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Resau, Laura

The Lightning Queen

325 pp. | Scholastic | November, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-545-80084-6 $16.99
(3) 4-6 In present-day Oaxaca, Mexico, Mateo listens to his abuelo Teo tell of his childhood in a tight-knit Mixtec community and of his foretold "lifelong friendship" with Rom girl Esma, Queen of Lightning. Teo and Esma's tale is one of true friendship, despite cultural differences and opposition from society, and of loves lost and found. Resau's sensory descriptions heighten the tale's sweeping romanticism.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

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