejo San Juan, flies over Puerto Rico, and overcomes her ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More