Saint Death /
St. Death
Marcus Sedgwick
- First American edition
- 227 pages ; 25 cm
"First published in the United Kingdom in 2016 by Orion Children's Books, London "--Title page verso
Arturo scrapes by living in Anapra working odd jobs and staying out of sight. His friend Faustino joined one of the drug gangs. He stole money from the gang to send his girlfriend and her baby into the U.S. -- and he wants Arturo's help replacing the money before the gang kills him. Looming over Arturo's story, and Juarez itself, is Santa Muerte -- Saint Death, watching impassively as people in the border town struggle in the face of a vicious drug trade, dangerous trafficking, corruption, and income inequality
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Mexican-American Border Region--Fiction.
Human trafficking--Juvenile fiction Drug traffic--Juvenile fiction Income distribution--Juvenile fiction
Mexican-American Border Region--Juvenile fiction
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