Tag: Alebrijes

December 28, 2023 by Steven Engelfried

Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Finalist: ALEBRIJES by Donna Barbra Higuera

Donna Barbra Higuera won the 2022 Newbery Medal for THE LAST CUENTISTA. This year she published ALEBRIJES, a stand-alone companion to that earlier book. Will this imaginative dystopian fiction work earn a second Newbery Medal. We discuss its chances as part of our Heavy Medal Mock Newbery.