Vincent Ventura and the Curse of the Donkey Lady / Vincent Ventura y la maldición de la Mujer Burro

Vincent Ventura and the Curse of the Donkey Lady / Vincent Ventura y la maldición de la Mujer Burro

  • Autor: Garza, Xavier
  • Editor: Arte Público Press
  • ISBN: 9781558859968
  • eISBN Pdf: 9781518508134
  • eISBN Epub: 9781518508110
  • Lloc de publicació:  Houston , United States
  • Any de publicació: 2024
  • Pàgines: 170

Vincent and his dad are on a bus in Mexico, headed to his late mom’s village of Nagual, when he hears a loud animal roar! Oddly, no one else seems to have heard it. Looking out the window, he is surprised to see a girl running alongside the bus; he’s even more amazed when she turns into a jaguar! And then he sees a sinister sight: a woman with a cadaverous-looking donkey’s head whose glowing red eyes burn as if on fire! Even in a different country, there’s another monster mystery to solve. The boy monster fighter has never met his mother’s side of the family, but he knows his maternal grandfather Federico blames his dad for taking Luz away. Despite the tension, Vincent is excited to meet his granddad, Aunt Marina and cousins Pedro and Lupe, who looks suspiciously like the girl he saw running beside the bus! Vincent soon learns that Lupe, like many others in the village, is a nagual, someone born with the magical ability to transform into an animal. His cousins tell him the Donkey Lady hasn’t been seen in years, so why has she come back now? They are also alarmed when Vincent tells them that his girlfriend Zulema, a witch owl, is coming to visit. Their grandfather hates witch owls! All too soon, this sixth novel in Garza’s bilingual Monster Fighter Mystery series culminates in a convergence of supernatural beings—witch owls, the demonic Donkey Lady, curanderos and naguals—all fighting in a life-or-death battle!

  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1 On the Road to Nagual
  • Chapter 2 The Beast from Nagual
  • Chapter 3 Are You Kidding Me?
  • Chapter 4 The Curse of the Donkey Lady
  • Chapter 5 The Sound of Flapping Wings
  • Chapter 6 The Nagual / Witch Owl War
  • Chapter 7 Not in My House!
  • Chapter 8 Secrets
  • Chapter 9 She Called It “Monster Vison”
  • Chapter 10 It Was a Good Plan
  • Chapter 11 The Donkey Lady Attacks!
  • Chapter 12 Doña Lucía
  • Chapter 13 The Final Battle
  • Chapter 14 Saying Goodbye
  • Chapter 15 House for Rent

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