Lobizona by Romina Garber

Lobizona

A Novel

Romina Garber

St. Martin's Press · Print & ebook · August 17, 2021

"Garber’s gorgeous novel combines the wonder of a Hogwarts-style magic school with the Twilight-esque dynamics of a hidden magical species that has strict rules about interacting with the human world." - BOOKLIST (Starred Review) Some people ARE illegal.

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Who it’s for
A vivid, edgy fantasy pairs questions of belonging with a hidden world shaped by Argentine folklore.
Genres
Werewolves & Shifters, Wizards & Witches for Teens, Immigration for Teens
Published
St. Martin's Press, August 17, 2021

About this book

"Garber’s gorgeous novel combines the wonder of a Hogwarts-style magic school with the Twilight-esque dynamics of a hidden magical species that has strict rules about interacting with the human world." - BOOKLIST (Starred Review) Some people ARE illegal. Lobizonas do NOT exist. Both of these statements are false. Manuela Azul has been crammed into an existence that feels too small for her.

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As an undocumented immigrant who's on the run from her father's Argentine crime-family, Manu is confined to a small apartment and a small life in Miami, Florida. Until Manu's protective bubble is shattered. Her surrogate grandmother is attacked, lifelong lies are exposed, and her mother is arrested by ICE. Without a home, without answers, and finally without shackles, Manu investigates the only clue she has about her past—a mysterious "Z" emblem—which leads her to a secret world buried within our own. A world connected to her dead father and his criminal past. A world straight out of Argentine folklore, where the seventh consecutive daughter is born a bruja and the seventh consecutive son is a lobizón, a werewolf. A world where her unusual eyes allow her to belong. As Manu uncovers her own story and traces her real heritage all the way back to a cursed city in Argentina, she learns it's not just her U.S. residency that's illegal. . . .it’s her entire existence. “With vivid characters that take on a life of their own, beautiful details that peel back the curtain on Romina's Argentinian heritage, and cutting prose Romina Garber crafts a timely tale of identity and adventure.”–Tomi Adeyemi New York Times bestselling author of Children of Blood and Bone

Folklore Meets Fantasy

A vivid, edgy fantasy pairs questions of belonging with a hidden world shaped by Argentine folklore.

Come here for

  • Argentine folklore woven into contemporary fantasy
  • A sharp collision of identity, immigration, and magic

Expect

  • A sustained journey through secrets, heritage, and supernatural rules
  • Tension between a constrained life and the possibility of belonging

Where it sits

Werewolves & Shifters59%
Immigration for Teens38%
Wizards & Witches for Teens27%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Diverse YA Fiction
  • Paranormal & Supernatural for Teens
  • Immigration for Teens
Authors
Romina Garber
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Published
August 17, 2021
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Diverse YA Fiction