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A Hero's Guide To Summer Vacation

ISBN-10: 0451479769
ISBN-13: 9780451479761
Author: Cartaya, Pablo
Interest Level: 3-7
Publisher: Penguin Random House

Publication Date: May 2026

Copyright: 2025

Page Count: 288

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Interest Level

Grades 3-7

Reading Level

Guided Reading: W
Lexile: 750L
Accelerated Reader Level: 5.0
Accelerated Reader Points: 8.0

BISAC Subjects

JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Multigenerational

JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino

Description
Reality proves more epic than fantasy in this family road trip story starring a reluctant young hero and his curmudgeonly grandfather. Gonzalo Alberto Sánchez Garcia has never considered himself the hero of his own story. He's an observer, quietly snapshotting landscapes and drawing the creatures he imagines emerging from them. Forced to spend the summer with his estranged grandfather, Alberto William Garcia--the very famous reclusive author--Gonzalo didn't expect to learn that heroes and monsters are not only the stuff of fantasy. But that's precisely what happens when Gonzalo's CEO mother, Veronica, sends Alberto on tour to promote the final book in his fantasy series for children and Gonzalo must tag along, even though he feels no connection to his grandfather or the books. Together, they embark on a cross-country road trip from Mendocino to Miami in a classic 1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass S Convertible named Mathilde. Over the course of ten epic days on the highway, they will slay demons, real and imagined; confront old stor
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