Walking Stars: Stories of Magic and Power

by Villasenor, Victor

• ISBN13: 9781558853942
• ISBN10: 1558853944
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Arte Publico Pr

Summary

"We're all walking stars," the eighty-four year old guide tells Victor Villasenor as he travels to his mother's birthplace, La Lluvia de Oro. "Don't you know what we all are? We are all stars that come from the heavens." Villasenor, Who is in pursuit of legendary family stories for his family history, Rain of Gold, opens his eyes to the world the guide shows him, and in this collection, Villasenor shares that enchanted world with the reader. In these short stories for young people, magic rains down from the heavens like stars, coating each of the family stories in a sheen of la vida as it should be: filled with power and surprises that give each character the strength to endure. Along with the author's own discovery in Lluvia de Oro, the stories brim with a cast of extraordinary characters in challenging situations: the young girl on her first day of school who shows bravery even in the face of schoolyard taunts ... a young man about to be hanged that can only be saved by the miracle of song ... and the young boy who faces El Diablo in a dark peach orchard. Through it all, the characters truly show themselves to be walking stars, tiny luminous sparks of light, and they are able to affect change in their lives and the world around them by relying on their bravery, their strength, and their faith in themselves. These are the stories of ancestors long-past, stories that will scrape off the dust of modernity on the reader's skin to show the glowing beings that Villasenor and his family believe we once were and can still be. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Victor Villasenor is also the writer of screenplays

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 7
My Birth to Power and Magic
The Smartest Human I Ever Met: My Brother's Dog Shep	p. 15
Midnight Duke	p. 22
Walking Stars	p. 28
Stories of My Mother
First Day of School	p. 53
Woman's Greatest Power	p. 70
The Hanging	p. 86
Stories of My Father
The Greatest Christmas Gift	p. 103
Death of an Assassin	p. 153
Toreando el Tren or Bullfighting the Train	p. 180
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