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112 pp.
| Chronicle
| November, 2014
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4521-2155-0$22.99
(3)
4-6
Lowriders series.
Illustrated by
Raul, III Gonzalez.
To win a competition, animal friends Lupe Impala, Elirio Malaria, and Flapjack Octopus build a rocket-powered lowrider out of space materials collected as they drive through the galaxy. The unique ballpoint-pen illustrations explode with energy as the hip, witty text drops occasional Spanish slang. An afterword explaining the history of lowrider cars puts the graphic novel into cultural context. Glos.