Summer of the Mariposas
Review
By Mamiverse
Beautifully intermingling Mexican folklore, religious beliefs and customs with information on the ancient Aztec culture, this riveting story of the journey from girlhood to adulthood is alternately terrifying, affecting, and laugh out loud funny. . . . In twenty-two chapters, each named for a Loteria card, this family grows on the reader. Read it and re-read it with your children. Talk about it, and you’ll be talking about life itself, that, as the author reminds us in her forward, ‘…however brief [is] beautiful.’”
Read the full review here .
Reviews & Comments
A Kernel of NonsenseGoodreads
Ellen Oh, MTV
The Book Smugglers
Fancy Reads
Girls in Capes
De Colores
Good Books & Good Wine
Rich in Color
Children's Literature
Forever Bookish
City Year Boston Blog
The Monitor
Should I Read it or Not?
Kirkus Reviews
Strange Alphabets
The Pretty Good Gatsby
GenreFluent
Finding Wonderland
The Hispanic Reader
Teaching Latin America Through Literature
Maya Bery's Portfolio
Horn Book Guide
Librarian of Snark
Charlotte's Library
Undusty New Books
Wear the Old Coat
Booklist
Bookworm 1858
La Bloga
Medeia Sharif
School Library Journal

The Pirate Tree
Heather's Library World
Casual Dread
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Regina Ripley
Laura Sims, The Girl & Her Books
Common Sense Media
Mosaic Collection Review, K. Wendelin