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The Everything I Have Lost

by Sylvia Zéleny · 2020

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12-year-old Julia keeps a diary about her life growing up in Juarez, Mexico. Life in Juarez is strange. People say it's the murder capital of the world. Dad's gone a lot. They can't play outside because it isn't safe. Drug cartels rule the streets. Cars and people disappear, leaving behind pet cats. Then Dad disappears and Julia and her brother go live with her aunt in El Paso. What's happened to her Dad? Julia wonders. Is he going to disappear forever? A coming-of-age story set in today's Juarez.

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Sylvia Zéleny is a bilingual author from Sonora, México. Sylvia has published several short-story collections and novels in Spanish. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from The University of Texas at El Paso where she is currently a Visiting Writer. In 2016 she created CasaOctavia, a residence for women and LGBTQ writers from Latinamerica.

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friendshipfriendshipMore like thisLess of thisimmigrationimmigrationMore like thisLess of this
Setting
MexicoMexicoMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
medium · 256 pages
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diarydiaryMore like thisLess of this

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