Dear Reading World (particularly you fond readers of Middle Grade who also happen to be members of the SFWA):

This year, Carlos Hernandez’s Middle Grade novel SAL AND GABI BREAK THE UNIVERSE is eligible for the Andre Norton Award.

Now, so far, SAL AND GABI BREAK THE UNIVERSE has garnered 4 Starred Reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, School Library Journal, Booklist, and Kirkus.

It’s also on Kirkus Reviews’ Best Children’s Books of 2019. SO YOU ALREADY KNOW IT’S FABOOSH!

I would encourage you–AFFECTIONATE SPOUSE OF THE AUTHOR AS I AM–to vote for SAL AND GABI BREAK THE UNIVERSE if you loved the book: raw chickens, robots, magic, death, science, family, GOTCHA! stamp and all.