Community Partner Review Copy: Luca's Bridge | El Puente de Luca

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About this title: An updated edition of the book originally published in 2019 by Penny Candy Books.

ALSC Notable Children's Book 2020 | Tejas Star Reading List, 2020-21

When a young boy is forced to leave the United States with his family, he uses music and his imagination to keep his connection to home alive.

Luca has never lived outside the U.S., but when his parents receive a letter in the mail, the family must pack up and leave home for a foreign land. Together in their car, Luca, his brother Paco, and their parents head across the border to Mexico where his parents were born. Luca doesn’t understand why he must leave the only home he’s ever known, his friends, and his school. As he struggles through lonely and disorienting times, he leans on music, memory, and familial love for support.

An award-winning bilingual picture book that highlights the difficult situations mixed legal status families face, and the emotional toll it takes on children caught in the middle. This updated edition includes a new author’s note.

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Cuando un niño se ve forzado a abandonar los Estados Unidos junto a su familia, él usa la música y su imaginación para mantener vivo el vínculo con su hogar.

Luca nunca ha vivido fuera de los Estados Unidos, pero cuando sus padres reciben una carta por correo, la familia debe empacar y dejar su hogar rumbo a una tierra ajena. Juntos en su auto, Luca, su hermano Paco y sus padres se dirigen a la frontera con México, en donde los padres de Luca nacieron. Luca no entiende porqué debe abandonar el único hogar que él ha conocido, sus amigos y su escuela. Mientras batalla estos momentos de confusión y soledad, se refugia en la música, en sus recuerdos y en el amor de su familia.

Un aclamado libro ilustrado bilingüe que destaca la difíicil situación en la que se encuentran familias con estatus migratorio mixto, y el peso emocional que causa en los niños atrapados en el medio. Esta edición actualizada incluye una nueva nota de la autora.

Themes: Bilingual, Immigration & Emigration, Deportation, Separation, Mexico, Multigenerational families

Genre: Picture Book

Pub Date: Spring 2027