Pardalita - Joana Estrela , Lyn Miller-Lachmann (Translator) Audiobook

Written by Joana Estrela, Lyn Miller-Lachmann (Translator)
Read by Irene Vazquez
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

16-year-old Raquel lives in a small town in Portugal, the kind of place where everyone knows everyone else’s business. Her parents are divorced and she’s just been suspended for cursing out a school aide asking about her father’s new marriage. She has two best friends, Luísa and Fred, but wants something more. Then, from afar, she sees Pardalita, a senior and a gifted artist who’s moving to Lisbon to study in the fall. The two girls get to know each other while working on a play. And Raquel falls in love.

From author/artist Joana Estrela comes Pardalita, a beautiful slice-of-life story that is This One Summer meets Ursula K. Le Guin’s Very Far Away from Anywhere Else, told in flashbacks and present day action. Using a gorgeous blend of prose poems and graphic novel format, Estrela captures the feeling of being a teenager in a way that feels gentle, joyful, and real.

Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
Release date: 04-18-23