
Lobizona
A Novel
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
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"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 & Shifters | 59% |
|---|---|
| Immigration for Teens | 38% |
| Wizards & Witches for Teens | 27% |
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