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The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora

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“Sensational.” —Matt de la Peña, New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal–winning creator of The Last Stop on Market Street

Save the restaurant. Save the town. Get the lady. Make Abuela proud. Can thirteen-year-old Arturo Zamora do it all or is he in for a BIG, EPIC FAIL? 

For Arturo, summertime in Miami means playing basketball until dark, sipping mango smoothies, and keeping cool under banyan trees. And Perhaps a couple of shifts as junior lunchtime dishwasher at Abuela’s restaurant. Perhaps. But this summer also includes Carmen, a 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 switch it. Arturo refuses to let his circle of relatives and community go down with no fight, and as he schemes with Carmen, Arturo discovers the power of poetry and protest through untold circle of relatives stories and the work of José Martí.

Funny and poignant, The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora is the colourful story of a circle of relatives, a striking portrait of a town, and one boy’s quest to save lots of both, best for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia.


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