BOOKS - The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejia
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The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejia
Author: Alexandra Alessandri
Year: February 21, 2023
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 3.1 MB
Language: English
Year: February 21, 2023
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 3.1 MB
Language: English
"An exceptionally well-crafted story brimming with mythological creatures, captivating characters, and non-stop adventure." - Christina Diaz Gonzalez, bestselling author of InvisibleEncanto meets The Chronicles of Narnia by way of Colombian folklore in this "fast-paced...thrilling" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) middle grade fantasy adventure. 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 Bogota 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 Julian get dragged along on another magical creature hunt.While they're in the Andes, a powerful earthquake hits. Valentina and Julian fall through the earth...and find an alternate Colombia where, to Valentina's shock, all the legends are real.To get home, Valentina and Julian 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.
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