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Description:
Includes an excerpt from Sal & Gabi fix the universe.
Review Quotes: PRAISE FOR SAL AND GABI BREAK THE UNIVERSE
Winner of the 2020 Pura Belpré Award "After reading about Sal and Gabi's marvelous universe, you're going to want to move there!"
--Rick Riordan, New York Times #1 best-selling author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians "Beautiful, bonkers, and filled to the brim with a fiercely unstoppable joy."
--William Alexander, National Book Award-winning author of A Properly Unhaunted Place "If Harry Houdini, Mr. Rogers, and Dr. Stephen Hawking wrote a book together, it might come close to the wonder, magic, and metaphysics of Carlos Hernandez's Sal and Gabi Break the Universe."
--Fran Wilde, Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award Finalist; author of Updraft "Sal and Gabi may have broken the universe, but they won my heart!"
--Gordon Korman, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Swindle and Slacker "I love this book in every possible universe!"
--Tui T. Sutherland, author of the New York Times best-selling Wings of Fire series "Good-hearted, funny, magical, and absolutely unputdownable. I fell in love with all the characters and want to keep reading about them forever."
--Tina Connolly, author of the Seriously Wicked Series ★"A nonstop sense of wonder accompanies a genuinely heartwarming and humorous tone, and Sal and Gabi are clearly a fictional team destined for greatness."
―Publishers Weekly (starred review) ★"Delightfully weird, this is unlike any other book in the middle grade canon. Hernandez has managed to include conflict and excitement into his first novel for young people . . . Fans who enjoyed Madeleine L'Engle's
A Wrinkle in Time and Rick Riordan's works will love Sal and Gabi, as will readers looking for upbeat fiction with Spanish-speaking characters. Hernandez offers a rip-roaring and emotionally resonant sci-fi adventure. A must-have for middle school or upper elementary libraries . . ."
―School Library Journal (starred review) ★"The story moves quickly, with lots of multiverse traffic, school hijinks, and strong, smart, diverse characters.This book, drenched in Cuban Spanish and personality, is a breath of fresh air."
―Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ★"Artfully balancing sf antics with a meaningful exploration of grief, Hernandez fills his fast-paced novel with an intriguing blend of sf, folklore, and Cuban culture and populates it with delightfully well-rounded, clever, and exceptionally kind characters, all in a lively, distinctive voice. With a compelling cliff-hanger ending, this engrossing adventure is sure to leave readers excitedly anticipating the next installment."
―Booklist (starred review) PRAISE FOR SAL AND GABI FIX THE UNIVERSE ★"In the construction of Sal and Gabi's world, Hernandez has fixed our own universe--not by removing its flaws, but by populating it with people who care for one another. It's a place for readers to live in, a haven they can always escape to for comfort and hope. And also, fart jokes. But mostly hope . . ."
―Booklist (starred review) ★"This excellent sequel features nonstop multiverse hijinks, great comedy, and heartening moments that are skillfully interwoven with a subplot that features a delightfully surreal student production of
Alice in Wonderland--er, "Alicia" in "el pais de las mara villas."
―Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ★ "While Hernandez incorporates a genuine threat to his characters in this rousing adventure, the true focus is on friendship, family, and honesty."
―Publishers Weekly (starred review)
