Binding: Hardcover
Description: 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 Natasha who 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 mystery. After snooping around the professor's empty office she discovers a folder with her cousin's name on it and gets sucked into the blank page within. She lands on Zafa an island swarming with coconut - shaped demons butterfly shapeshifters and a sinister magical prison where her cousin is being held captive. Pilar will have to go toe - to - toe with the fearsome Dominican boogeyman El Cuco if she has any hope of freeing Natasha and getting back home. " Magic awaits around every corner in Zafa. Nonstop action and plenty of heart create a story worth escaping into." Kirkus Reviews starred review
Title: Pilar Ramirez And The Escape From Zafa
Author(s): Randall Julian
Publisher: Henry Holt And Co. (Byr)
Barcode: 9781250774101
Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 3/1/2022
Series: Pilar Ramirez Duology