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The epic fail of Arturo Zamora, Pablo Cartaya

Type

Label

The epic fail of Arturo Zamora, Pablo Cartaya

Language

eng

Intended audience

750L, Lexile

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The epic fail of Arturo Zamora

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Pablo Cartaya

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG, 5.0, 7, 190668

Summary

"Sensational." —Matt de la Peña, New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal–winning author of The Last Stop on Market StreetSave the restaurant. Save the town. Get the girl. Make Abuela proud. Can thirteen-year-old Arturo Zamora do it all or is he in for a BIG, EPIC FAIL? For Arturo, summetime in Miami means playing basketball until dark, sipping mango smoothies, and keeping cool under banyan trees. And maybe a few shifts as junior lunchtime dishwasher at Abuela's restaurant. Maybe. But this summer also includes Carmen, a cute poetry enthusiast who moves into Arturo's apartment complex and turns his stomach into a deep fryer. He almost doesn't notice the smarmy land developer who rolls into town and threatens to change it. Arturo refuses to let his family and community go down without a fight, and as he schemes with Carmen, Arturo discovers the power of poetry and protest through untold family stories and the work of José Martí.Funny and poignant, The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora is the vibrant story of a family, a striking portrait of a town, and one boy's quest to save both, perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia

Target audience

juvenile

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