Super fun, entertaining, and cute read. This has the humor in it that George Lopez is famous for and a fun, different take on the Chupacabra legend with this story.
This is a great introduction and exposure to Latino culture and folklore with Spanish in there as well. It's about a middle grader named Jorge who's sent to live with his grandparents and while he's living with them, he meets Carter, who's a Chupacabra that was a middle-grade boy who was bitten and turned. Jorge tries to help Carter to find his family that Carter got separated from and finds his own place with his grandparents, fitting in and liking it living with his grandparents and meeting new friends. There are some topics touched on and discussed that are a bit more serious throughout the book like racism, bullying, single parenting, and such. While it's very fun, with lots of humor and all, it's also real like life. It was a very enjoyable and quick read with some good morals and lessons in it too.
I would recommend it for middle-grade readers and those who are fans of George Lopez as well. Thanks so much to NetGalley and PENGUIN GROUP Penguin Young Readers Group, Viking Books for Young Readers for letting me read and review this fun story. All thoughts and opinions are my own.