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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Panama Panama Shelby Hiatt After moving from a small town in Ohio to Panama while her father takes part in building the Panama Canal, a fifteen-year-old girl yearning for new experiences meets Frederico, a Spanish aristocrat w… OL17740319W
Rainy season Rainy season Adele Griffin In 1977, twelve-year-old Lane, living with her family on an army base in the politically tense Panama Canal Zone, tries to cope with the aftermath of a fatal car crash. OL1851481W
El caballo de oro El caballo de oro Juan David Morgan Encontrar un paso más accesible para el comercio entre Europa y Asia a través de América se había vuelto un imperativo para las empresas de todos los países, especialmente para las estadounidenses, q… OL19729761W
Marisol and Magdalena Marisol and Magdalena Veronica Chambers Separated from her best friend in Brooklyn, thirteen-year-old Marisol spends a year with her grandmother in Panama where she secretly searches for her real father. OL2677064W
Conejito Conejito MacDonald, Margaret Read. In this folktale from Panama, a little rabbit and his Tia Monica outwit a fox, a tiger, and a lion, all of whom want to eat him for lunch. OL2724276W
Pirates in Panama Pirates in Panama F. N. Monjo When the pirate Henry Morgan attacks Panama, Brother John succeeds not only in hiding the church's gold altar from the pirates but also in begging gold from them. OL2940598W
The world in half The world in half Cristina Henríquez From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart comes a mesmerizingly beautiful first novel about family, home, loss, and forgiveness that more than fulfills the promise of her earlier work… OL5849142W
The rising sun The rising sun Douglas Galbraith "In 1698, five vessels led by the flagship Rising Sun embarked on a perilous voyage for the northern coast of what is now Panama, where the 2,000 passengers intended to establish a settlement at Dari… OL5999846W
Come Together, Fall Apart Come Together, Fall Apart Cristina Henriquez These eight short stories and novella travel from Panama's dusty city streets to its humid beaches to create an affecting portrait of a country in transition. They illustrate family bonds and generat… OL8990898W