Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 285 pages : 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.
Subjects:
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.
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.
Target Audience: Ages 8-12.
ISBN:
9781250774101