Overview
In this magical middle grade adventure by Cindy L. Rodriguez, a Guatemalan American girl fights to stop her cursed worry dolls before they blanket her friends and neighbors in anxietyāand the grief she carries over the loss of her father. Perfect for fans of The Doll PeopleĀ and The Total Eclipse of Nester Lopez!
Lola Reyes doesnāt want to leave Guatemala, a place full of warmth and sun, laughter and musicāwhere her abuela and prima and tĆos and tĆas surround her with love. Back in Sunnyside, itās cold. Thereās schoolwork and chores. And her mama transforms into Lolaās super-serious school principal, Dr. Reyes.
Back at home...Lola can see, crystal clear, the empty place where Pop used to be. So Lola decides to bring a little bit of Guatemalaāand Popāback with her. She discovers his box of childhood worry dolls and sneaks them into her luggage, ignoring the warnings on the box not to use them. Later, when she tells them all her worries, from her friendship woes to the way Mama wonāt talk about how sad she is, the worry dolls come to life. Worseāthey escape.
Lola has to enlist her neighbor and nemesis, Chance Townsend, to recapture the dolls because she discovers theyāre cursed. And as they absorb worries, theyāll grow bigger and bigger. If Lola canāt find a way to stop them, theyāll burst, releasing all the worries theyāve absorbed a hundredfold on everyone in town. But when breaking the curse might mean confronting her own anxieties and grief, will Lola be able face her emotions before itās too late?Ā
This book title, Lola Reyes Is So Not Worried, ISBN: 9780063276819, by Cindy L. Rodriguez, published by HarperCollins (September 17, 2024) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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