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2021.
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"From the acclaimed author of Cantoras comes a mystical and heartening tale about seeking justice and the power of memory In his modest home at the edge of town, the former President of a Latin American country receives a journalist in his iconic gardens to discuss his legacy and the dire circumstances that threaten democracy around the globe. Once known as the Poorest President in the World, his reputation is the stuff of myth: a former guerilla...
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Español
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La primera novela de Isabel Allende, La casa de los espíritus narra la saga de una poderosa familia de terratenientes latinoamericanos, ahora en una edición especial con motivo de su 40 aniversario, y con nuevo prólogo de su autora. El despótico patriarca Esteban Trueba ha construido con mano de hierro un imperio privado que empieza a tambalearse con el paso del tiempo y un entorno social explosivo. Finalmente, la decadencia personal del patriarca...
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Algonquin
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Fifteen original short stories from YA superstars featuring the monsters of Latine myths and legends"--
From zombies to cannibals to death incarnate, this cross-genre anthology drawing on Latine mythology offers something for every monster lover. Set across Latin America and its diaspora, this collection offers bold, beautifully written stories by YA's premier Latine authors, exploring themes of oppression, grief, sisterhood, identity, first love,...
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Charlie Hernández volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"Steeped in Hispanic folklore since childhood, middle schooler Charlie Hernández learns the stories are true when, shortly after his parents disappearance, he grows horns and feathers and finds himself at the heart of a battle to save the world."--Colophon.
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Charlie Hernández volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"When Queen Joanna is kidnapped Charlie and Violet set out across South America to find her and discover a conspiracy to raise the dead"--
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Cece Rios volume 1
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English
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Privately questioning her remote community's superstitions about dangerous powerful spirits in their Devil's Alley home, Cecelia Rios experiments with the forbidden art of brujería to rescue her kidnapped sister.
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Charlie Hernández volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"A young calaca's appearance at school sends Charlie on a quest to investigate suspicious activity in Miami and learn the truth behind the Golden Dooms"--
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Charlie Hernández volume 4
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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When Charlie receives a dire warning from the Land of the Dead about an impending catastrophe, he travels back in time to 1950s Cuba, where he unravels dark secrets and faces unspeakable evil in a race against time to save the world.
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Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2018.
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Español
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Este libro recoge las historias de una serie de personajes cuyas vidas carecen de heroísmo. Y sin embargo, en todas ellas vibran, soterradas, la violencia y la voluntad de rebelión ante una figura paterna o paternalista, hacia el poder en cualquiera de sus formas. Los cuentos de Alarcón están profundamente arraigadas en las realidades sociopolíticas de América Latina. En "El Puente", por ejemplo, se analiza la muerte de una pareja pobre que...
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