{"id":47217,"date":"2020-08-14T11:30:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T15:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=47217"},"modified":"2020-08-14T11:30:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T15:30:39","slug":"luci-soars-by-lulu-delacre-in-shelf-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/luci-soars-by-lulu-delacre-in-shelf-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Luci Soars by Lulu Delacre [in Shelf Awareness]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-46905\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Luci-Soars-Lulu-Delacre-BookDragon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"767\" \/>With more than three dozen publishing credits, bilingual author\/illustrator Lulu Delacre (<em>Us, in Progress<\/em>) knows how to balance text and art to achieve memorable literary results. In <em>Luci Soars<\/em>, Delacre introduces a girl whose noticeable difference \u2013 she doesn&#8217;t have a shadow \u2013 draws out bullies, but she learns she can rise above her detractors.<\/p>\n<p>Delacre begins her story in muted black-and-white as baby Luci grows to toddlerhood, her missing shadow unremarkable to loving family and friends: &#8220;&#8216;\u00a1Qu\u00e9 linda!&#8217; was the way people saw me.&#8221; As she matures, her lack draws stares, for which she compensates by walking &#8220;always in other people&#8217;s shadows&#8221; even though she &#8220;longed to be in the light.&#8221; At school, her bravery in stepping out into the open is met with pointed fingers, laughter, and icy stares from the &#8220;mean shadows&#8221; who are her peers. Wiping her tears, she examines the blank space behind and wonders if the shadow is what keeps others on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Delacre deftly, cleverly captures Luci&#8217;s shifting perspective in literal page-turns: she momentarily beckons readers into the white space of Luci&#8217;s tearful thoughts, then returns outward with a fresh point of view. Suddenly, the bullies shrink against Luci&#8217;s newly discovered, ascending self-reliance. Abandoning the black-and-white visuals, Delacre imbues Luci with vibrant hues, her jeans a cerulean blue, her shirt full of bright polka dots, the air around her aglow. With each consecutive spread, colors intensify as Luci claims the &#8220;superpower that makes me strong.&#8221; By book&#8217;s end, Luci uses that strength to break through the page, directly addressing readers: &#8220;I can change how I look at things &#8230;\/ and so can you.&#8221; Through her vivid new hero, three-time Pura Belpr\u00e9 Honoree Delacre encourages young audiences to step out from judgmental, unwelcoming shadows and soar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discover<\/strong>: A girl born without a shadow discovers her superpower to rise above her grounded \u2013 stuck \u2013 bullies by shifting her perspective upward.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shelf-awareness.com\/readers-issue.html?issue=944#m16512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">&#8220;Children&#8217;s &amp; Young Adult,&#8221; <em>Shelf Awareness<\/em>, August 14, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Children<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With more than three dozen publishing credits, bilingual author\/illustrator Lulu Delacre (Us, in Progress) knows how to balance text and art to achieve memorable literary results. 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