{"product_id":"a-second-chance-on-earth-isbn-9780823462605","title":"A Second Chance on Earth","description":"\u003cb\u003eA father, a friend, and a favorite book help a teen boy understand love and loss in this moving and vivid YA novel in verse.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHave you ever encountered a book that KO’d you, Iron Mike Tyson style? One that hit you square in the face and heart like some abracadabra casting a hex from an unknown planet?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor sixteen-year-old poet and b-baller Marcos Cadena, that book is the beat-up copy of \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e he finds among his late father’s possessions after Papi is killed in an accident.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarcos’ papi has always loomed large in his eyes. So, when Marcos travels to his parents’ childhood home of Cartagena, Colombia to spread Papi’s ashes, he brings his father’s book with him, convinced that Gabriel García Márquez’s masterpiece holds the key to understanding Papi’s life and accepting his death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Cartagena, Marcos befriends eighteen-year-old Camilo, a taxi driver and fellow García Márquez fan who appoints himself Marcos’ unofficial tour guide. Together, the two boys explore the landscape of Cartagena, from the picturesque streets of Old Town to the poor neighborhood where Camilo grew up. But when Camilo reveals a troubling secret from his past, Marcos must ask himself whether everyone deserves a second chance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWoven through with themes of friendship, family, and forgiveness, this poignant novel in verse is also a love letter to Colombia and to the books of Gabriel García Márquez.★ \"Heartfelt, moving, and beautifully written.\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ★ \"Through affecting verse, Vidal (Rap Dad, for adults) deftly examines themes of friendship, masculinity, grief, and redemption. The richly detailed Colombian background of this poignant exploration of the death of a parent is as alive and vibrant as its narrator.\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ★ \"An ode to literature in Vidal’s profound YA debut. An introspective coming-of-age novel in verse that is a must-have for young adult collections.\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Author Juan Vidal has done the impossible: Crafted a touching exploration of grief with Colombia and the legendary Gabriel Garcia Marquez as his guide. Poetic and raw, readers will fall for the basketball-loving romantic Marcus. \u003ci\u003eA Second Chance on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e marks Vidal’s debut as a defining new literary force to be reckoned with.\" \u003cb\u003e—Lilliam Rivera, award-winning author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNever Look Back\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003c\/i\u003eA tremendous piece of literature. Marcos is probably one of the most fully-realized kids I’ve ever come across in YA literature. Juan has captured that teenaged maelstrom of yearning and fronting and wanting to belong and occasional rootlessness and competitiveness and desire to be desired and love of family, all of it like a diamond in this kid I love more than life itself. And the Colombia he enters is freakin’ kaleidoscopic. Like a fever dream, but compassionate. Folks are not ready for this book.\" \u003cb\u003e—Tochi Onyebuchi, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBeasts Made of Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuan Vidal\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eRap Dad\u003c\/i\u003e, which explores father-son dynamics and Latino masculinity through the lens of hip-hop culture. \u003ci\u003eA Second Chance on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e is his YA debut.","brand":"Holiday House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48232897282277,"sku":"NP9780823462605","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780823462605.jpg?v=1767720773","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-second-chance-on-earth-isbn-9780823462605","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}