The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora
Pablo Cartaya
Thirteen-year-old Arturo lives among his close-knit Cuban American extended family in Miami, where his grandmother’s restaurant is central to family life. A developer’s plan for an upscale high-rise threatens the restaurant’s proposed expansion and the neighborhood. Arturo works with Carmen to fight back, drawing on family stories, the writing of José Martí, poetry, and protest. The story also follows the family’s effort to persuade the city council to support the restaurant’s proposal.
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