A Hero's Guide to Summer Vacation

Equal parts funny and heartfelt, this middle grade intergenerational family road trip story sees a young Cuban American boy forced to travel with his best selling children's author grandfather as he promotes his latest book. Both are working through their grief as is the boy's mother who has orchest......more

Read: May 6th - May 8th Format: E-Book Rating: 4 stars Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for this e-arc in exchange for an honest review. I did not expect how much this book absorbed me. It has a lot of love for stories and what they can mean to people and the creators themselves, and then also e......more

I enjoyed this story about Alberto the grandfather, Vero the daughter/mom and Gonzalo the son/grandson. I never really knew my grandpa’s and appreciate getting to know Gonzalo’s. I loved Mathhilde, the road trip and each of the family members learning to deal with loss and grief.......more

In line after titles including The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora, Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish and Curveball, Pablo Cartaya’s “Hero’s Guide” is a story of discovery. Discovery of family, your “why” and how to write your own story instead of attempting to live up to the real & supposed expectations......more

I recently read A Hero’s Guide to Summer Vacation by Pablo Cartaya with my sons, and it was an absolute hit in our house. The story follows Gonzalo, a quiet, artistic boy who feels more like an observer than a participant in his own life, and his estranged grandfather, Alberto, a famous but reclusiv......more