Lucero

From the New York Times bestselling creator of Dreamers comes a poignantly beautiful story about growing up, finding your power, and finding your voice.

Told with the combination of spare, powerful language and sumptuous, complex metaphors typical of Yuyi Morales’s work, this is the story of a fawn making her way across the border landscape, teeming with the native flora and fauna of the region. A sweet, yet emboldening and empowering, voice encourages the fawn to face her fears when she encounters an obstacle in the form of an insurmountable barrier.

You are awake, my love!
You are alive!
You are a bright star
in our hearts.

This is Yuyi Morales’s first book after the New York Times bestseller Dreamers, and it is aimed at very young readers who are looking for their place in a world full of uncertainty. It is a book that resonates with all children, especially those whose safety is under threat due to the immigration crisis in the United States.

A Junior Library Guild Selection
A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
Named to the Tejas Star Reading List