Pilar Ramirez and the escape from Zafa [Pilar Ramirez Duology Volume: v. 1]by Randall, Julian 

BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2022)

BTSB #: 874344 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.8 MG Lexile: 880

Genres: Folk Tales, Fables, Mythology Multicultural

Subjects: Folklore - Dominican Republic - Fiction Missing persons - Fiction Memory - Fiction Mythical animals - Fiction Family life - Fiction Magic - Fiction Dominican Americans - Fiction

Summary: While doing research for her documentary about her cousin Natasha--who disappeared in the Dominican Republic fifty years ago during the Trujillato--twelve-year-old Pilar Violeta Ramirez is transported to Zafa, an island where Dominican myths and legends come to life and where her cousin is being held captive in a sinister magical prison, and Pilar must defeat the Dominican bogeyman if she hopes to free Natasha and return home to Chicago.