The enchanted life of Valentina Mejía
Call Number
- J ALES (OSH, WSQ)
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2023]
Physical Description
213 pages ; 22 cm
Audience
Grades 4-6. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Summary
"To save their father's life, a brother and sister must journey across a land full of mythical creatures and find the most powerful and dangerous of them all: the madremonte. Twelve-year-old Valentina wants to focus on drawing the real world around her and hopefully get into art school in Bogotá one day, but Papi has spent his life studying Colombia's legendary creatures and searching for proof of their existence. So when Papi hears that a patasola--a vampire woman with one leg--has been sighted in the Andes, Valentina and her younger brother Julián get dragged along on another magical creature hunt. While they're in the Andes, a powerful earthquake hits. Valentina and Julián fall through the earth--and find an alternate Colombia where, to Valentina's shock, all the legends are real. To get home, Valentina and Julián must make a treacherous journey to reach this land's ruler: the madremonte, mother and protector of the earth. She controls the only portal back to the human world--but she absolutely hates humans, and she'll do anything to defend her land."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects
- Siblings > Juvenile fiction.
- Families > Colombia > Juvenile fiction.
- Animals, Mythical > Juvenile fiction.
- Folklore > Colombia > Juvenile fiction.
- Vampires > Juvenile fiction.
- Imaginary places > Juvenile fiction.
- Magic > Juvenile fiction.
- Siblings > Fiction.
- Families > Fiction.
- Animals, Mythical > Fiction.
- Folklore > Fiction.
- Vampires > Fiction.
- Imaginary places > Fiction.
- Magic > Fiction.
- Colombia > Juvenile fiction.
- Colombia > Fiction.