Lobizona (Wolves of No World, 1)

Garbers gorgeous novel combines the wonder of a Hogwarts-style magic school with the Twilight-esque dynamics of a hidden magical species that has strict rules about interacting with the human world. - BOOKLIST (Starred Review) Some people ARE illegal. Lobizonas do NOT exist. Both of these statements are false. Manuela Azul has been crammed into an existence that feels too small for her. As an undocumented immigrant whos on the run from her fathers Argentine crime-family, Manu is confined to a small apartment and a small life in Miami, Florida. Until Manus protective bubble is shattered. Her surrogate grandmother is attacked, lifelong lies are exposed, and her mother is arrested by ICE. Without a home, without answers, and finally without shackles, Manu investigates the only clue she has about her pasta mysterious Z emblemwhich leads her to a secret world buried within our own. A world connected to her dead father and his criminal past. A world straight out of Argentine folklore, where the seventh consecutive daughter is born a bruja and the seventh consecutive son is a lobizn, a werewolf. A world where her unusual eyes allow her to belong. As Manu uncovers her own story and traces her real heritage all the way back to a cursed city in Argentina, she learns its not just her U. S. residency thats illegal. . . . its her entire existence. With vivid characters that take on a life of their own, beautiful details that peel back the curtain on Rominas Argentinian heritage, and cutting prose Romina Garber crafts a timely tale of identity and adventure. -Tomi Adeyemi New York Times bestselling author of Children of Blood and Bone