Days of the Dead: Giveaway Winners

DAYS OF THE DEAD:
Middle Grade Novel Giveaway Winners

28 individual books were given away to educators, school librarians, public librarians, and amazing literacy folks. With our thanks to Sky Pony Press.

“Kersten Hamilton is a wonderful, dynamic writer. Glorieta’s courage and faithful search for goodness will make your heart glow a little brighter.”
—Francisco X. Stork, author of Disappeared

ABOUT THE BOOK

Days of the Dead
By Kersten Hamilton
Published by Sky Pony Press
ISBN-13: 9781510728585
Age Range: 8 – 12 Years

By the critically acclaimed author of Tyger Tyger, a warm, magical story of a girl’s struggle to keep a promise to her dead mother.

Glorieta Magdalena Davis Espinosa is happy that Papi married Alice. She’s happy that he can smile again after years of mourning Mamá. But the urn containing Mamá’s ashes disappeared into a drawer the day Alice moved in.

If everything about Glorieta’s life is going to change, then she wants one thing to go her way: She wants to hear stories about her mamá when the family gathers on the last night of los Días de los Muertos. And that can only happen if Tia Diosonita will allow Mamá to be buried with the Espinosas in holy ground. If she will allow people to speak Mamá’s name.

With the help of her best friend, River, and her cousin Mateo, Glorieta sets out to convince Diosonita that Mamá is not burning in Hell. To do so, she’ll have to learn to let hate go—and to love the people who stand in her way.

In prose that sparkles with magical undertones, author Kersten Hamilton weaves a tender story about grief, faith, and the redemptive power of love.

“Timely in its treatment of immigration injustices, and timeless in the exploration of the enduring spiritual and cultural traditions of the author’s beloved home. An engaging story of strength, love, and redemption, complete with dazzling touches of laugh-out-loud humor.”
—Laura Resau, author of Estrella en el bosque
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“…the combination of magical realism, syncretism, and Catholicism is thoughtful and realistic, not preachy, and is accessible to believers and nonbelievers alike. Perhaps most important, Glorieta’s desperation is affecting and wrenching. The complex, layered plot pulls no punches.”
—Kirkus Reviews

ABOUT THE GUIDE

The Days of the Dead: A Guide for Readers and Educators offers resource links on Immigration, Biracial Identity, and Mexican American culture and history including Día de los Muertos. The guide also includes:

– Glossary of Terms & Other Notes
– Discussion, Extensions & Writing Opportunities by Chapter
– Overall Discussion, Extensions & Writing Opportunities

Guide for Reader & Educators
DOWNLOAD Days of the Dead: A Guide for Readers & Educators (PDF)
 

THE GIVEAWAY WINNERS

Congratulations! These fine schools and libraries will win a final hardcover copy of the book.
 

 
We discovered we had galley copies of this novel, so we will be sending ARC’s to an additional 15 schools and libraries!