# Lola

**Author:** Karla Arenas Valenti
**Grade range:** Grades 3–6
**First published:** 2024
**Page count:** 257
**ISBN-13:** `9780593177020`
**ISBN-10:** `0593177029`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/lola-valenti
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A simmering tale of magic, adventure, and the extraordinary bond between a brother and sister who'd journey to the ends of the Earth to save each other. From the acclaimed author of Lotería comes a heartfelt story rooted in Mexican magical realism. A PURA BELPRÉ AUTHOR WINNER • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Ten-year-old Lola has always been touched by magic. In her Mexico City home, built around a towering tree, she is accustomed to enchanted blooms that change with the seasons, a sandbox that spits out mysterious treasures, and mischievous chaneques that scuttle about unseen by all but her. Magic has always been a part of her life, but now she must embrace the extraordinary as never before. Ever since The Thing That Happened, Lola's brother Alex has been sick. As his condition wo

## Where this book is assigned

### Pura Belpré Author Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: Pura Belpré Author Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2025 Belpré Author Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Belpr%C3%A9_Award)
- **recommended** · 4th grade — [source: Pura Belpré Author Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2025 Belpré Author Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Belpr%C3%A9_Award)
- **recommended** · 5th grade — [source: Pura Belpré Author Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2025 Belpré Author Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Belpr%C3%A9_Award)
- **recommended** · 6th grade — [source: Pura Belpré Author Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2025 Belpré Author Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Belpr%C3%A9_Award)

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