Adrianna Cuevas

Adrianna Cuevas is the author of Cuba in My Pocket and The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez, which received a Pura Belpré Honor. Cuevas is a first-generation Cuban American originally from Miami, Florida. After teaching Spanish and ESOL for 16 years, she decided to pursue her passion for storytelling. Adrianna currently resides outside of Austin, TX, with her husband and son where they enjoy hiking, traveling, and cooking lots of Cuban food. Her latest book is The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto.

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The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto

Rafa would rather live in the world of The Forgotten Age, his favorite role-playing game, than face his father’s increasing restrictions and his mother’s fading presence. But when Rafa and his friends decide to take the game out into the real world and steal their school cafeteria's slushie machine, his dad concocts a punishment Rafa never could’ve imagined—a month working on a ranch in New Mexico, far away from his friends, their game, and his mom’s quesitos in Miami.

Life at Rancho Espanto isn’t as bad as Rafa initially expected, mostly due to Jennie, a new friend with similarly strong snack opinions, and Marcus, the veteran barn manager who's not as gruff as he appears. But when Rafa's work at the ranch is inexplicably sabotaged by a man who may not be what he seems, Rafa and Jennie explore what's behind the strange events at Rancho Espanto—and discover that the greatest mystery may have been with Rafa all along.

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