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Luchy Zapata is starting middle school, and she's muy excited. She and her two best friends, Cami and Mateo, will finally be at the same school. Luchy and Mateo will be in art class together, and she and Cami can try out for the same soccer team! As long as they're all together, Luchy can handle anything.
But Cami has been acting weird ever since she got back from visiting family in Colombia. She's making new, "cool" friends who just seem mean. And suddenly, everything about Luchy and Mateo is too immature for her.
Luchy is determined to help Cami remember how special their friendship is. They've been BFFs their whole lives, and that can't just disappear in a poof of glitter! But...what if Cami doesn't even want to be friends anymore?
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Release date
July 23, 2024 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781797179995
- File size: 172584 KB
- Duration: 05:59:32
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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June 24, 2024
Colombian American 11-year-old Luchy Zapata is thrilled to be starting middle school in Miami with her best friends Cami and Mateo. But since returning from her summer trip to Colombia, Cami has been acting distant and seems concerned with projecting a more mature image. With their once-easy friendship now marred by “awkwardness full of sharp edges,” Luchy—with the help of dependable Mateo—tries to win back her friend. She makes a scrapbook celebrating their shared history and even attempts to modify her style with makeup and “cool” clothes. She eventually joins Cami on the middle school soccer team, certain that doing so will give them more time together and thus fix everything (it might also make Luchy’s soccer-obsessed papi proud). But when Luchy’s cleats go missing on the day of tryouts—and she realizes that Cami is the only other person who knows her locker combination—Luchy vows vengeance. Told via thoughtful and confidently rendered narration, this sincere tale of diverging friendship by Alessandri (The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejía) is augmented by organically layered subplots surrounding Luchy’s feelings of disconnect from her Colombian heritage and her steadfast friendship with Mateo. Ages 8–12. Agent: Deborah Warren, East West Literary -
Narrator Dominique Franceschi creates a youthful and passionate voice for 11-year-old Colombian American Luchy, who encounters exciting and difficult changes as she enters middle school. Luchy struggles with the pressure of connecting to her Colombian heritage and living up to her family's expectations. To make matters worse, it seems like her longtime best friend, Cami, is perfect. Franceschi captures Luchy's tumultuous emotions as she makes the soccer team and forms friendships but finds herself drifting away from Cami. Listeners will cheer on Luchy as she learns about the importance of family and friendships, both old and new, in this coming-of-age story. M.D. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine
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