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A lively, diverse mystery with enjoyable, informative plotting and a relatable young female protagonist. - KIRKUS REVIEWSFina Mendoza, the 10-year-old daughter of a congressman, solves mysteries inside the U.S. Capitol with help from a big orange dog named Senator Something.Fina's latest case: find the mysterious bird that pooped on the president's head during the State of the Union address. Is it Chickcharney, the legendary bird from the Caribbean? Did it fly to Washington D.C. with a secret message for the president? Or Congress? Or is the message for Fina from her mom who passed away not so many months ago?As Fina searches for clues, readers get a glimpse behind the scenes of American democracy, including a Congressional battle over immigration reform. There's another battle in her multigenerational home when Fina's grandmother Abuelita is nearly arrested at an immigration protest. Can Fina find Chickcharney and discover its secret message? The Fina Mendoza Mysteries, enhanced by supplemental materials and curriculum, provide a multidisciplinary introduction to civics education for elementary school readers.""The West Wing"" meets Nancy Drew.

Kitty Felde es una radio periodista, escritora, presentadora de podcast, y oradora pública premiada. Ella cubrió Capitol Hill durante cerca de una década, explicándole a los adultos cómo funciona el gobierno. Ahora, se lo explica a los niños en una serie de novelas y podcasts de misterio llamada Los Misterios de Fina Mendoza.

Kitty ha sido nombrada como la Radio Periodista del Año de LA tres veces por el Club de Prensa de LA (LA Press Club) y la Sociedad de Periodistas Profesionales (Society of Professional Journalists). Sus múltiples obras de teatro se interpretan a nivel mundial. Kitty ha desarrollado el admirable superpoder de comunicarse con los niños, lo cual fue el tema de su TEDx Talk.

Ella es la anfitriona del podcast premiado Club de Lectura para Niños (Book Club for Kids), el cual tiene más de 1.3.millones de descargas, y que fue nombrado como uno de los mejores 10 podcasts para niños en el mundo por el periódico TheTimes of London. Organiza visitas virtuales y presenciales de manera regular en bibliotecas y escuelas para hablar de temas jue abarcan desde civismo y escritura, hasta podcasts y juicios de crímenes de guerra.

Encuentra a Kitty en www.kittyfelde.com y @kittyfelde. -- -- ENGLISH BIO -- -- Award-winning writer, public radio journalist, and TEDx speaker Kitty Felde hosts the Book Club for Kids podcast. With more than 1.4 million downloads, the show has been named one of the top 10 kidcasts in the world by The Times of London.

Kitty has a remarkable talent for talking to kids and she shared her super power in a TEDx UCLA talk.

The native Angeleno created the Washington bureau for Southern California Public Radio, reporting on Congress. She's covered everything from war crimes trials to OJ Simpson to baseball, and hosted a daily talk show in Los Angeles for nearly a decade. Kitty had a front row seat at one of the January 6th Committee hearings. She won the Los Angeles Radio Journalist of the Year award three times in three years from the Society of Professional Journalists and the L.A. Press Club. As a journalist, Kitty explained how government works to grownups. Now she explains it to kids in a series of mystery novels and podcasts called The Fina Mendoza Mysteries. She also writes the companion blog Facts Behind the Fiction, available on the Chesapeake Press website (www.chesapeakepress.org).

Find Kitty at www.kittyfelde.com and @kittyfelde.