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Mexikid : a graphic memoir / by Pedro Martín.

By: Publisher: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: 309 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • Children
ISBN:
  • 0593462289
  • 0593462297
  • 1916558062
  • 9780593462287
  • 9780593462294
  • 9781916558069
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: MexikidDDC classification:
  • 741.5/973 B 23/eng/20230508
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.7 .M2453 M49 2023
  • PN6727 .M2453 Z46 2023
Awards:
  • Newbery Honor Book, 2024
  • Pura Belpre Children's Author Award, 2024.
  • Pura Belpre Illustrator Award, 2024.
Summary: "Pedro Martin's grown up in the U.S. hearing stories about his legendary abuelito, but during a family road trip to Mexico, he connects with his grandfather and learns more about his own Mexican identity in this moving and hilarious graphic memoir."--Provided by publisher.Summary: "Pedro/Peter Martín is a Mexikid, or a kid born in the U.S. to parents from Mexico, a kid who doesn't quite belong to either place. So he's not sure what to expect when his dad announces that the whole family (all 11 of them!) will be piling into their Winnebago to drive 2,000 miles down to Mexico with a mission: bring their mysterious, Mexican-Revolution-era abuelito home to live with them. But their grandfather has a mission of his own, and he won't leave Mexico until it's complete. This deeply personal and hilarious graphic memoir captures an unforgettable journey filled with cousins, comics, heartbreak, and newly discovered family history. It's the story of one Mexikid in search of his grito... all on the road trip of a lifetime." -- Back cover.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks PZ9.4 .M37 A3 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001526127

"Pedro Martin's grown up in the U.S. hearing stories about his legendary abuelito, but during a family road trip to Mexico, he connects with his grandfather and learns more about his own Mexican identity in this moving and hilarious graphic memoir."--Provided by publisher.

"Pedro/Peter Martín is a Mexikid, or a kid born in the U.S. to parents from Mexico, a kid who doesn't quite belong to either place. So he's not sure what to expect when his dad announces that the whole family (all 11 of them!) will be piling into their Winnebago to drive 2,000 miles down to Mexico with a mission: bring their mysterious, Mexican-Revolution-era abuelito home to live with them. But their grandfather has a mission of his own, and he won't leave Mexico until it's complete. This deeply personal and hilarious graphic memoir captures an unforgettable journey filled with cousins, comics, heartbreak, and newly discovered family history. It's the story of one Mexikid in search of his grito... all on the road trip of a lifetime." -- Back cover.

Ages 10-14 years Dial Books for Young Readers.

Newbery Honor Book, 2024

Pura Belpre Children's Author Award, 2024.

Pura Belpre Illustrator Award, 2024.

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