Pub Date: August 4, 2026
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2025038229
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Dust Cover, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 10 to 14
Physical Info: 0.80" H x 7.60" L x 5.30" W ( 0.70 lbs) 216 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States 20th Century | Performing Arts | Circus
Description: "In 1939, twelve-year-old Paloma travels with la carpa, her Mexican American family's tent show, and sets out to show her father that she has what it takes to be a tightrope walker like her mother"-- Provided by publisher.
Brief description: Lupe Ruiz-Flores is the author of six bilingual picture books. She is a former Regional Advisor for the Southwest Chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and until recently its newsletter editor. She is a member of the Writers League of Texas, Texas Library Association, Las Musas, and Kindling Words. She was awarded the Tejas Star Book Award for three consecutive years and won the Pura Belpré Children's Author Award for The Pecan Sheller in 2026. Her poetry and short stories have been published in anthologies, including Thanku: Poems of Gratitude. She was recently inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters.
Review Quotes:
"Thrilling! . . . Young readers will cheer on Paloma."--Catherine Stier, author of I Am Jax, Protector of the Ranch
-- (12/4/2025 12:00:00 AM)