Recent Reading: Alebrijes

This is certainly a unique children’s book. Betsy Bird in her afuse8production offers this summary:

What if your punishment for a crime wasn’t death but instead to have your mind placed in a tiny mechanical hummingbird? Enter a world of robot animals, giant sandworms, post-apocalyptic visions, and a tiny hero with incredible inner strength. A co-worker of mine was dead right when she said that this was The Handmaid’s Tale meets The Giver. And yes, the action really doesn’t kick in until someone gets their brain mashed into a robot bird. Still, talk about a slam bang of an ending!