ICYMI on KPBS Midday Edition: 'Freddie vs. the Family Curse' is San Diego author Tracy Badua's middle-grade novel debut. It follows Freddie Ruiz, his so-called curse and his quest to understand luck — and his family.
Harper Collins / author photo by Amy Huang
Freddie lives in San Diego, with his parents and his great-grandmother Apong Rosing. Next door, his cousin Sharkey Mendoza is his only friend, a girl his same age who is his opposite when it comes to luck. She's popular, gets good grades, and never has to worry about the curse. "I grew up in a household where I had my grandmothers stay with us for long periods of time, so it was nice to be able to kind of draw that into the story to show that," said Badua."It was my parents, and it was me and my brother and then my grandmother hanging out with us and watching us and keeping us out of trouble.
The superstitious Apong Rosing's promise of good luck with the anting-anting is short lived. The amulet contains the ghost of Ramon, Apong Rosing's older brother, who explains that not only does this bringA tragic history Badua also piles plenty of humor into the story. Written for eight to 12 year olds, she said that it was fun to get herself into the mindset for younger comedy. While Freddie and Sharkey are trying to solve the mystery, they're also still seventh graders, dealing with pop quizzes, PE class, embarrassing underwear mishaps and more.
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