-Winner of the Arizona Author's Association Award for Children's
Literature
-Runner-up for the Arizona Book of the Year
-Finalist for the 2016 WILLA Award for Children's/Young Adult
Fiction
-Finalist for the New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards
-IndieFab Finalist
In 1528, the real-life conquistador Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecked in the
New World where he lived for eight years as a slave, trader, and shaman.
In this lyrical weaving of history and myth, the adventurer takes his
young daughter Teresa from her home in Texas to walk westward into the
setting sun, their travels accompanied by miracles--visions and
prophecies. But when Teresa reaches the outposts of New Spain, life is
not what her father had promised.
As a kitchen servant in the household of a Spanish official, Teresa
grows up estranged from the magic she knew as a child, when she could
speak to the earth and listen to animals. When a new epidemic of measles
devastates the area, the sixteen-year-old sets off on her own journey,
befriending a Mayan were-jaguar who cannot control his shape-shifting
and a warhorse abandoned by his Spanish owner. Now Teresa moves through
a land stalked by Plague: smallpox as well as measles, typhus, and
scarlet fever.
Soon it becomes clear that Teresa and her friends are being manipulated
and driven by forces they do not understand. To save herself and others,
Teresa will find herself listening again to the earth, sinking
underground, swimming through limestone and fossil, opening to the power
of root and stone. As she searches for her place in the New World, she
will travel farther and deeper than she had ever imagined.
Rich in historical detail and scope, Teresa of the New World takes you
into the dreamscape of the sixteenth-century American Southwest.
Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is
proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers--picture books
for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and
novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who
love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach
lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more.
While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller
or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are
sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find
a home.
