About the Book: The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora
A 2018 Pura Belpré Author Honor Book Save the restaurant. Save the town. Get the
girl. Make Abuela proud. Can thirteen-year-old Arturo Zamora do it all or is he
in for a BIG, EPIC FAIL? For Arturo, summertime in Miami means playing
basketball until dark, sipping mango smoothies, and keeping cool under banyan
trees. And maybe a few shifts as junior lunchtime dishwasher at Abuelas
restaurant. Maybe. But this summer also includes Carmen, a poetry enthusiast who
moves into Arturos apartment complex and turns his stomach into a deep fryer. He
almost doesnt notice the smarmy land developer