The Chupacabras of the Río Grande (The Unicorn Rescue Society #4)

by Adam Gidwitz (Author) Hatem Aly (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade

Pura Belpré Honor-winning author David Bowles joins Newbery Honor-winning Adam Gidwitz as co-author of the newest Unicorn Rescue Society adventure, as the kids travel to the U.S.-Mexican border to help the legendary chupacabras.

A new adventure begins for Elliot and Uchenna when Professor Fauna bursts into their classroom with a frightening report from the Texas-Mexico border: something has completely drained the blood from a cow's body!

The team must fly to Laredo, where tempers are running high. Teaming up with local kids Lupita and Mateo--plus their brilliant mother, Dr. Alejandra Cervantes, and her curandero husband, Israel--can the Unicorn Rescue Society save the region's animals and help bring a divided community together once more? And what is that spiny, bloodsucking, adorable little creature?

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ALA/Booklist

A rollicking tale with engaging characters and an irresistible premise.

School Library Journal

As facts are interwoven and also combined with a multitude of puns, the narrative is informative and lighthearted.... Learning while laughing is the goal, and it is achieved.

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"An easy, fun hook for readers." - The New York Times Book Review

Adam Gidwitz
Adam Gidwitz taught in Brooklyn for eight years. Now, he writes full time--which means he writes a couple of hours a day, and lies on his couch staring at the ceiling the rest of the time. As is the case with all of his books, everything in them not only happened in the real fairy tales...it all also happened to him. Really. Learn more at www.adamgidwitz.com, on Facebook, and follow him on Twitter: @AdamGidwitz
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780735231795
Lexile Measure
660
Guided Reading Level
N
Publisher
Dutton Books for Young Readers
Publication date
April 16, 2019
Series
The Unicorn Rescue Society
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV037000 - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
JUV039250 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
JUV022000 - Juvenile Fiction | Legends, Myths, & Fables | General
JUV016000 - Juvenile Fiction | Historical | General
JUV002270 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Dragons, Unicorns & Mythical
JUV011030 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
Race relations
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship
Animal rescue
Animals, Mythical
JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / G
JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / General
Mexican-American Border Region
Chupacabras

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