Valentina Salazar Is Not a Monster Hunter (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781338712711)

"Monsters, mayhem, and a little family magic will have readers rooting for Valentina!" -- Kwame Mbalia, New York Times bestselling author

It takes a special person to end up in detention on the last day of school.

It takes a REALLY special person to accidentally burn down the school yard while chasing a fire-breathing chipmunk.

But nothing about Valentina Salazar has ever been "normal." The Salazars are protectors, tasked with rescuing the magical creatures who sometimes wander into our world, from grumpy unicorns to chupacabras... to the occasional fire-breathing chipmunk.

When Val's father is killed during a rescue mission gone wrong, her mother decides it's time to retire from their life on the road. She moves the family to a boring little town in upstate New York and enrolls Val and her siblings in real school for the first time.

But Val is a protector at heart and she can't give up her calling. So when a mythical egg surfaces in a viral video, Val convinces her reluctant siblings to help her find the egg before it hatches and wreaks havoc. But she has some competition: the dreaded monster hunters who'll stop at nothing to destroy the creature... and the Salazar family.

Author: Zoraida Cdova
ISBN-10: 1338712713
ISBN-13: 9781338712711
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Language: English
Published: 06/28/2022
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.70w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.7
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 518512 / Valentina Salazar Is Not a Monster Hunter


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2022
Booklist 05/01/2022 pg. 45
Publishers Weekly 05/09/2022
Shelf Awareness 07/08/2022
School Library Journal 09/02/2022 pg. 1
BookPage 07/01/2022