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LoterĂa
Karla Arenas Valenti
Illustrator: Dana Sanmar
Ages: 9+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf/Random House Children's Books/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-593-17696-2
Keywords: bilingual, Oaxaca, Mexico, free choice vs. determinism, loyalty, courage
Clara, 11, becomes the unwitting participant in Life and Death's game of LoterĂa as she tries to rescue her cousin from dangerous Las Pozas. Black-and-white illustrations.