
By Rey Terciero, Monica M. Magaña (Illustrator)
Part of the Doña Quixote series
A girl must stop a shapeshifting mayor from unleashing evil.
Lucia Castillo, a middle schooler with dreams of heroism, discovers her Texas town's mayor is a shapeshifting beast from Mexican lore. Armed with her grandfather's magical helmet, only she can see the threat. With her best friend Sandro as her squire, they must convince others of the danger and prevent the mayor from unleashing chaos. Can Lucia prove her grandfather's legacy and save her town from supernatural evil?
Middle Schooler by Day. Monster Hunter by (K)night. In this action-packed and hilarious contemporary graphic novel retelling of Don Quixote, a young girl in Texas is obsessed with becoming a modern-day knight and thwarting supernatural evil–for fans of Mighty Jack, Zita the Spacegirl, and Amulet. “Folklore, fun, and adventure at its best.” –Max Brallier, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Last Kids on Earth Lucia Castillo dreams of being a hero like her grandfather. But to the people in their Texas town, he was just a strange old man who dressed up as a knight and claimed to save the world from monsters only he could see. Now years later, when Lucia and her best friend–and trusty squire–Sandro discover the town mayor is secretly a shapeshifting beast of Mexican lore, her parents think she’s imagining things like her “Abuelo Loco.” Only Lucia, wearing her grandfather’s magical helmet, can see the hidden threat. Can she and Sandro prove others wrong and stop the mayor from unleashing evil on their town–and beyond?
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