Bilingüe Bilingual – Spanish English

Written and Illustrated by daughter and father team: Alegría Rojas-Patino, Miguel Rojas Sotelo

Summary: AQUÍ / HERE (siempre aquí – always here) is a bilingual geo-natural visual sci-fi set in the Occoneechee territory, the founding site of Durham, NC. It is a time travel that shows: the disappearance of the buffalo and the indigenous peoples, the rise of tobacco and slavery, the arrival/emergence of aliens, and urban growth. The persecution of the arrived led them to awaken (like the cicadas), which pushed the new natives to continue their expansion -Up Thus, giving a break for life to return.

Recommended Age: 10-up

Resumen: AQUÍ / HERE (siempre aquí – always here) es un bilingüe sci-fi visual de tipo geo-natural que sucede en el territorio Occoneechee, donde se fundó Durham, NC. Es un viaje en el tiempo que muestra; la desaparición del búfalo y los pueblos indígenas, el auge del tabaco y la esclavitud, la llegada/emergencia de alienígenas, y el crecimiento urbano. La persecución a los llegados los llevó a despertar (como las cigarras). Eso empujó a los nuevos nativos a continuar su expansión, arriba; dando así un respiro para que regresara la vida.

Edad recomendada: 10-más

BISAC Heading Suggestions:

JUV000000 JUVENILE FICTION / General

JUV008140 JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction

JUV016110 JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / General

JUV030060 JUVENILE FICTION / Places / United States

JUV029000 JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / General

JUV039250 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration

JUV053000 JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction / General

JUV053010 JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction / Alien Contact

JUV039290 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Activism & Social Justice

JUV001000 JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General

JUV001010 JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories

JUV002000 JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / General

JUV047000 JUVENILE FICTION / Books & Libraries

JUV008000 JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / General

JUV008040 JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Action & Adventure

JUV008150 JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / African American & Black

JUV008200 JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Hispanic & Latino

JUV008090 JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Historical

JUV008210 JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Indigenous

JUV008170 JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Native American

JUV016070 JUVENILE FICTION / Historical

JUV074000 JUVENILE FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural

JUV011030 JUVENILE FICTION / Hispanic & Latino

LC Subject Heading Suggestions:

Picture Books

Children’s fiction; Juvenile fiction; Juvenile stories

Communities – Juvenile Fiction

Spanish Language Materials