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  • The Wind Traveler

    A Novel

    by Alonso Cueto ...
    Series series Latin American Literature in Translation
    " Staggering . . . [A] compulsively readable story of a man's reckoning with a history of violence [and] an essential work of Peruvian literature." ― Publishers Weekly, starred reviewA seemingly ordinary man named Ángel sells kitchenware at a store in Lima. In the early 1990s, he had served as a soldier, engaging in brutal acts whose aftermath still reverberates. Now he is forced to reckon with ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Blue Hour

    by Alonso Cueto ...
    Adrián Ormache, a high-flying lawyer with a beautiful wife and two daughters, leads a privileged and glamorous life in one of Lima's wealthiest neighbourhoods. But when his mother dies, he discovers a letter amongst her possessions making shocking claims about her now long-dead husband, Adrián's father - a commander in the army during the Peruvian Civil War of the 1980s.As well as being linked to ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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    by Andrea Yaryura Clark ...
    In this moving, emotional narrative of love and resilience, a young couple confronts the start of Argentina's Dirty War in the 1970s, and a daughter searches for truth twenty years later.New York, 1998**.** Santiago Larrea, a wealthy Argentine diplomat, is holding court alongside his wife, Lila, and their daughter, Paloma, a college student and budding jewelry designer, at their annual summer polo ... Read more

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  • The Sentinel

    by Mark Oldfield ...
    Series Book 1 - Vengeance of Memory
    You can't escape the past.He was the cold steel behind Franco's regime. The fear behind Franco's power.57 years ago, Comandante Leopoldo Guzmán disappeared without a trace. They know what he did, but they don't know where he's gone.Madrid, winter 1953: the snow lies thick on the ground and Comandante Guzmán of the Brigada Especial is preparing a dawn raid. His job is to hunt down opponents of ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Good Sister

    by Chelsea Bolan ...
    Winner of the HarperCollins/UBC Prize for Best New FictionNot yet fifteen, Gabriela Amador Prieto has been cast out of the family home by her father, who believes her shameful behaviour has tarnished the family honour. All traces of her have been removed, and not even Lucy, Gabi’s older sister and best friend, knows where she is. Furious at her father and desperate to find her sister, Lucy leaves ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Toro! Toro!

    by Michael Morpurgo ...
    Illustrated by Michael Foreman ...
    Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation’s favourite storytellerBest-selling author Michael Morpurgo turns his storytelling skills to the drama and tragedy of the Spanish Civil War, illustrated by Michael Foreman.TORO,TORO is the story of a young boy growing up in Andalucia, Spain, on a farm rearing bulls for the bull ring. Antonito hand rears a little ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • The Circuit

    Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child

    by Francisco Jiménez ...
    Series Book 1 - The Circuit
    "'La frontera'...I heard it for the first time back in the late 1940s when Papa and Mama told me and Roberto, my older brother, that someday we would take a long trip north, cross la frontera, enter California, and leave our poverty behind." So begins this honest and powerful account of a family's journey to the fields of California -- to a life of constant moving, from strawberry fields to cotton ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • Queen of America

    A Novel

    by Luis Alberto Urrea ...
    At turns heartbreaking, uplifting, fiercely romantic, and riotously funny,this novel from a Pulitzer Prize finalist tells the unforgettable story of a young woman coming of age and finding her place in a new world.Beginning where Luis Alberto Urrea's bestselling The Hummingbird's Daughter left off, Queen of America finds young Teresita Urrea, beloved healer and "Saint of Cabora," with her father ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • Every Bitter Thing

    by Leighton Gage ...
    Series Book 4 - A Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigation
    The son of the Foreign Minister of Venezuela is found dead in his apartment in Brasilia. Due to the political nature of the crime, Chief Inspector Mario Silva of Brazil's Federal Police is called in to investigate. As he delves deeper into the murder, he discovers that a chain of murders have occurred throughout Brazil, all with the same MO: victims are first shot in the stomach, then brutally ... Read more

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  • La Línea

    A Novel

    by Ann Jaramillo ...
    Over a decade since its publication, Ann Jaramillo's heartbreaking middle grade novel La Linea—about crossing the Mexican border into the US—is more timely than ever.Miguel has dreamed of joining his parents in California since the day they left him behind in Mexico six years, eleven months, and twelve days ago. On the morning of his fifteenth birthday, Miguel's wait is over.Or so he thinks. The ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

  • The Exile

    by Mark Oldfield ...
    Series Book 2 - Vengeance of Memory
    San Sebastian, 1954: Comandante Guzmán, Franco's one-time favourite secret policeman is out of favour and exiled to the Basque country. Guzmán was last here during the war, heading a platoon of bloodthirsty irregulars. He'd rather forget that. But, up in the hills, he'll find he hasn't been forgotten at all.Madrid, 2010: Forensic Investigator Ana María Galindez has been sent to the Basque country, ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Day the Rebels Came to Town

    by Robert Hough ...
    Series series Good Reads
    This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. The year is 1920, and all of Mexico is at war with itself. Gangs of rebels roam the country, stealing money, food, and horses. Carlos is twenty-eight years old. He works in his father's cafe. One day, a gang rides into Carlo's village. When the gang leaves, they ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD