It takes a special person to end up in detention their first week at a new school.
It takes a REALLY special person to accidentally burn down the cafeteria while chasing a fire-breathing chipmunk.
But nothing about Valentina Salazar has ever been “normal.” The Salazars are Guardians, tasked with rescuing the magical creatures who sometimes wander into our world, from grumpy unicorns to flying alpacas to the occasional fire-breathing chipmunk.
When Val’s father is killed during a rescue mission gone wrong, her mother decides it’s time for the family to retire from their life on the road. She buys a house in the suburbs and enrolls Val and her siblings in real school for the first time.
But Val is a Guardian at heart and she can’t give up her calling. So when a mythical egg surfaces on a YouTube video, Val convinces her reluctant siblings to help her find the egg before it hatches and wreaks havoc. But she has some competition: the dreaded monster hunters who’ll stop at nothing to destroy the creature and the Salazar family.
DETAILS
Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781339039534
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Publication Date: October 3, 2023
Pages: 368
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781338712711
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Publication Date: June 28, 2022
Pages: 368
Ages: 8-12
