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The Dream Stealer The Dream Stealer Sid Fleischman A plucky Mexican girl tries to recover her dream from the Dream Stealer who takes her to his castle where countless dreams and even more adventures await. OL14957883W
Snowbound Snowbound Blake Crouch At the start of this overwrought thriller from Crouch (_Abandon_), attorney Will Innis's wife, Rachael, fails to come home from a late night at work. Her car is found on an Arizona desert highway, th… OL15027285W
From north to south From north to south René Colato Laínez When his mother is sent back to Mexico for not having the proper immigration papers, José and his father travel from San Diego, California, to visit her in Tijuana. OL15069757W
Risky Engagement Risky Engagement Merline Lovelace Secret Service Agent: Rafe BlackstoneCodename: WolfMission: Prevent breaches in U.S. government security by any means necessary. Bring down Sebastian Cordell, international thief suspected of selling… OL15187830W
The amazing Mexican secret The amazing Mexican secret Josh Greenhut Confident that Stanley can succeed where international spies and thieves have failed, Stanley's mom who loves to cook mails him to Mexico to get a secret herbal ingredient that she must have. OL15631965W
Lovesick Lovesick Ángeles Mastretta "Set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution, this romance knits the passion of a strong, independent woman into the history of a country, much in the manner of the 19th-century costumbrista t… OL15838031W
Here's to you, Jesusa! Here's to you, Jesusa! Elena Poniatowska "Based on Josefina Borquez, a working-class woman whose difficult life spanned some of the seminal events in early-twentieth-century Mexican history, Poniatowska's Jesusa is a tough, coarse-mouthed, … OL15858603W
Sunstroke Sunstroke Jesse Kellerman When Carl, the boss she has secretly loved for years, goes missing during his annual visit to Mexico, Gloria Mendez begins a search for answers that reveals hidden, sinister aspects of her employer's… OL16060435W
The Plain in Flames The Plain in Flames Rulfo, Juan. xvi, 122 p. ; 23 cm OL16191021W
Eruption Eruption Roland Smith Twelve-year-old Chase and his friend Nicole Rossi attempt to rescue the Rossi Brothers' Circus--lions, tigers, elephants, and all--in Mexico, where a massive earthquake has struck, leading to the imm… OL16239938W
The doctor's dilemma The doctor's dilemma Victoria M. Johnson Ryan's work at his pediatric clinic in rural Mexico puts romance at the back of his mind. Grace took the temporary assignment to escape painful memories and a broken heart. Their close working relati… OL16441971W
Normal Miguel Normal Miguel Erik Orrantia Miguel Hernández is a teacher who has left Mexico City to complete a one year student internship in the rural hills of Puebla. He came to the school intending to focus on his teaching and his student… OL17494629W
Death of the river master Death of the river master Allana Martin Texana Jones' veterinarian husband Clay has been arrested for the murder of the river master, an official in charge of allocating the Texas-Mexico border region's scant water supply, and is in jail a… OL17728138W
Danny Blackgoat Danny Blackgoat Tim Tingle Having escaped from Fort Davis, Texas, seventeen-year-old Danny Blackgoat, a Navajo, must still face many obstacles in order to rescue his family from Fort Sumner, New Mexico, and find freedom after … OL17875733W
The Chupacabra The Chupacabra Jean Flitcroft "Vanessa's summer holiday on a ranch in Mexico is turned upside down as she enters a shadowy world of mysterious animal death, magical curses and dark family secrets. As she tumbles headlong into the… OL17915578W
Dr. Brinkley's tower Dr. Brinkley's tower Robert Hough In the 1931 war-ravaged Mexico border town of Corazon de la Fuente, where the only enterprise in town is a brothel, Dr. Romulus Brinkley decides to build a gargantuan new radio tower to broadcast his… OL18157904W
Nothing happened and then it did Nothing happened and then it did Jake Silverstein Fact and fiction vie to tell the story of a young journalist bedeviled by the devil and seeking greater truth. The timing couldn't be better--as scandals erupt over journalists and memoirists who've … OL18174457W
Night of the chupacabras Night of the chupacabras Marie G. Lee When Mi-Sun and her younger brother spend the summer in Mexico with their friend Lupe, they become convinced that there is a mysterious vampire-like monster killing Tío Héctor's goats. OL1829078W
The Incantation of Frida K The Incantation of Frida K Kate Braverman ""I was born in rain and I will die in rain," begins Kate Braverman's The Incantation of Frida K., an imagined journey through the life of Frida Kahlo. We are inside the mind of Frida K., at 46, on h… OL1853343W
Truth and salsa Truth and salsa Linda Lowery Keep Having moved temporarily from Michigan to live with her grandmother in Mexico, twelve-year-old Hayley tries to sort out her feelings about her parents' separation while also helping some townsmen who… OL19166949W
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