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The Smoking Mirror
By David Bowles
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Carol and Johnny Garza are 12-year-old twins whose lives in a small Texas town are forever changed by their mother's unexplained disappearance. Shipped off to relatives in Mexico by their grieving father, the twins soon learn that their mother is a nagual, a shapeshifter, and that they have inherited her powers. In order to rescue her, they will have to descend into the Aztec underworld and face the dangers that await them.American Library Association, 2016 Pura Belpre Author Honor winning novel.
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David Bowles
David Bowles is the award-winning Mexican American author of They Call Me Guero and other titles for young readers. Because of his family’s roots in Mexico, he’s traveled all over that country studying creepy legends, exploring ancient ruins, and avoiding monsters (so far). He lives in Donna, Texas.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5diverse children's middlegrade fiction (5th grade and up--mesoamerican mythology/magical adventure)
I found the 9 circles of the Underworld to be fairly tedious when one scarcely has anything to do with the other, but this would work nicely for a kids' adventure, and also great for a chapter-a-day readaloud (provided the reader can pronounce the Spanish words alright). Includes a glossary for the Spanish words/phrases, as well as an explanation of the various deities the twins encounter.
parental note: no language or sex (or even kissing) or drugs, though there is a bit of gore involving a "removal of the heart from human sacrifice" ritual, which is over with fairly quickly.
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