Text in Spanish.;Translated from the English. In Oaxaca City, Mexico, ancient friends Life and Death discuss free will while engaged in a game of chance, with eleven-year-old Clara as the protagonist of their theories and a pawn in their game, moving inevitably towards her ultimate fate.
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El giro de una carta puede cambiar tu destino en esta aventura para jovenes lectores, basada en el juego de cartas Loteria y perfecta para los fanaticos de la pelicula Coco. Mientras busca a su primo que ha desaparecido, una joven es transportada a un reino mitico donde se enreda en un peligroso juego de azar. "Un cuento magico y filosofico arraigado en la tradicion mexicana". --School Library Journal, resena destacada A la hora mas calurosa del dia mas caluroso del ano, un fatidico viento sopla sobre la ciudad de Oaxaca silba mientras recorre las calles empedradas y susurra los arboles de jacaranda antes de deslizarse por la ventana de una nina de once anos llamada Clara. Sin que ella lo sepa, Clara ha sido marcada para la Loteria. La Vida y la Muerte se reparten los naipes de la Loteria una vez al ano, y lo que esta en juego es algo muy grande. Cada carta revela un nuevo giro en el destino de Clara: un escorpion, una flecha, una rosa tan roja como la sangre. Si la vida gana, Clara vivira hasta una edad avanzada. Si la muerte prevalece, ella se apagara como se apaga una vela. Pero Clara desconoce todo esto. Lo unico que ella sabe es que su primo Esteban ha desaparecido, y hara lo que sea por salvarlo, hasta viajar al mitico Reino de Las Pozas, donde cada accion tiene un precio, y cada decision tiene consecuencias. Y aunque parezca que su destino esta sellado, Clara podria tener lo necesario para romper el juego y elegir un nuevo camino. Karla Arenas Valenti teje una aventura llena de magia y mitologia, donde explora la nocion de libre albedrio en un mundo donde el destino es dueno de todas las cartas. La novela esta regiamente ilustrada por Dana Sanmar. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The turn of a card could change your destiny in this captivating middle grade adventure based on the Loteria card game, perfect for fans of Coco. While searching for her missing cousin, a young girl is transported to a mythical kingdom, becoming entangled in a perilous game of chance. "A magical, philosophical tale rooted in Mexican lore." --School Library Journal, starred review. In the hottest hour of the hottest day of the year, a fateful wind blows into Oaxaca City. It whistles down cobbled streets and rustles the jacaranda trees before slipping into the window of an eleven-year-old girl named Clara. Unbeknownst to her, Clara has been marked for la Loteria. Life and Death deal the Loteria cards once a year, and the stakes could not be higher. Every card reveals a new twist in Clara's fate--a scorpion, an arrow, a blood-red rose. If Life wins, Clara will live to a ripe old age. If Death prevails, she'll flicker out like a candle. But Clara knows none of this. All she knows is that her young cousin, Esteban, has vanished, and she'll do whatever it takes to save him, travelin
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