Loqueleo Catalog 2019

E. L. Konigsburg Dos niños y un ángel en Nueva York From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler ILLUSTRATIONS By the Author GR T Action and Adventure / Family / Humor 9786070129964 5¼" x 8" / 232 pp $13.99 / PB Literature Narrative / Novel / Adventures / Mysteries and Detective Stories When Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she wants to run to a place that is comfortable, beautiful, and most of all elegant. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is her choice. Once there, Claudia and her brother Jamie, find themselves caught up in the mystery of a statue that is possibly an early work of the Renaissance master Michelangelo, and therefore worth millions. Claudia is determined to find out. Ana Merino El viaje del vikingo soñador The Journey of the Dreaming Viking ILLUSTRATIONS Max GR V Travel / Feelings and Emotions / Love and Romance 9781682921203 5¼" x 8" / 112 pp $16.95 / PB Literature Poetry / Epic Poems “The viking didn’t have very many possessions; he never wanted to be tied to life in the village with its sleepy firs and its immense bonfires.” This is a modern epic poem that takes us on a surprising journey toward the place where answers live, where true love hides. 1968 NEWBERY MEDAL Christobel Mattingley Asmir no quiere pistolas No Gun for Asmir ILLUSTRATIONS Elizabeth Honey GR T Intolerance and Acceptance / Family / Military and Wars 9781641011259 4" x 7" / 129 pp $12.95 / PB Literature Narrative / Novel / Realistic Fiction The war has turned Sarajevo into a place of turmoil and destruction. This story tells of the journey of a Bosnian family that is first airlifted to Belgrade and later makes its way to Vienna. The family’s ordeal is touchingly told from a child’s perspective. Ricardo Mariño La casa maldita The Haunted House ILLUSTRATIONS Mónica Cahué GR P Mysteries and Detective Stories / Time Travel / Action and Adventure 9786070133312 4½" x 7¾" / 62 pp $10.95 / PB Literature Narrative / Novel / Mysteries When Irene and Elías go exploring an abandoned and creepy house they find an old, dust-covered trunk—which is really a time machine. They unwittingly travel forty years back in time and meet their parents, who are younger than Irene and Elias are! The problem? Finding their way back to the present without a hitch... 146 5-8 Middle Grade Readers WWW.LOQUELEO.COM/US MIDDLE GRADE READERS