Valenti, Karla

Lotería / Karla Arenas Valenti ; illustrations by Dana Sanmar. - First edition. - 310 pages illustrations 22 cm

new kids book 2023 spring.

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. Includes author's notes and reader's guide.

Ages 8-12. Alfred A. Knopf. Grades 4-6. Alfred A. Knopf.

9780593176962

2020050961


Free will and determinism--Fiction
Lotería (Game)--Fiction
Adventure and adventurers--Fiction
Fate and fatalism--Fiction
Magic--Fiction


Oaxaca de Juárez (Mexico)--Fiction
Mexico--Fiction

PZ7.1.V336 / Lo 2021

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