Pilar Ramirez and the escape from Zafa /
Randall, Julian,
Pilar Ramirez and the escape from Zafa / Julian Randall. - First edition. - 285 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
While doing research for her documentary about her cousin Natasha--who disappeared in the Dominican Republic fifty years ago during the Trujillato--twelve-year-old Pilar Violeta Ramirez is transported to Zafa, an island where Dominican myths and legends come to life and where her cousin is being held captive in a sinister magical prison, and Pilar must defeat the Dominican bogeyman if she hopes to free Natasha and return home to Chicago. Includes author's note.
Ages 8-12. Henry Holt and Company. Grades 4-6. Henry Holt and Company.
9781250774101 1250774101
2021023055
Folklore--Dominican Republic--Juvenile fiction.
Missing persons--Juvenile fiction.
Memory--Juvenile fiction.
Animals, Mythical--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Magic--Juvenile fiction.
Dominican Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
Novels.
Pilar Ramirez and the escape from Zafa / Julian Randall. - First edition. - 285 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
While doing research for her documentary about her cousin Natasha--who disappeared in the Dominican Republic fifty years ago during the Trujillato--twelve-year-old Pilar Violeta Ramirez is transported to Zafa, an island where Dominican myths and legends come to life and where her cousin is being held captive in a sinister magical prison, and Pilar must defeat the Dominican bogeyman if she hopes to free Natasha and return home to Chicago. Includes author's note.
Ages 8-12. Henry Holt and Company. Grades 4-6. Henry Holt and Company.
9781250774101 1250774101
2021023055
Folklore--Dominican Republic--Juvenile fiction.
Missing persons--Juvenile fiction.
Memory--Juvenile fiction.
Animals, Mythical--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Magic--Juvenile fiction.
Dominican Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
Novels.