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Diederich, Phillippe

Playing for the Devil's Fire

254 pp. | Cinco | March, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-941026-29-8 $16.95 | Paper ISBN 978-1-941026-30-4 $11.95 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-941026-31-1
(2) YA Thirteen-year-old Boli's life changes forever when drug cartels come to his small Mexican town. When his parents fail to return from a trip, Boli is certain they have been murdered. He finds hope in an unlikely hero: a washed-up luchador (wrestler). Readers will root for Boli as he tries to save his town. A searing, violence-drenched depiction of the terror of the drug war. Glos.
Reviewer: Celia C. Perez | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2016

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