By the critically acclaimed author of Tyger Tyger, a warm, magical story of a girls struggle to keep a promise to her dead mother. Glorieta Magdalena Davis Espinosa is happy that Papi married Alice. Shes happy that he can smile again after years of mourning Mam. But the urn containing Mams ashes disappeared into a drawer the day Alice moved in. If everything about Glorietas life is going to change, then she wants one thing to go her way: She wants to hear stories about her mam when the family gathers on the last night of los Das de los Muertos. And that can only happen if Tia Diosonita will allow Mam to be buried with the Espinosas in holy ground. If she will allow people to speak Mams name. With the help of her best friend, River, and her cousin Mateo, Glorieta sets out to convince Diosonita that Mam is not burning in Hell. To do so, shell have to learn to let hate goand to love the people who stand in her way. In prose that sparkles with magical undertones, author Kersten Hamilton weaves a tender story about grief, faith, and the redemptive power of love.

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 5th grade-8th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published in 2018 by Skyhorse Publishing .

Kersten Hamilton writes action-packed adventures for young readers. You can find out more about her at kerstenhamilton. com.