Family Book of The Week:
Hispanic Star: Celia Cruz
If you can see it, you can be it.
Meet the Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz—once just a girl from Havana, Cuba, who loved to sing. Her soulful voice, compelling charm, and unstoppable determination led to her meteoric rise to fame, opening the door for Latinx performers everywhere. Her booming career took her from the Sonora Matancera to the Fania All-Stars, with the rising popularity of salsa, a genre born of Afro-Cuban musical stylings. Six decades and more than seventy albums later, Celia’s influence still has an undeniable hold on today’s music.Hispanic Star proudly celebrates Hispanic and Latinx heroes who have made remarkable contributions to American culture and have been undeniable forces in shaping its future.
Today’s Book of The Day is sponsored by this week’s Kids’ eBook of The Week:
Accidental Quarantine: A Hades and Persephone Retelling
Penny loves secrets, and she believes Hadeon is hiding a big one.
She’s right.
Hadeon has a crush on Penny, and when he overhears that she’s in danger, he bursts into action… and kidnaps her.
After being exposed to a deadly virus, oops, they find themselves trapped together in an underground quarantine facility while scientists race to find a cure.
Now, these two socially awkward teenagers must rely on each other to keep their sanity during what could be their final months.
Good thing they aren’t alone; they have three dogs and a hitman to keep them company.
Hadeon is determined to keep his feelings for Penny to himself. Because how will she react when she discovers his family created the virus as a bioweapon?
This close proximity, found family, retelling of the Hades Persephone myth will leave the reader wanting more.
Featured in Kindle Vella’s top 250 Favs for two months, Accidental Quarantine has 5 Star reviews, and was number 1 in several of its categories. Accidental Quarantine can still be found on Kindle Vella.