{"id":2083,"date":"2021-03-17T15:20:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T15:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galltzacker.com\/rights\/?page_id=2083"},"modified":"2025-02-27T19:47:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T19:47:26","slug":"alexis-castellanos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/galltzacker.com\/rights\/alexis-castellanos\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexis Castellanos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LEMONS AND LIES<\/h3>\n

\n September 2025,\n Bloomsbury,\n 288 pp <\/p>\n\n

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A sweet meet-cute or a scheme destined to turn sour? Fake dating, family drama, and foodie fun combine in this YA paperback original.<\/b><\/p>\r\n

Valeria Morales’ senior year is not off to a great start. Her twin brother Adrian isn’t talking to her, she’s realizing all of her friends were actually\u00a0his\u00a0<\/i>friends, and now she’s failing math. Enter Gage Magnussen. Gage isn’t looking to take on any tutoring gigs now that his standing as valedictorian is at risk after letting a catastrophic breakup distract him\u2014not to mention his demanding parents expect Gage to coordinate their yearly charity auction alongside his cheating ex. So Valeria offers him a deal: If he helps her pass, she’ll take over event planning AND pretend to be his girlfriend. A win-win-win!<\/p>\r\n

But as their study sessions move to deep conversations and their fake dates begin feeling realer and realer, is it possible the lemons they’ve been dealt will turn to lemonade? Or will this arrangement only sting?<\/p><\/div>\n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n

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GUAVA AND GRUDGES<\/h3>\n

\n September 2024,\n Bloomsbury,\n 336 pp <\/p>\n\n

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Ana Maria Ybarra dreams of becoming a world-famous pastry chef, but dreams have a cost. Her family can barely keep the family business running, let alone pay for culinary school. Ana Maria helps out at the family bakery, Caf\u00e9 Y Mas, whenever she can, but they are struggling while the rival Cuban bakery across the street, Morales Bakery, is doing better than ever with their Instagram famous desserts. Ana Maria’s only hope is winning a recipe competition, which has a grand prize big enough to pay for culinary school. But then the ultimate distraction shows up in her small town: Miguel, a boy she spent one magical day with six months ago, and who she never thought she’d see again. Ana Maria thinks maybe fate has brought them together again for a reason– until she learns the horrible truth that Miguel is a Morales.
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BOOKLIST<\/strong> – “A\u00a0sweet, delicious story”<\/p>\n\n \n \n \n \n

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ISLA TO ISLAND<\/h3>\n

\n March 2022,\n Atheneum\/S&S,\n 192 pp <\/p>\n\n

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This stunning wordless graphic novel follows a young girl in the 1960s who immigrates from Cuba to the United States and must redefine what home means to her.<\/span>
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\r\nMarisol loves her colorful island home. Cuba is vibrant with flowers and food and people\u2026but things are changing. The home Marisol loves is no longer safe\u2014and then it\u2019s no longer her home at all. Her parents are sending her to the United States. Alone.
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\r\nNothing about Marisol\u2019s new life in cold, gray Brooklyn feels like home\u2014not the language, school, or even her foster parents. But Marisol starts to realize that home isn\u2019t always a place. And finding her way can be as simple as staying true to herself.<\/p><\/div>\n\n

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KIRKUS<\/strong> – “Her story will resonate with Cuban children growing up on their abuelos\u2019 stories and anyone who has had to leave their home and start over…An important and authentic look at the Cuban refugee experience.”<\/p>\n

SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL<\/strong> – “This historical graphic novel is an inspiring, empathy-building story, accessible to all readers.”<\/p>\n

THE HORN BOOK<\/strong> – “While there\u2019s no dialogue, the illustrations […] when coupled with the striking use of color, powerfully depict the disorienting experience of immigration in a way reminiscent of Shaun Tan\u2019s\u00a0The Arrival.”<\/i><\/p>\n

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY<\/strong> – “…debut creator Castellanos effectively uses color as a vehicle to portray Marisol\u2019s loving life with her family in Cuba, despair at their separation, and slow arc to a new life in which she honors her Cuban identity through food and music.”<\/p>\n\n \n \n

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