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New middle grade novel announced!

Alexandra Alessandri

The news is out!! 🥳

My next middle grade novel, GROW UP, LUCHY ZAPATA, will release summer 2024 from Atheneum Books for Young Readers. I’m thrilled to be working with my editor Sophia again!! A huge thank you to my agent Deborah Warren at East West Literary!

Here’s the deal from Publishers Weekly:

GROW UP LUCHY ZAPATA is about 11-year-old Luchy Zapata, whose middle school dreams go up in a poof of glitter when her BFF returns from a summer in Colombia and ditches her for the cool kids, leaving Luchy to figure out who she is and where she belongs.

I can’t wait for y’all to meet Luchy, my feisty, stubborn, art and soccer-obsessed 2nd gen protagonist, and her BFFs Cami and Mateo! It’s full of all things Colombia, family, food, identity, middle school drama. 

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ARCs Are Here!

Alexandra Alessandri

A few weeks ago, I received a wonderful surprise: hard-copy advance reader copies of my debut, illustrated by Addy Rivera Sonda (check out her gorgeous portfolio and you might just catch glimpses of Ava Gabriela!)

They’re absolutely beautiful, don’t you think?!

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My ARCs are here!!! 😭😍 I’m so in love with them. I can’t even begin to describe the emotion welled up in me at seeing the result of dreams, hard work, persistence, & a refusal to give up. What began as a story seedling has grown into a real book. I’m so grateful to @addy_rivera for the beautiful illustrations; to my agent Deborah Warren, my editor Andrea Hall, & publisher @albertwhitman for loving & believing in this story; & to my family for cheering me on & always believing in me. 🌺 🌺 🌺 FELIZ NEW YEAR, AVA GABRIELA! releases Oct. 1, 2020 & is available for pre-order now! ☺️ 🌺 🌺 🌺 #ownvoices #FelizNewYearAvaGabriela #readlatinx #latinxinkidlit #kidlit #lasmusas #2020diversedebuts #diversedebuts #diversereads #weneeddiversebooks #childrensbooks #latinxscreate #latinx #latinxbookstagram #latinxparenting #latinxreads #teachersofinstagram #librariansofinstagram #teachers #librarians

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I also learned that the eARC is available through Edelweiss+, which means teachers and librarians will be able to view them!

It’s starting to feel real. In just under four months, Feliz New Year, Ava Gabriela! will be out in the world. And while it’s both exciting and terrifying all the same, I just really hope readers will love her as much as I do.