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This socially conscious thriller from graphic novelist Canizales examines the injustices of his home country in a stark, distinctive style.
Andrea, a young Indigenous Colombian woman, has returned to the land she calls home. Only nineteen years old, she comes to mourn her lost child, carrying a box in her arms. And she comes with another mission. Andrea has hidden a camera upon herself. If she can capture evidence of the illegal mining that displaced her family, it will mark the first step toward reclaiming their land.
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Awards
- Notable AwardNotable Award USBBY Outstanding International Books List
- Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children's Literature Honor Book
- Sophie Castille Award for Comics in Translation Shortlist
- Notable AwardNotable Award Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
- Notable AwardNotable Award Kirkus Best Teen Books of the Year
- VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award Overfloweth Title
- Notable AwardNotable Award YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens Nominee
Reviews
Publishers Weekly
“Andrea’s desire for—and journey toward—justice, which is portrayed via simultaneously harrowing and tender flashbacks of her life with her husband and baby, proves a powerful exploration of hope amid displacement and despair.”—Publishers Weekly
School Library Journal
“Canizales’s shadow-filled, jungle-focused, black-and-white art captures the pain of displacement from one’s physical and spiritual world . . . [P]resents teens with many compelling visual and emotional moments.”—School Library Journal
Booklist
“[T]he story—part thriller, part political drama—will grip readers from page 1.”—Booklist
Starred ReviewStarred Review Kirkus Reviews
“Simply powerful, Colombian artist Canizales’ illuminating, expressively rendered graphic novel translated from the Spanish contains moments of great beauty (particularly Andrea’s memories of her husband and father) among numerous scenes of deep anguish . . . A brutal, vital text.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews