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Alebrijes by Donna Barba Higuera is a middle-grade dystopian novel about 13-year-old orphan Leandro in a post-apocalyptic future San Joaquin Valley where a cruel elite control the remaining humans, forcing the Spanish-speaking "Cascabeles" to work for them. When Leandro takes the fall for his sister Gabi's theft, he's exiled, but his consciousness is transferred into a hummingbird drone, an "alebrije," leading him on a journey to discover hope, fight oppression, and find a legendary paradise with other outcasts, all while uncovering the ruling regime's lies.
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