![]() A nonstop sense of wonder accompanies a genuinely heartwarming and humorous tone, and Sal and Gabi are clearly a fictional team destined for greatness. This vibrant tale from Cuban-American Hernandez ( The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria for adults) is peppered with Spanish dialogue and slang, filled with mouthwatering plates of Cuban cuisine, and highly inclusive, featuring a sprawling, memorable cast, including Gabi’s collection of gender-spanning dads. A sassy entropy sweeper, a documentary about wedgies, a principal who wears a Venetian bauta mask, and heaping platefuls of Cuban food are just some of the delights that await in his mind-blowing novel gift-wrapped in love and laughter. When Gabi’s hospitalized baby brother takes a turn for the worse, Sal’s power might just be the solution they need-unless it destroys the universe. Theres only one slight problem: their manipulation of time and space could put the entire universe at risk. ![]() Making friends with ambitious journalist Gabi Real and her unconventional family helps ease the transition. It’s not easy: the teachers are eccentric, his fellow students think he’s a brujo (a bad witch), and every so often Sal brings versions of his deceased mother-“Mami Muerta”-over from other dimensions, much to his father and stepmother’s consternation. In this charming middle grade romp, 13-year-old Sal Vidón, a type 1 diabetic and amateur magician with the inexplicable ability to open holes in the space-time continuum, adjusts to his new life at Miami’s Culeco Academy of the Arts. ![]()
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