Disappeared

Four months ago Sara Zapata's best friend, Linda, disappeared from the streets of Juarez, and ever since Sara has been using her job as a reporter to draw attention to the girls who have been kidnapped by the criminals who control the city, but now she and her family are being threatened--meanwhile her younger brother, Emiliano, is being lured into the narcotics business by the promise of big money, and soon the only way for both of them to escape is to risk the dangerous trek across the desert to the United States border.

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Siblings > Fiction.
Women > Violence against > Fiction.
Crime > Mexico > Ciudad Juárez > Fiction.
Kidnapping > Fiction.
Reporters and reporting > Fiction.
Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) > Fiction.

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Young adult fiction.
Fiction.

ISBN: 9780545944472
Physical Description 326 pages ; 22 cm
Edition First edition.
Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2017.

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Disappeared

by Stork, Francisco X.

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Disappeared

* "A tense thriller elevated by Stork's nuanced writing and empathy for every character, including the villains -- superb." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review Four Months Ago Sara Zapata's best friend disappeared, kidnapped by the web of criminals who terrorize JuÃ¡rez. Four Hours Ago Sara received a death threat -- and with it, a clue to the place where her friend is locked away. Four Weeks Ago Emiliano Zapata fell in love with Perla Rubi, who will never be his so long as he's poor. Four Minutes Ago Emiliano got the chance to make more money than he ever dreamed -- just by joining the web.In the next four days, Sara and Emiliano will each face impossible choices, between life and justice, friends and family, truth and love. But when the criminals come after Sara, only one path remains for both siblings: the way across the desert to the United States.Award-winning author Francisco X. Stork delivers his most gripping novel yet in this tense and timely international thriller.

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