# Estado de la Unión - Hardcover

by **Kitty Felde** (Author), **Jorge Flores González** (Translator)

**_Un misterio lleno de vida y diversidad, con una trama amena e informativa y una joven protagonista con la que uno se puede identificar._ \--Kirkus Reviews**

La hija de 10 años de un congresista resuelve misterios en el Capitolio de los Estados Unidos con la ayuda de un enorme perro anaranjado llamado Senador Algo... y le enseña civismo a los niños.

**El último caso de Fina:** encontrar a la misteriosa ave que defecó en la cabeza del presidente durante un **Discurso del Estado de la Unión**.

**_The West Wing_ conoce a Nancy Drew.**

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**_A lively, diverse mystery with enjoyable, informative plotting and a relatable young female protagonist._ --KIRKUS REVIEWS**

**Fina Mendoza** is the 10-year-old daughter of a congressman who solves mysteries in the U.S. Capitol with the help of a big orange dog named Senator Something. **Her 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?

**While Fina searches for clues, readers are introduced to the inner workings of American democracy, including a congressional battle over immigration reform.** There's another battle in her multigenerational home when Fina's grandmother is nearly arrested at an immigration protest.

Also available in Spanish! Look for _Estado de la Unión_ by Kitty Felde, translated by Jorge Flores González.

**A great series for CIVICS EDUCATION**

**Teachers, Librarians, and Homeschoolers,** the Fina Mendoza Mysteries Series of Books and Podcasts provide a multidisciplinary approach to civics education for elementary school readers. As our amateur detective learns about the U.S. legislative branch, the electoral process, and civic engagement - and solves mysteries on Capitol Hill after school - your students learn through the series' multimedia sources.

**_THE WEST WING_ meets NANCY DREW**

**FREE DOWNLOADABLE CURRICULUM AVAILABLE:**

-   **Build reading skills while teaching integrated lessons in:**  
    \- ELA, social studies, and history designed for grades 3-5 Common Core Standards  
    \- NCSS curriculum standards, C3 Social Studies Readiness  
    \- California Public Schools' History-Social Science content standards.

-   **Promote deeper learning through:**  
    \- active engagement  
    \- reading comprehension  
    \- content knowledge  
    \- creative and analytical thinking

-   Designed for use by elementary school teachers, parents, homeschoolers, scout leaders, and community educators.

**INTERACTIVE COMPONENTS AND MULTIMEDIA SOURCES:**

-   Helps address students' diverse learning needs and supports the use of technology in the classroom.
-   The Fina Mendoza Mysteries **FREE podcast** is based on the books and current events.
-   The **"Facts Behind the Fiction"** blog and newsletter offer historical and civics context for both the books and podcast.

**Introduce civics to your students with The Fina Mendoza Mysteries series!**

**THE FINA MENDOZA MYSTERIES SERIES:**  
Book 1 - _Welcome to Washington Fina Mendoza_  
Book 2 - _State of the Union: A Fina Mendoza Mystery_  
Book 3 - _Snake in the Grass_ (coming Spring 2025)

Novella - _Losing is Democratic: How to Talk to Kids About January 6th_

Podcast - _The Fina Mendoza Mysteries_

**ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH:**  
Libro 1 - _Bienvenida a Washington Fina Mendoza_  
Libro 2 - _Estado de la Unión_: Un Misterio de Fina Mendoza  
Libro 3 - _Serpiente en la Hierba_ (Otoño 2025)

**For fans of _The Secret Lake_, _Greenglass House_, and "The Mysterious Benedict Society" and "National Park Mystery Series"** as well as classic books and detective series like _The Westing Game_, Boxcar Children, Encyclopedia Brown, The Virginia Mysteries, and Hardy Boys.

### Author Biography

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.

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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.

**Number of Pages:** 216

**Dimensions:** 0.7 x 8.6 x 5.6 IN

**Publication Date:** August 01, 2024

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