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Pilar Ramirez and the escape from Zafa (Pilar Ramirez Duology)
Author: Randall, Julian

Publisher: Holt (2022)

Classification: Fiction
Physical Description: 285 p., 21 cm

BTSB No: 874344

ISBN: 9781250774101

Ages: 8-12

Grades: 3-7

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

Price: $22.38

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.

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Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 5.80
   Points: 10.0   Quiz: 515848

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (+) (12/15/21)
   School Library Journal (+) (03/11/22)
   Booklist (02/15/22)

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