Kid Cyclone fights the Devil and other stories / Xavier Garza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garza, Xavier, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Upside-down books--Specimens.

Upside-down books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Kid Ciclón se enfrenta a el diablo y otras historias

Place of Publication:

Houston : Piñata Books, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cousins Maya and Vincent are thrilled to be ring side at a lucha libre match. Kid Cyclone, the wrestling world's favorite hero who also happens to be the kids' beloved uncle, is facing off against a devil-masked opponent, El Diablo. "No masked devil can beat my uncle. Not even the real devil himself," declares Maya. But the real devil doesn't take kindly to such disrespect, and soon Kid Cyclone finds himself fighting the most hellish challenger of all! Popular kids' book author Xavier Garza returns with another collection of stories featuring spooky characters from Mexican-American folklore. There's a witch that takes the shape of a snake in order to poison and punish those who disregard her warnings; green-skinned, red-eyed creatures called chupacabras that suck the blood from wild pigs, but would just as soon suck the blood from a human who has lost his way in the night; a young girl disfigured in a fire set by a scorned lover who gets her revenge as the Donkey Lady; and the Elmendorf Beast, said to have the head of a wolf with skin so thick it's impervious to shotgun blasts.

Contents:

The mirror = El espejo

The witch owl = La bruja lechuza

The witch's revenge = La venganza de la bruja

The Elmendorf Beast = La bestia de Elmendorf

Llorona 9-1-1 = Llorona 9-1-1

Border watch = Cuidando la frontera

Donkey Lady = La Señora de los asnos

Giggles the Clown = El Payaso Giggles

The ghost in the Red Room = El fantasma en el Cuarto Rojo

The Man with the Burlap Sack = El Hombre del Saco de Manta

Night of the Red Devil = La noche del Diablo rojo

The winged beasts of Elotes County = Las bestias de alas del Condado de Elotes Santos

Saints = Santos

Kid Cyclone fights the Devil = Kid Ciclón se enfrenta a El Diablo.

Notes:

Spanish version translated from the English.

Titles from separate title pages; works issued back-to-back and inverted.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-55885-970-5