The Lightning Queen

by Laura Resau

Book Overview

A stunningly rendered mystical novel, set in the remote mountains of Mexico in the 1950s, illuminates the power of an unlikely friendship that blends cultures, magic, and possibilities.

Nothing exciting happens on the Hill of Dust, in the remote mountains of Mexico in the 1950s. There's no electricity, no plumbing, no cars, just day after day of pasturing goats. And now, without his sister and mother, eleven-year-old Teo's life feels even more...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545800846
• ISBN13: 9780545800846
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7