Night of the Chupacabras

A mystery is not what Mi-Sun bargained for when she agreed to leave New York to spend the summer on a Mexican goat ranch with her little brother Ju-Won and her friend Lupe. The three visitors think the old man they meet in the village square is just trying to scare them with his stories of chupacabras, blood-sucking night creatures. Then one of the goats on Lupe's uncle's ranch turns up with fang marks on its neck. And, even more puzzling, vegetables appear in the kitchen with strange marks where all the juice is sucked out of them. What's going on? Is there a chupacabra? And is it a part-time vegetarian? As the adventure unfolds, Mi-Sun, Ju-Won, and Lupe find a lot to do: hiking in the mountains; buying sweet, icy paletas in the village; and making tortillas with the help of Tio Hector's cook. But something strange is going on at Rancho de Cabras, and the three north-of-the-border kids are determined to find out what.Lee, Marie G. is the author of 'Night of the Chupacabras', published 1999 under ISBN 9780613220965 and ISBN 061322096X.