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The Land of Stories meets Dominican myths and legends come to life in Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa, a blockbuster contemporary middle-grade fantasy duology starter from Julian Randall. Fans of Tristan Strong and The Storm Runner, here is your next obsession.

A breathtaking journey . . . readers better hold on tight. Kwame Mbalia, New York Times bestselling author of the Tristan Strong series

Twelve-year-old Pilar Violeta Purp Ramirez's world is changing, and she doesn't care for it one bit. Her Chicago neighborhood is gentrifying and her chores have doubled since her sister, Lorena, left for college. The only constant is Abuela and Mami's code of silence around her cousin Natashawho vanished in the Dominican Republic fifty years ago during the Trujillo dictatorship.

When Pilar hears that Lorena's professor studies such disappearances, she hops on the next train to dig deeper into her family''s

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      Publisher: St Martin's Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/03/2022
      ISBN13: 9781250774101, 978-1250774101
      ISBN10: 1250774101

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Land of Stories meets Dominican myths and legends come to life in Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa, a blockbuster contemporary middle-grade fantasy duology starter from Julian Randall. Fans of Tristan Strong and The Storm Runner, here is your next obsession.

      A breathtaking journey . . . readers better hold on tight. Kwame Mbalia, New York Times bestselling author of the Tristan Strong series

      Twelve-year-old Pilar Violeta Purp Ramirez's world is changing, and she doesn't care for it one bit. Her Chicago neighborhood is gentrifying and her chores have doubled since her sister, Lorena, left for college. The only constant is Abuela and Mami's code of silence around her cousin Natashawho vanished in the Dominican Republic fifty years ago during the Trujillo dictatorship.

      When Pilar hears that Lorena's professor studies such disappearances, she hops on the next train to dig deeper into her family''s

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