In Loter a, the spellbinding literary debut by Mario Alberto Zambrano, a young girl tells the story of her family\'s tragic demise using a deck of cards of the eponymous Latin American game of chance.
Pieced toge.
Each of the cards\' colorful images--mermaids, bottles, spiders, death, and stars--sparks a random memory.
Alone in her room, she retreats behind a wall of silence, writing in her journal and shuffling through a deck of loter a cards.
With her older sister Estrella in the ICU and her father in jail, eleven-year-old Luz Castillo has been taken into the custody of the state.
Beautiful full-color images of loter a cards are featured throughout this intricate and haunting novel.--Ru Freeman, author of A Disobedient Girl In Loter a, the spellbinding literary debut by Mario Alberto Zambrano, a young girl tells the story of her family\'s tragic demise using a deck of cards of the eponymous Latin American game of chance.
But just as the story becomes clear, a breathtaking twist changes everything.
Pieced together, these snapshots bring into focus the joy and pain of the young girl\'s life, and the events that led to her present situation.
Each of the cards\' colorful images--mermaids, bottles, spiders, death, and stars--sparks a random memory.
Alone in her room, she retreats behind a wall of silence, writing in her journal and shuffling through a deck of loter a cards.
With her older sister Estrella in the ICU and her father in jail, eleven-year-old Luz Castillo has been taken into the custody of the state.
In Loter a, the spellbinding literary debut by Mario Alberto Zambrano, a young girl tells the story of her family\'s tragic demise using a deck of cards of the eponymous Latin American game of chance.
Beautiful full-color images of loter a cards are featured throughout this intricate and haunting novel.
But just as the story becomes clear, a breathtaking twist changes everything.
Pieced together, these snapshots bring into focus the joy and pain of the young girl\'s life, and the events that led to her present situation.
Each of the cards\' colorful images--mermaids, bottles, spiders, death, and stars--sparks a random memory.
Alone in her room, she retreats behind a wall of silence, writing in her journal and shuffling through a deck of loter a cards.
With her older sister Estrella in the ICU and her father in jail, eleven-year-old Luz Castillo has been taken into the custody of the state.
In Loter a, the spellbinding literary debut by Mario Alberto Zambrano, a young girl tells the story of her family\'s tragic demise using a deck of cards of the eponymous Latin American game of chance
