EPISODE · Jun 9, 2020 · 16 MIN
Carlos Hernandez Release The Book Sal And Gabi Fix The Universe
from Young Adult Authors Unplugged From Arroe Collins · host Arroe Collins
With Sal and Gabi Fix the Universe, best-selling author Rick Riordan (as editor/publisher, not author) presents the sequel to the critically acclaimed Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, a brilliant sci-fi romp with Cuban influence. Among many other challenges, Sal and Gabi have to try to make everything right with our world when there is a rogue Gabi from another universe running loose.Author CARLOS HERNANDEZ has published more than thirty works for fiction, poetry, and drama, including Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, and a book of short stories for adults entitled The Assimilated Cuban's Guide to Quantum Santeria. He is an English professor at City University of New York, and he loves to both play games and design them.That’s the gift of these books: not just a rosy ending but a universe built around people’s fundamental goodness and grace, grounded in the events of daily life. In the construction of Sal and Gabi’s world, Hernandez has himself fixed our own universe—not by removing its flaws but by populating it with people who care for one another. It’s a place for readers to live in, a haven they can always escape to for comfort and for hope. And also, fart jokes. But mostly hope. Starred review, BooklistA hilarious, heartwarming, and absolutely unmissable sequel. Starred Review, Kirkus
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With Sal and Gabi Fix the Universe, best-selling author Rick Riordan (as editor/publisher, not author) presents the sequel to the critically acclaimed Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, a brilliant sci-fi romp with Cuban influence. Among many other challenges, Sal and Gabi have to try to make everything right with our world when there is a rogue Gabi from another universe running loose.Author CARLOS HERNANDEZ has published more than thirty works for fiction, poetry, and drama, including Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, and a book of short stories for adults entitled The Assimilated Cuban's Guide to Quantum Santeria. He is an English professor at City University of New York, and he loves to both play games and design them.That’s the gift of these books: not just a rosy ending but a universe built around people’s fundamental goodness and grace, grounded in the events of daily life. In the construction of Sal and Gabi’s world, Hernandez has himself fixed our own universe—not by removing its flaws but by populating it with people who care for one another. It’s a place for readers to live in, a haven they can always escape to for comfort and for hope. And also, fart jokes. But mostly hope. Starred review, BooklistA hilarious, heartwarming, and absolutely unmissable sequel. Starred Review, Kirkus
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