Rebecca Caudill 2023

Interest Level:  Grades 4 to 7

Book Talk

When Army brat Nestor Lopez moves to the small town of New Haven, Tex., to live with his abuela while his father is deployed to Afghanistan, he doesn't expect to be there for long. After all, he's only in sixth grade and is already on his 10th first day of school. His plan is to avoid making friends and attachments, and certainly not to let anyone know that he can speak with animals. His gift rapidly sucks him into a mystery involving missing animals and the threat of a terrifying shape-shifting tule vieja--a witch.