{"id":5069,"date":"2015-04-24T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=5069"},"modified":"2018-01-10T10:29:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T16:29:37","slug":"u-is-universal-car-competition-for-lowriders-in-space-by-cathy-camper-illustrated-by-raul-the-third-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=5069","title":{"rendered":"U is Universal car competition for Lowriders in Space, by Cathy Camper; illustrated by Raul the Third (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lowriders-in-Space.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5763\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=5763\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lowriders-in-Space.jpg?fit=350%2C446&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"350,446\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lowriders-in-Space.jpg?fit=350%2C446&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5763\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lowriders-in-Space-235x300.jpg?resize=235%2C300\" alt=\"book cover of Lowriders in Space by Cathy Camper, art by Raul the Third, published by Chronicle Books\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lowriders-in-Space.jpg?resize=235%2C300&amp;ssl=1 235w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lowriders-in-Space.jpg?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a>Three friends with a dream,<br \/>\nready to work hard<br \/>\nto drive their <a href=\"http:\/\/auto.howstuffworks.com\/10-great-lowriders.htm\" target=\"_blank\">lowrider<\/a> into orbit!<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy cool cars, playful science, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pri.org\/stories\/2015-02-11\/hidden-history-spanglish-california\" target=\"_blank\">Spanglish<\/a> conversation (and lots of glossary notes about both), and the pride of lowrider creators as <em>Lowriders in Space <\/em>takes off.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The publisher provides a free preview of the first pages <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/236095122\/Lowriders-in-Space-excerpt-by-Cathy-Camper-Illustrated-by-Raul-the-Third\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0 so you can see Raul the Third&#8217;s art as you meet Lupe, Flapjack, and Elirio.<\/p>\n<p>Ask for this fun graphic novel at your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/libraries\" target=\"_blank\">local library<\/a> or local <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/indie-store-finder\" target=\"_blank\">independent bookstore<\/a> and head for the Universal Car Competition to ride &#8220;bajito y suavecito!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"714\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oO15SU2XBmM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Working together on a special project &#8211; share your story in the comments, please!<br \/>\n**kmm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book info<\/strong>: Lowriders in Space \/Cathy Camper; illustrations by Raul the Third.\u00a0Chronicle Books, 2014. [<a href=\"http:\/\/cathycamper.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/raulthethird.com\/about.html\" target=\"_blank\">illustrator site<\/a>]\u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chroniclebooks.com\/lowriders-in-space-paperback.html\" target=\"_blank\">publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oO15SU2XBmM\" target=\"_blank\">book trailer<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My book talk<\/strong>: Three friends who love custom cars work together to build the best lowrider in the galaxy so they can win enough money to open their own garage.<\/p>\n<p>Lupe, Flapjack, and Elirio admire lowriders that zoom and drift, but they love cars that drive low and slow &#8211; bajito y suavecito.<\/p>\n<p>This girl mechanic, expert car-washing octopus, and mosquito car-painter are so tired of working for others in the barrio. If they can win the Universal Car Contest, they will be able to open their own garage!<\/p>\n<p>Can Lupe make the abandoned old junker run again?<br \/>\nWill Flapjack&#8217;s eight arms be enough to clean it up?<br \/>\nDoes Elirio have time to paint their lowrider brighter than the stars?<\/p>\n<p>A box of rocket parts and lots of determination add to Raul the Third&#8217;s ballpoint pen art with Sharpie accents and Cathy Camper&#8217;s mix of Spanish, English, and super science in this first book of a graphic novel pair.\u00a0 (One of 6,000 books recommended on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abookandahug.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.abookandahug.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three friends with a dream, ready to work hard to drive their lowrider into orbit! Enjoy cool cars, playful science, Spanglish conversation (and lots of glossary notes about both), and the pride of lowrider creators as Lowriders in Space takes off. The publisher provides a free preview of the first pages here\u00a0 so you can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,237,19,80],"tags":[10,22,4,45,5,192,16,44,46,38,15,21,35,58,6,53,8],"class_list":["post-5069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","category-diverse-books","category-fiction","category-graphic-novel","tag-a2z","tag-behavior","tag-belonging","tag-competition","tag-coping","tag-creativity","tag-determination","tag-friendship","tag-funny","tag-magic","tag-relationships","tag-self-image","tag-surprises","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-us-artist","tag-us-author"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5069"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9129,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5069\/revisions\/9129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}