Flora La Fresca Y El Arte de la Amistad / Flora La Fresca & the Art of Friendship - by Veronica Chambers (Paperback)

About the Book

"Flora Violeta LeFevre, alias Flora la Fresca, cuenta siempre con su mejor amiga, Clara Bayano, para convertir todo en una aventura. Mientras su hermana Maylin se prepara para celebrar sus quince aänos, Flora descubrirâa que Clara estâa a punto de mudarse de ciudad. Pero una nueva amiga aparecerâa y los quince de Maylin tomarâan un divertido y desastroso giro."--

Book Synopsis

Veronica Chambers, autora bestseller del The New York Times, llega con la primera entrega de una serie de literatura juvenil sobre la increíble Flora Violeta LeFevre, quien usa el humor y la historia de sus travesuras para lidiar con la mudanza de su mejor amiga, las preparaciones absorbentes de los quince años de su hermana, y una sorprendente nueva amistad.

Flora Violeta LeFevre, alias Flora la Fresca, cuenta siempre con su mejor amiga, Clara Bayano, para convertir todo en una aventura. Mientras su hermana Maylin se prepara para celebrar sus quince años, Flora descubrirá que Clara está a punto de mudarse de ciudad. Pero una nueva amiga aparecerá y los quince de Maylin tomarán un divertido y desastroso giro.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

From New York Times bestselling author, Veronica Chambers, comes the first in a young middle grade series about larger-than-life Flora Violeta LeFevre, who uses humor and a little mischief to navigate her best friend moving away, her sister's overbearing and all-consuming quince preparations, and a surprising new friendship.

Given the choice of a friend who's honest, loyal, or the Most Fun Ever, Flora Violeta LeFevre and her steadfast sidekick, Clara Bayano, would obviously pick option three. So, when the sad news breaks that Clara's moving, the girls roll up their sleeves and get to business: finding Flora an exciting new BFF to continue the adventures in Clara's stead. The girls come up with a checklist of all the traits that Flora's next buddy has to have, including the ability to code, speak another language, and make jaws drop at the skate park. But when newcomer Zaidee Khal surpasses the girls' "BFF-ometer" in unexpected ways, Flora realizes that replacing one friend with another isn't quite as simple as it seems.

Review Quotes

"Funny, heartwarming, and sweet." --Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Veronica Chambers is the editor for Narrative Projects at The New York Times. She is a prolific author, best known for the New York Timesbestseller Finish the Fight!, as well as the critically acclaimed memoir Mama's Girl and picture book biographies Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb and Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa. Born in Panama and raised in Brooklyn, she writes often about her Afro-Latina heritage. She speaks, reads, and writes Spanish, but she is truly fluent in Spanglish.