#CoverReveal: 5 Latinx Titles for Spring
In honor of Latinx Heritage Month, we revealed 5 book covers from our Spring 2021 catalog, including: Lupe Wong No Baila, translated from English to Spanish by Libia Brendas; The Sea-Ringed World and its Spanish language edition Cuentos Sagrados de America, translated by and featuring David Bowles; The Immortal Boy: El Inmortal by a new YA voice from Colombia; and Alien Nation—a wordless masterpiece originally published in Mexico and recent winner of the White Ravens Prize!
YOUNG ADULT FICTION | March 9, 2021 | 9781646140442 | Hardcover | $17.99
The Immortal Boy: El Inmortal
by Francisco Montaña Ibáñez
Translated by David Bowles
Two intertwining stories of Bogotá. One, a family of five children, left to live on their own. The other, a girl in an orphanage who will do anything to befriend the mysterious Immortal Boy. How they weave together will never leave you. This dual edition is told in English and Spanish. All you have to do is “flip it and reverse it” to read the Spanish edition (we’re calling it a Do-Si-Do edition).
SPANISH EDITION | February 9, 2021 | 9781646140329 | Paperback | $9.99
Lupe Wong No Baila
(US Spanish Edition)
by Donna Barba Higuera
Translated by Libia Brenda
Featuring the same hilarious protagonist you fell in love with in Lupe Wong Won’t Dance, Lupe’s story is now told in Spanish! This is going to be a the perfect paperback for young readers who’ll recognize themselves in Lupe’s tenacity.
NONFICTION February 23, 2021 | 9781646140152 | Hardcover | $21.99
The SeaRinged World: Sacred Stories of the Americas
by María García Esperón
Illustrated by Amanda Mijangos
Translated by and featuring David Bowles
Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to coast. Like all humans, these Native Americans sought to understand their place in the universe, the nature of their relationship with the divine, and the origin of the world into which their ancestors had emerged. The answers lay in their sacred stories.
SPANISH EDITION | February 23, 2021 | 9781646140336 | Paperback | $16.99
Cuentos sagrados de América
(US Spanish Edition)
By María García Esperón
Illustrated by Amanda Mijangos
Translated by David Bowles
David Bowles has translated the original Spanish edition—originally published in Mexico—and adjusted the language for US Spanish-reading audiences in this paperback original with gorgeous French flaps.
Here’s a look at one of the spreads with lithographs by award-winning illustrator Amanda Mijangos.
GRAPHIC NOVEL | April 13, 2021 | 9781646140381 | Hardcover | $18.99
Alien Nation
By Sandro Bassi
Originally published in Mexico, Alien Nation explores the theme of technology in all of our lives, for the young and for the old. Open its pages and embark on an unforgettable wordless journey into a world totally different from our own . . . or is it?