Marikit and the ocean of stars / Caris Avendaño Cruz.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2022Edition: First editionDescription: 320 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780374389093
- 0374389098
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | CRUZ CARIS AV | Available | 33111011014996 | ||||
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Main Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | CRUZ CARIS AV | Available | 33111010908214 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Marikit is used to wearing recycled clothes. Her mother, the best seamstress in the barrio, has become an expert at making due ever since Marikit's father and brother were lost at sea. But for her tenth birthday, all Marikit wants is something new. So when her mother gifts her a patchwork dress stitched together with leftover scraps from her workshop, Marikit vows to never wear it. That is, until the eve of her birthday, when shadow creatures creep into their home and upend the very life she knew.Marikit discovers that her dress is a map, one lovingly crafted to lead her to safety in the magical lands of the engkantos, where Marikit makes friends out of monsters and challenges the gods. With the help of her friends, including an exuberant firefly and a cursed boy, Marikit journeys through the land of the engkantos to find the key to saving her family.
Ages 8 to 12. Farrar Straus Giroux.
Grades 4-6. Farrar Straus Giroux.
Swept into Engkantos, the land of gods and spirits, ten-year-old Marikit embarks on a quest to save her family from a sinister shadow god.