![]() ![]() And a year before the book starts Teo's sister drowned in a flash flood. When Teo was younger his father was run over by a car while they were in Mexico City to sell fruit they grew. Teo's own grandfather is a healer, and is training Teo to become one too. Esma dreams of becoming a famous singer, although doing so would require her to leave her people forever. His grandfather asks Mateo to help him, and then tells the story of his childhood friendship with a Gypsy girl named Esma Queen of Lightning. ![]() Mateo lives in MD, but in the summer he travels to Mexico with his mother to visit his grandfather Teo who lives in a rural village. The Lightning Queen alternates between the 1950's in Mexico and the present day in Maryland. Even the minor characters have depths and grow during the book. This is a book about Gypsies (Romani people) and indigenous Mexican people, with characters you care about. ![]()
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