Guadalupe García McCall

Once every generation there is a Chosen One, who will stand between humanity and darkness. But why is the Chosen One so often a teenager? Why do only children get swept through portals to save the fantastic world on the other side? Whose idea was it to put the fate of the world in the hands of someone without a fully developed prefrontal cortex? In Never Too Old to Save the World, nineteen authors explore what would happen if the Chosen One were called midlife. What would happen if the Chosen One were:a soccer moma cat ladya nosy grandmothera social workera retireean aging swordmaster?The Chosen One could be anyone— because when the universe calls, the real question is whether the hero will take up the mantle and answer their midlife calling. Sometimes the world needs a hero who's already been in the thick of chaos and survived. In those cases, age does matter.

De la exitosa autora Guadalupe Garc a McCall llega el primer libro de la trilog a Las estaciones de la sororidad, en que las gemelas Velia y Delia asumen la misi n divina de ser mujeres guerreras cazadoras de monstruos y salvar la vida de su padre. From bestselling author Guadalupe Garc a McCall comes the first book in the Seasons of Sisterhood trilogy, in which twins Velia and Delia take on a divine assignment to be monster-hunting warrior women and save their father's life.De la autora ganadora del premio Pura Belpr Guadalupe Garc a McCall llega la primera entrega de la trilog a Las estaciones de la sororidad: una reinvenci n de Ant gona de S focles ambientada en el mundo de su best seller El verano de las mariposas. Mientras las gemelas Velia y Delia, de diecis is a os, planean el lanzamiento de su gira Gemelas-Magicas con la banda tejana de su padre, un repentino ataque sobrenatural contra su padre descarrila a la familia. Pap delira con un susto, un susto tan terrible que permite que un misterioso sobrenatural comience a succionarle lentamente la vida. Mientras las gemelas persiguen al atacante de su padre, se les abre un mundo m s amplio de monstruos fronterizos. Pronto las chicas deber n elegir: deber an seguir un mandato divino para convertirse en cazadoras de monstruos para la diosa de la muerte? Cada gemela tiene que tomar su propia decisi n, con su propio gu a del pante n azteca: Quetzalc atl guiando a Velia y X lotl aconsejando a Delia. Podr n las hermanas obedecer la voluntad de los dioses mientras salvan la vida de su padre? Cualquier cosa puede suceder dentro del reino m gico de las tierras fronterizas. From Pura Belpr Award-winning author Guadalupe Garc a McCall comes the first in the Seasons of Sisterhood trilogy: a reimagining of Sophocles' Antigone set in the world of her bestselling Summer of the Mariposas. As sixteen-year-old twins Delia and Velia plan the launch of their Magic-Twin Tour with their father's Tejano band, a sudden supernatural attack on their father derails the family. Pap is delirious with a susto, a fright so awful that it allows a mysterious supernatural to begin slowly sucking the life out of him. As the twins hunt down their father's attacker, a wider world of borderland monsters opens up to them. Soon the girls must choose: should they follow a divine mandate to become monster hunters for the goddess of death? Each twin has her own decision to make, with her own guide from the Aztec pantheon-- Quetzalcoatl guiding Velia, and Xolotl advising Delia. Can the sisters obey the will of the gods while saving their father's life? Anything can happen within the magical realm of the borderlands.

From bestselling author Guadalupe Garc a McCall comes the first book in the Seasons of Sisterhood trilogy, in which twins Velia and Delia take on a divine assignment to be monster-hunting warrior women and save their father's life.From Pura Belpr Award--winning author Guadalupe Garc a McCall comes the first in the Seasons of Sisterhood trilogy: a reimagining of Sophocles' Antigone set in the world of her bestselling Summer of the Mariposas.As fifteen-year-old twins Delia and Velia plan the launch of their Magic-Twin Tour with their father's Tejano band, a sudden supernatural attack on their father derails the family. Pap is delirious with a susto, a fright so awful that it allows a mysterious supernatural being to begin slowly sucking the life out of him.As the twins hunt down his attacker, a wider world of borderland monsters opens up to them. Each twin has her own decision to make, with her own guide from the Aztec pantheon--Quetzalcoatl guiding Velia, and Xolotl advising Delia. Soon the girls must choose: Should they follow a divine mandate to become monster hunters for the goddess of death? Can the sisters obey the will of the gods while saving their father's life? Anything can happen within the magical realm of the borderlands.

Award-winning authors David Bowles and Guadalupe Garc a McCall reimagine a beloved Aztec tale of star-crossed lovers with one last chance to reunite. Blanca Montes wants to make a difference in the world, to do more than her wealthy godfather and spoiled boyfriend think her capable of. So when Greg Chan shows up as a new student at her Nevada school, she is more than intrigued by this handsome, brilliant stranger. But Greg and Blanca are drawn to each other by something stronger--their fates entwined centuries ago. In his first life, Greg was Captain Popoca, and Blanca is the reincarnation of Princess Iztac, who took her own life after believing her beloved Popoca was sent to his death in battle. Greg has spent a thousand years searching for his lost love, and now the fates have given them one more chance to reunite. Will their hearts finally beat as one? This swoony contemporary fantasy is perfect for fans of These Violent Delights and This Poison Heart.

Award-winning authors David Bowles and Guadalupe García McCall join forces to craft a sweeping fantasy romance about falling in love despite all odds.In modern-day Mexico, Sitlali is all alone after the death of her beloved abuela. Targeted by a dangerous gang member, she flees to the United States to find her father. The night before her journey, she finds an ancient conch shell on the beach and takes it with her as a memento of home.In 1521, Calizto is trapped in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, which is besieged by Spanish invaders. He has fought valiantly, but hope for his people is running out. Desperate to escape, he takes up his mother's sacred conch and sounds a plea to the gods.The conch holds magic neither Sitlali nor Calizto understand, magic that allows them to communicate across centuries--and find comfort in each other as they fight to survive. With each conversation, they fall deeper in love, and as the moon waxes, they become more present to each other. But as danger threatens at every turn, will they ever find a way to truly be together?

In this triumphant novel, Pura Belpr Award-winning author Guadalupe Garc a McCall explores sisterhood, family secrets, intergenerational trauma, life, and love in a modern Gothic setting with a magical realist twist.In Eagle Pass, Texas, Grace struggles to understand the "echoes" she inherited from her mother--visions which often distort her reality. One morning, as her sister, Mercy, rushes off to work, a disturbing echo takes hold of Grace, and within moments, tragedy strikes. Attending community college for the first time, talking to the boy next door, and working toward her goals all help Grace recover, but her estrangement from Mercy takes a deep toll. And as Grace's echoes bring ghosts and premonitions, they also bring memories of when Grace fled to Mexico to the house of her maternal grandmother--a woman who Grace had been told died long ago. Will piecing together the truth heal Grace and her sister, or will the echoes destroy everything that she holds dear?

Inspired by a terrifying true story, acclaimed author Guadalupe Garcia McCall creates a twisty tale about a boy desperately trying to survive in a new town with a secret past. James always knew moving from Texas to Oregon was going to be horrible.. But no sooner have he and his family arrived in their "perfect" new home in their "perfect" new town than he starts getting mysterious letters from someone called the Keeper. Someone who claims to be watching him. Someone who is looking for “young blood.”James and his sister, Ava, are obviously in danger. But the problem with having a history of playing practical jokes is that no one believes James—not even his parents. Now James and Ava need to figure out who is sending the letters before they become the next victims in their neighborhood’s long history of missing children.Because one thing is clear: Uncovering the truth about the Keeper is the only thing that will keep them alive.

In a companion novel to her critically acclaimed Shame the Stars, Pura Belpr Award Winner Guadalupe Garc a McCall tackles the hidden history of the United States and its first mass deportation that swept up hundreds of thousands of Mexican American citizens during the Great Depression.In the heart of the Great Depression, Rancho Las Moras, like everywhere else in Texas, is gripped by the drought of the Dust Bowl, and resentment is building among white farmers against Mexican Americans. All around town, signs go up proclaiming "No Dogs or Mexicans" and "No Mexicans Allowed." When Estrella organizes a protest against the treatment of tejanos in their town of Monteseco, Texas, her whole family becomes a target of "repatriation" efforts to send Mexicans "back to Mexico" -- whether they were ever Mexican citizens or not. Dumped across the border and separated from half her family, Estrella must figure out a way to survive and care for her mother and baby brother. How can she reunite with her father and grandparents and convince her country of birth that she deserves to return home? There are no easy answers in the first YA book to tackle this hidden history.

Now in Spanish, this award-winning title from Pura Belpr Award-winning author Guadalupe Garcia McCall's magical retelling of The Odyssey stars fifteen-year-old Odilia, the reluctant leader of her four younger sisters as they set off on a fantastical road trip.Cuando Odilia y sus cuatro hermanas encuentran un cad ver en un pozo de r o, se embarcan en un viaje heroico para devolver al muerto a su familia en M xico. Pero su regreso a Texas se convierte en una odisea que compite con la epopeya original de Homero. Con la ayuda sobrenatural de la Llorona mediante un arete m gico, Odilia y sus hermanas menores atraviesan un camino de tribulaciones a la casa de su abuela, a quien no han visto en a os. Para llegar, deben ser m s astutas que una bruja y su malvada trinidad: un enga oso hechicero, un clan de lechuzas medio humanas y un chupacabras sanguinario. Pueden estas fant sticas pruebas preparar a Odilia y a sus hermanas para lo que suceder cuando se enfrentan a su prueba final, volver a casa en el mundo real, donde las diosas y los fantasmas ya no les pueden ayudar? El verano de las mariposas no es s lo una m gica adaptaci n mexicano-americana de La odisea, sino una celebraci n de hermandad y amor maternal.

Pura Belpr Author Award Winner - American Library Association (ALA)Lupita, a budding actor and poet in a close-knit Mexican American immigrant family, comes of age as she struggles with adult responsibilities during her mother's long illness.As the oldest of eight siblings, Lupita is used to taking the lead-and staying busy behind the scenes to help keep everyone together. But when she discovers Mami has been diagnosed with cancer, Lupita is terrified by the possibility of losing her mother, the anchor of her close-knit Mexican American family. Suddenly Lupita must face a whole new set of challenges, with new roles to play, and no one is handing her the script. In the midst of juggling life as a high school student, testing her wings as an actress, and dealing with friends who don't always understand, Lupita desperately wants to support Mami in whatever way she can. While her father stays with Mami at an out-of-town clinic, Lupita takes charge of her siblings. As Lupita struggles to keep the family afloat, she escapes the chaos of home by writing in the shade of a mesquite tree. Overwhelmed by change and loss, she takes refuge in the healing power of words. Told with honest emotion in evocative free verse, Lupita's journey is both heart-wrenching and hopeful. Under the Mesquite is an empowering story about the testing of family bonds, the strength of a young woman navigating pain and hardship with surprising resilience, and the kind of love that cannot be uprooted.

In this young adult retelling of The Odyssey from award-winning author Guadalupe Garc a McCall, Odilia and her four sisters journey to Mexico to return a dead man to his family and encounter magical creatures along the way.When Odilia and her four sisters find a dead body in the swimming hole, they embark on a hero's journey to return the dead man to his family in Mexico. But returning home to Texas turns into an odyssey that would rival Homer's original tale. With the supernatural aid of ghostly La Llorona via a magical earring, Odilia and her little sisters travel a road of tribulation to their long-lost grandmother's house. Along the way, they must outsmart a witch and her Evil Trinity: a wily warlock, a coven of vicious half-human barn owls, and a bloodthirsty livestock-hunting chupacabras. Can these fantastic trials prepare Odilia and her sisters for what happens when they face their final test, returning home to the real world, where goddesses and ghosts can no longer help them? Summer of the Mariposas is not just a magical Mexican American retelling of The Odyssey, it is a celebration of sisterhood and maternal love.