Get Hooked on MUSE SQUAD by Chantel Acevedo
Channel: San Francisco Public Library
Date: 2021-09-28

MUSE SQUAD: THE CASSANDRA CURSE and its sequel MUSE SQUAD: THE MYSTERY OF THE TENTH are action-packed middle-grade fantasies about a young Cuban American girl who discovers that she’s one of the nine muses of Greek mythology. You can check out both titles today at the San Francisco Public Library (https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C4263097) or pick them up at your favorite local bookstore: https://bookshop.org/books/muse-squad-the-cassandra-curse/9780062947697

Chantel Acevedo  is the author of the novels Love and Ghost Letters, A Falling Star, The Distant Marvels, which was a finalist for the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and, The Living Infinite, hailed by Booklist as a "vivid and enthralling tale of love and redemption." Muse Squad: The Cassandra Curse, Acevedo's middle grade duology was called "riveting and suspenseful" by School Library Journal and the sequel Muse Squad: The Mystery of the Tenth follows the main characters on an unforgettable adventure. She is Professor of English at the University of Miami, where she directs the MFA program.

Watch Chantel Acevedo in conversation with author Donna Barba Higuera, recorded September 29, 2021. https://youtu.be/PfRm0tDmMPM

Both authors are members of Las Musas (https://www.lasmusasbooks.com/), a collective of women and non-binary (identifying on the female spectrum) Latinx Picture Book, Middle Grade, Chapter Book, and Young Adult authors.  Their mission is to spotlight the new contributions of Las Musas in the evolving canon of children's literature and celebrate the diversity of voice, experience, and power in our communities.