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218 pp.
| Merit
| May, 2017
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TradeISBN 978-1-5072-0214-2$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-5072-0215-9
(4)
YA
In El Rosario, Mexico, Juan Pablo and his female best friend Rocio have both lost the grandparents who raised them, and now drug traffickers are after them. Before her death, Juan Pablo's grandmother told him to go to Pacific Grove, California, where "someone" awaits him. A compelling narrative is marred by some Spanish errors and occasional reliance on melodrama.