DANETTE VIGILANTE

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TIA LUGO SPEAKS NO EVIL

Tia Lugo has a deadly secret.

Tia Lugo considers herself an ordinary thirteen-year-old girl. She just wants to enjoy the end of summer, which means hanging out with her best friend and neighbor, Julius, and ignoring her Puerto Rican grandmother’s embarrassing reliance on creepy candles, weird-smelling herb bundles, and eerie statues—all available for sale at the nearby botánica. But when Tia witnesses a murder late one night from her bedroom window, everything changes in an instant.

Now, Tia is terrified to tell anyone what she’s seen. What if the killer comes after her too? He knows where she lives. Even worse, Tia believes he’s sending her secret messages, reminding her to stay quiet. Desperate to keep herself and her family safe, Tia turns to the last place she ever thought she’d go: her grandmother’s favorite shopping spot, the botánica.

Danette Vigilante Tia Lugo Speaks No Evil Book Awards

TIA LUGO SPEAKS NO EVIL is a Moonbeam Children’s Book Award gold winner, a bronze winner of The Independent Publisher Book Awards for multicultural fiction (JUV/YA), and an International Latino Book Awards Honorable Mention.

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Danette has won the Independent Publishers Bronze Award for multicultural Fiction-Juv/YA for her book Tia Lugo Speaks No Evil.

Tami Charles, New York Times bestselling author

A bite-your-nails mystery, with a side of humor, that’ll have you zipping through the pages!

Tami Charles, New York Times bestselling author

A bite-your-nails mystery, with a side of humor, that’ll have you zipping through the pages!

Ernesto Cisneros, Author of Efren Divided and Falling Short

A multigenerational thriller that will warm your heart, even as it has you looking over your shoulder.

Hilda Eunice Burgos, Author of Ana Maria Does Not Live in a Castle

We can’t help but feel drawn to Tia and wish for her safety and success in this engaging urban murder-mystery. Danette Vigilante keeps readers on the edge of their seats right up to the end!

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The ever-escalating suspense will keep the pages turning throughout this thrilling upper-middle-grade mystery.

Shannon J, Reviewer

A unique and carefully crafted approach to middle grade suspense, Danette Vigilante’s Tia Lugo Speaks No Evil is warm and authentic and yet frightening and unexpected. Tia Lugo Speaks No Evil is anything but predictable.

Felicia C, Educator

I love the way the author included so much culture and traditional beliefs into her novel. Although I am Italian, I recognized many of the customs, especially those of the very superstitious abuela.

Tia is an excellent protagonist, and although a piece of her innocence is lost from the very beginning, it's great to see her grow and mature with her own values and beliefs.

Jacob R, Reviewer

Another great MG story that had me at hello. I LOVE it when there are a wider range of MG. This MG has so many fingers in different genre: fantasy, thriller, suspense. So much great storytelling in these pages. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Annalyssa B, Reviewer

I loved watching all of the little details in the book come together, the author is amazing at having insignificant details come back in a big way.

Katelyn S, Reviewer

The entire book takes place over three days, but it could have been a whole summer with how well it was written and how invested you become in the characters. It was an all-around great book that totally has a twist you don’t see coming.