except maybe Gabi, whose sharp eyes never miss a trick. Sal prides himself on being an excellent magician, but for this sleight of hand, he relied on a talent no one would guess. She is determined to prove that somehow, Sal planted a raw chicken in Yasmany's locker, even though nobody saw him do it and the bloody poultry has since mysteriously disappeared. Gabi, student council president and editor of the school paper, is there to support her friend Yasmany, who just picked a fight with Sal. Sal is in the principal's office for the third time in three days, and it's still the first week of school. When Sal Vidon meets Gabi Real for the first time, it isn't under the best of circumstances. (Mar.How did a raw chicken get inside Yasmany's locker? A nonstop sense of wonder accompanies a genuinely heartwarming and humorous tone, and Sal and Gabi are clearly a fictional team destined for greatness. This vibrant tale from Cuban-American Hernandez ( The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria for adults) is peppered with Spanish dialogue and slang, filled with mouthwatering plates of Cuban cuisine, and highly inclusive, featuring a sprawling, memorable cast, including Gabi’s collection of gender-spanning dads.
When Gabi’s hospitalized baby brother takes a turn for the worse, Sal’s power might just be the solution they need-unless it destroys the universe. Making friends with ambitious journalist Gabi Real and her unconventional family helps ease the transition.
It’s not easy: the teachers are eccentric, his fellow students think he’s a brujo (a bad witch), and every so often Sal brings versions of his deceased mother-“Mami Muerta”-over from other dimensions, much to his father and stepmother’s consternation. In this charming middle grade romp, 13-year-old Sal Vidón, a type 1 diabetic and amateur magician with the inexplicable ability to open holes in the space-time continuum, adjusts to his new life at Miami’s Culeco Academy of the Arts.
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