by Alegría Rojas-Patino (Author), Miguel Rojas Sotelo (Author), Rafael a. Osuba (Editor)
Bilingüe Bilingual - Spanish English
Written and Illustrated by daughter and father team: Alegría Rojas-Patino, Miguel Rojas Sotelo
Summary: AQUÍ / HERE (siempre aquí - always here) is a bilingual geo-natural visual sci-fi set in the Occoneechee territory, the founding site of Durham, NC. It is a time travel that shows: the disappearance of the buffalo and the indigenous peoples, the rise of tobacco and slavery, the arrival/emergence of aliens, and urban growth. The persecution of the arrived led them to awaken (like the cicadas), which pushed the new natives to continue their expansion -Up Thus, giving a break for life to return.
Recommended Age: 10-up
Resumen: AQUÍ / HERE (siempre aquí - always here) es un bilingüe sci-fi visual de tipo geo-natural que sucede en el territorio Occoneechee, donde se fundó Durham, NC. Es un viaje en el tiempo que muestra; la desaparición del búfalo y los pueblos indígenas, el auge del tabaco y la esclavitud, la llegada/emergencia de alienígenas, y el crecimiento urbano. La persecución a los llegados los llevó a despertar (como las cigarras). Eso empujó a los nuevos nativos a continuar su expansión, arriba; dando así un respiro para que regresara la vida.
Edad recomendada: 10-más
BISAC Heading Suggestions:
JUV000000 JUVENILE FICTION / General
JUV008140 JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction
JUV016110 JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / General
JUV030060 JUVENILE FICTION / Places / United States
JUV029000 JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / General
JUV039250 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration
JUV053000 JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction / General
JUV053010 JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction / Alien Contact
JUV039290 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Activism & Social Justice
JUV001000 JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General
JUV001010 JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories
JUV002000 JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / General
JUV047000 JUVENILE FICTION / Books & Libraries
JUV008000 JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / General
JUV008040 JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Action & Adventure
JUV008150 JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / African American & Black
JUV008200 JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Hispanic & Latino
JUV008090 JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Historical
JUV008210 JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Indigenous
JUV008170 JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Native American
JUV016070 JUVENILE FICTION / Historical
JUV074000 JUVENILE FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural
JUV011030 JUVENILE FICTION / Hispanic & Latino
LC Subject Heading Suggestions:
Picture Books
Children's fiction; Juvenile fiction; Juvenile stories
Communities - Juvenile Fiction
Spanish Language Materials