About this item
Hasta ahora el cumpleaos de Carmela no puede ser mejor. Hoy es lo suficientemente mayor para acompaar a su hermano en su recorrido por la ciudad. Y la tarde que pasan juntos se llena con la magia de lo que ven a su alrededor:desde el brillante sol de los campos hasta las golosinas en la vidriera de la panadera. Pero cuando recoge un diente de len que crece en el concreto, se pregunta qu otra cosa podra desear ... y decide entonces salir en busca del deseo perfecto.En esta nueva colaboracin, Matt de la Pea y Christian Robinson, galardonados por su trabajo en ltima parada de la calle Market, que gan la Medalla Newbery y Mencin de Honor Caldecott por la edicin en ingls, han creado una oda, conmovedora y actual, al coraje de los soadores y al poder de la esperanza.
About the Author
Matt de la Peña's debut novel, Ball Don't Lie, was an ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults and an ALA-YALSA Quick Pick and was made into a major motion picture. His second novel, Mexican WhiteBoy, was an ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adult (Top Ten Pick) , a Notable Book for a Global Society, a Junior Library Guild Selection and a Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book. His third novel, We Were Here, was an ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Readers, an ALA-YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, and a Junior Library Guild Selection. His fourth book, I Will Save You, was an ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Readers, an ALA-YALSA Quick Pick, a Junior Library Guild Selection and finalist for the 2011 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award. De la Peña's fifth book, The Living, was a Junior Library Guild Selection, a 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults and a Pura Belpré Author Honor Book.His short fiction and essays have appeared in the New York Times, NPR.org and various literary journals, including Pacific Review, The Vincent Brothers Review, Chiricú, Two Girls' Review, The George Mason Review, and The Allegheny Review. De la Peña received his MFA in creative writing from San Diego State University and his BA from the University of the Pacific, where he attended school on a full athletic scholarship for basketball. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he teaches creative writing. You can visit Matt and find out more about his books at mattdelapena.com and follow him on Twitter at @mattdelapena.
