{"title":"Middle Grade Books","description":"Books for Kids Age 8-12","products":[{"product_id":"the-madre-de-aquas-de-cuba-by-adam-gidwitz-emma-otheguy-unicorn-rescue-society-5-hardcover","title":"The Madre De Aquas De Cuba by Adam Gidwitz \u0026 Emma Otheguy (Unicorn Rescue Society #5) (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMiddle Grade Fiction - Fantasy Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCritically acclaimed author Emma Otheguy joins Newbery Honor-winning Adam Gidwitz as co-author of the newest adventure in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNYT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling Unicorn Rescue Society series as the kids travel to Cuba to help the legendary Madre de aguas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Cuba, it is believed that a mysterious water serpent--the Madre de aguas--is responsible for providing and protecting the fresh water of the island. But the serpent is missing, and a drought has gripped the island. Uchenna, Elliot, and Professor Fauna fly to Cuba and endeavor to rescue the Madre de aguas. Unfortunately, it tries to kill them. Meanwhile, the Schmoke Brothers' goons are driving around Havana, dumping pink sludge into the sewers. What is going on? Can Elliot and Uchenna end the drought? Stop the Schmokes? Or will the creature they are trying to save just eat them instead?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDisclaimer: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBargain Books are new books who have previously been on the shelf of other retailers, and then returned to the publisher. 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Fans of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTristan Strong\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Storm Runner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, here is your next obsession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A breathtaking journey . . . readers better hold on tight.\" ―Kwame Mbalia,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebestselling author of the Tristan Strong series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwelve-year-old Pilar Violeta “Purp” Ramirez’s world is changing, and she doesn’t care for it one bit. Her Chicago neighborhood is gentrifying and her chores have doubled since her sister, Lorena, left for college. The only constant is Abuela and Mami’s code of silence around her cousin Natasha―who vanished in the Dominican Republic fifty years ago during the Trujillo dictatorship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Pilar hears that Lorena’s professor studies such disappearances, she hops on the next train to dig deeper into her family's mystery. After snooping around the professor's empty office, she discovers a folder with her cousin’s name on it . . . and gets sucked into the blank page within.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe lands on Zafa, an island swarming with coconut-shaped demons, butterfly shapeshifters, and a sinister magical prison where her cousin is being held captive. Pilar will have to go toe-to-toe with the fearsome Dominican boogeyman, El Cuco, if she has any hope of freeing Natasha and getting back home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"Magic awaits around every corner in Zafa. Nonstop action and plenty of heart create a story worth escaping into.\" ―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, starred review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDisclaimer: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBargain Books are new books who have previously been on the shelf of other retailers, and then returned to the publisher. 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They say a person’s life flashes by before dying. But it’s not his whole life. Just the events that led to this. The important ones, and the ones Santiago would rather forget.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe coins in Santiago’s hand are meant for the bus fare back to his abusive \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eabuela\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s house. Except he refuses to return; he won’t be missed. His future is uncertain until he meets the kind, maternal María Dolores and her young daughter, Alegría, who help Santiago decide what comes next: He will accompany them to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eel otro lado\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the United States of America. They embark with little, just backpacks with water and a bit of food. To travel together will require trust from all parties, and Santiago is used to going it alone. None of the three travelers realizes that the journey through Mexico to the border is just the beginning of their story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDisclaimer: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBargain Books are new books who have previously been on the shelf of other retailers, and then returned to the publisher. 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But what’s normal about being a demon-slaying preteen with an encyclopedic knowledge of Latino mythology who can partially manifest nearly any animal trait found in nature? Well, not much. But, Charlie believes he can get used to this new “normal,” because being able to sprout wings or morph fins is pretty cool.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut there is a downside: it means having to constantly watch his back for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLa Mano Peluda\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s sinister schemes. 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As Charlie and Violet are drawn deeper into a world of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003emonstruos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003emagia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e they are soon left with more questions than answers—like, why do they keep hearing rumors of dead men walking, and why is Charlie suddenly having visions of an ancient evil: a necromancer priest who’s been dead for more than five centuries?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharlie’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eabuela\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e once told him that when dead men walk, the living run in fear. 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The island is a place that no one in Miami ever mentions without a sigh, but travel laws have suddenly changed, and now it’s a lot easier for divided families to be reunited. Technology in Cuba hasn’t caught up with the times, though, and Edver is expecting a long, boring summer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe was NOT expecting to meet a sister he didn’t know he had. Luza is a year older and excited to see her little brother, until she realizes what a spoiled American he is. Looking for something—anything—they might have in common, the siblings sneak onto the Internet, despite it being forbidden in Cuba, and make up a fake butterfly. Maybe now their cryptozoologist mother will come to visit. But their message is intercepted by a dangerous poacher, and suddenly much more than their family is at stake. Edver and Luza have to find a way to overcome their differences to save the Cuban jungle that they both have grown to love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDisclaimer: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBargain Books are new books who have previously been on the shelf of other retailers, and then returned to the publisher. 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Ahora, para salvar la selva que tanto quieren, ¡Luza y él tendrán que encontrar un modo de derrotar a un villano real!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDisclaimer: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBargain Books are new books who have previously been on the shelf of other retailers, and then returned to the publisher. 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