TY - BOOK AU - Randall,Julian TI - Pilar Ramirez and the escape from Zafa SN - 9781250774101 PY - 2022/// CY - New York PB - Henry Holt and Company KW - Folklore KW - Dominican Republic KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Missing persons KW - Memory KW - Animals, Mythical KW - Families KW - Magic KW - Dominican Americans KW - Fantasy fiction KW - lcgft KW - Action and adventure fiction KW - Novels N1 - Ages 8-12; Henry Holt and Company; Grades 4-6; Henry Holt and Company N2 - 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 ER -