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Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa Cultural Heritage Fiction As pediatrician and mother ofThe Land of Stories meets Dominican myths come to life in this blockbuster contemporary middle grade fantasy duology. Tristan Strong, Percy Jackson, and The Storm Runner fans, here is your next obsession. Everything in 12 year old Pilar's world is changing. Her Chicago neighborhood is gentrifying and her chores have doubled since her sister, Lorena, left for college. The only constant is her family's code of silence around her cousin Natashawho