Knight of the Cape, Terry Catasus Jennings
Knight of the Cape, Terry Catasus Jennings
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Knight of the Cape

Author: Terry Catasus Jennings

Narrator: Frankie Corzo

Unabridged: 1 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/23/2021

Categories: Children's Fiction


Synopsis

Judy Moody meets Netflix’s One Day at a Time in this first book in a new chapter book series featuring a young Cuban American girl who tries to find adventure based on the classics she read with her beloved abuela—can Dominguita become a noble knight?

All Dominguita wants to do is read. Especially the books in Spanish that Abuela gave to her just before she moved away. They were classics that Abuela and Dominguita read together, classics her abuela brought with her all the way from Cuba when she was a young girl. It helps Dominguita feel like Abuela’s still there with her.

One of her favorites, Don Quixote, tells of a brave knight errant who tries to do good deeds. Dominguita decides that she, too, will become a knight and do good deeds around her community, creating a grand adventure for her to share with her abuela. And when the class bully tells Dominguita that girls can’t be knights, Dom is determined to prove him wrong. With a team of new friends, can Dominguita learn how to be the hero of her own story?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alex

There's a new chapter book series in town and it's all about a girl with a great big imagination. Cuban American Dominguita Melendez loves to read even more than playing with the other kids in her class during recess. Lately, she's been reading Don Quijote, a book her grandmother loves, to feel clos......more

Goodreads review by Karinna

What a great new book series!! I loved both of these books so much! Dom is such a refreshing character to see in a chapter book. Not only is she Cuban, which of course, I am here for my fellow Latinas✊🏼, but she’s also a great example of just being a kid. After her Abuela moves away, she remembers t......more

Goodreads review by Barbara

Dominguita Melendez would rather keep her nose in her books than reach out to make friends, something with which many of us can relate. But after her grandmother moves to Florida, she fears that the elderly woman will forget her. Inspired by the classic Don Quijote, one of the books the two of them......more