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Destellos

Author: Wang, Jen

Follett Number: 1830AN8
Audience: Upper Elementary
Publisher: Sapristi/Roca Editorial de Libros, S.L., 2020
Format: 208 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN-13: 978-84-12-05907-6
ISBN-10: 84-12-05907-7
Dewey: 741.5
Classifications: Nonfiction

Subjects:
Best Friends Fiction
Cartoons and Comics
Chinese Americans Fiction
Friendship Fiction
Graphic Novels
Individuality Fiction
Spanish Language Materials
Text in Spanish.;Translation of: Stargazing. "Growing up in the same Chinese-American suburb, perfectionist Christine and artistic, confident, impulsive Moon become unlikely best friends, whose friendship is tested by jealousy, social expectations, and illness"--OCLC.

From the publisher:
Poderosa y entranable novela grafica middle grade sobre la fuerza infinita de la amistad. Por la autora de El principe y la modista. Premio Eisner a Mejor Artista. Premio Eisner a Mejor Publicacion para adolescentes. Premio Jovenes lectores del Festival de Angouleme. Premio Mejor Comic del ano 2019 por la Asociacion de Librerias de Madrid. Moon es todo lo que Christine no es: impulsiva, segura y creativa. A pesar de haber crecido en la misma comunidad chino-americana, no pueden ser mas distintas, pero en cuanto Moon se muda al lado de su casa ambas se convierten en las mejores amigas, compartiendo su pasion por el K-Pop y pintandose las unas cuando sus padres no miran. Un dia, Moon le cuenta a Christine su secreto mejor guardado: en ocasiones tiene visiones, unos destellos en forma de angeles que le susurran un mensaje desde las estrellas: la tierra no es realmente el lugar al que pertenece. Sin embargo, las visiones de Moon tienen un origen mas terrenal de lo que cabria pensar, y de repente es ingresada en el hospital para una intervencion quirurgica de urgencia. Podra realmente ser Christine la amiga que Moon necesita ahora que todo se viene abajo? Jen Wang viaja a la infancia para crear una entranable historia de amistad verdadera, una amistad que supera todas las dificultades imaginables y se convierte en pura emocion y esperanza. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Stargazing is a heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel in the spirit of Real Friends and El Deafo, from New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Jen Wang. Moon is everything Christine isn't. She's confident, impulsive, artistic . . . and though they both grew up in the same Chinese-American suburb, Moon is somehow unlike anyone Christine has ever known. But after Moon moves in next door, these unlikely friends are soon best friends, sharing their favorite music videos and painting their toenails when Christine's strict parents aren't around. Moon even tells Christine her deepest secret: that she has visions, sometimes, of celestial beings who speak to her from the stars. Who reassure her that earth isn't where she really belongs. Moon's visions have an all-too-earthly root, however, and soon Christine's best friend is in the hospital, fighting for her life. Can Christine be the friend Moon needs, now, when the sky is falling? Jen Wang draws on her childhood to paint a deeply personal yet wholly relatable friendship story that's at turns joyful, heart-wrenching, and full of hope.

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