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The Everything I Have Lost
by Sylvia ZĂ©leny
Ages: 12+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
ISBN: 978-1-94627-18-5
Keywords: Diversity, U.S. - Mexico border, Mexico, Drug Crimes, Dysfunctional families
Julia, living in Juarez, writes realistically in her diary about her young teen years growing up in an increasingly violent city.