The Gumazing Gum Girl! Stick Together! - by Rhode Montijo

About the Book

When Gabby Gomez's substitute teacher transforms into a giant hamster monster, she needs help from new friends and old to stop him.

Book Synopsis

Join Gabby Gomez in the 5th installment of the Gumazing Gum Girl! as she fights an overgrown hamster and reunites with old friends in this thrilling and immersive superhero story.

Gabby's back from Spring Break and the trip of a lifetime, where she met her tío Sol Azteca, a famous luchador, and learned about her roots. Now Gabby has a new friend by her side...former bully Natalie Gooch. With their friendship blossoming, Gabby is eager to fight for justice and protect her town. But when a former substitute teacher returns to Fillmore Elementary acting un poco nutty, Gabby learns that danger might be closer than it seems. Will a Gum Girl team finally assemble? Or will Gabby Gomez finally be stretched to her limits?

With Spanish words used throughout the story, readers continue to have opportunities to be fully immersed in Gabby's world--through text, art, and speech. This fully illustrated chapter book series is for the superhero fans inside all of us.

Catch the rest of The Gumazing Gum Girl! series adventures:
The Gumazing Gum Girl! Chews Your Destiny
The Gumazing Gum Girl! Gum Luck!
The Gumazing Gum Girl! Popped Star
The Gumazing Gum Girl! Cover Blown

About the Author

Rhode Montijo received a BFA in illustrations from California College of the Arts, and published Pablo's Inferno, a five-issue indie comic series. He wrote and illustrated Cloud Boy and The Halloween Kid. Rhode also illustrated Lynn Rowe Reed's Benny Shark Goes to Friend School, Greg Trine's Melvin Beederman, Vicky Rubin's The Three Swingin' Pigs, and Gary Soto's Lucky Luis. Stick Together is the fifth book in The Gumazing Gum Girl! series. Rhode lives in Los Angeles, California. Luke Reynolds taught public middle and high school for many years before joining the Education faculty at Endicott College. Luke is the author of many books for kids, and his favorite flavor of gum is strawberry banana! He currently lives in Massachusetts and invites you to visit him at lukewreynolds.com