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Maria Mariposa

Maria Mariposa

By Karla Arenas Valenti

A gift from Mexico alights on María Mariposa’s windowsill on her first day of school in a brand-new country: “¡Una mariposa!” / “A butterfly!” And with the butterfly, in comes magic. Filled from her toes to her new butterfly wings with memories of home, María knows exactly who she is. But when everything at school is different and strange, doubt begins to make María’s confidence fade away. The place she comes from, the community she loves, the magic inside her . . . does any of it really belong in her new life?

Nominated

2025/2026 Gallery Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by Chronicle Books

Copyright February 13, 2025

ISBN# ‏ 978-1797207933 (HB)

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