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Sal & Gabi break the universe

Author

Hernandez, Carlos Alberto, author.

Title

Sal & Gabi break the universe / Carlos Hernandez.

Format

Book

Edition

First edition.

Published

Los Angeles : Rick Riordan Presents, Disney Hyperion, 2019. ©2019

Description

382 pages ; 22 cm

Variant title

Sal and Gabi break the universe

Series

Hernandez, Carlos Alberto. Sal & Gabi ; bk. 1.

Summary

Who put the raw chicken in Yasmany's locker? When Sal Vidón meets Gabi Reál for the first time, it isn't under the best of circumstances. Sal is in the principal's office for the third time in three days, and it's still the first week of school. Gabi, student council president and editor of the school paper, is there to support her friend Yasmany, who just picked a fight with Sal. She is determined to prove that, somehow, Sal planted a raw chicken in Yasmany's locker, even though no one saw him do it and the bloody poultry has since mysteriously disappeared. Sal prides himself on being an excellent magician, but for this sleight of hand, he relied on a talent no one would guess...except maybe Gabi, whose sharp eyes never miss a trick. When Gabi learns that he's capable of conjuring things much bigger than a chicken - including his dead mother - and she takes it all in stride, Sal knows that she is someone he can work with. There's only one slight problem: Their manipulation of time and space could put the entire universe at risk. A sassy entropy sweeper, a documentary about wedgies, a principal who wears a Venetian bauta mask, and platefuls of Cuban food are just some of the delights that await in this mind-blowing novel gift-wrapped in love and laughter. -- From dust jacket.

Target audience

8-12 years. 3-7.

Awards

Pura Belpré Award, 2020

Subject headings

Multiverse--Juvenile fiction. Grief--Juvenile fiction. Cuban Americans--Juvenile fiction. Teleportation--Juvenile fiction. Universe--Juvenile fiction.

Genre heading

Fantasy fiction. Science fiction. Fantasy fiction. Fiction. Juvenile works. Science fiction. Fantasy fiction. Science fiction. Fantasy fiction.

ISBN

9781368022828 (hardcover alkaline paper) 1368022820 (hardcover alkaline paper)