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When seventeen-year-old Gabriela Santiago's brother is wounded in Afghanistan and left in a coma, she's determined to fulfill his request--that she hike Spain's Camino de Santiago--even if she has to do it with her brother's detestable best friend, Seth. The lush setting and grounded characters are skillfully rendered with a mix of heartfelt realism and thoughtfully evocative prose.