Manu and her mother are undocumented and have been in hiding for years after fleeing Argentina when Manu's father disappeared. She manages not to be seen, and her mother tells her to be careful. She also woke up to seeing something strange on her apartment's rooftop: two people talking of hunting and giving off red smoke, one wearing a leather jacket in the Miami heat. She's always been different, thanks to having pupils that look like tiny suns, but one month she grew three inches, another her vision became razor-sharp, and this month she woke up hearing even the faintest sound. In that time she dreams of a world of monsters and magic and wakes up feeling different. In LOBIZONA, every time Manu has menstrual cramps her mother gives her special pills that knock her out for three days.

She cares more about protecting her mother and her new friends from harm than about keeping her dangerous secrets. Manu is brave and resourceful when she leaves her home and finds her place among the witches and werewolves. Both straight and LGBTQ characters passionately kiss, and mate tea and alien flowers have magical and hallucinogenic effects. You'll read plenty of Spanish in dialogue, most of it translated, some of it Argentinian slang, and lots of 'f-k' and 's-t' as well. When Manu discovers her link to an academy of witches and werewolves, there are some battles with monsters where monsters are beheaded and stabbed through the throat. When ICE agents come, they take Manu's mother, beat another woman unconscious, and separate a baby from its mother. The main character, Manu, is living in Miami undocumented and hidden away by her mother because they fled from danger in Argentina in secret and because of Manu's striking, alien-looking eyes. Parents need to know that Lobizona is the first book in the Wolves of No World series by Argentinian American author Romina Garber.

Flowers in an alternative realm seem to have similar magical properties and are consumed by all ages.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. A special mate tea taken every day at the academy has hallucinogenic and magical effects.

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