{"id":47906,"date":"2021-03-17T11:12:50","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T15:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=47906"},"modified":"2021-03-24T19:32:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T23:32:46","slug":"illegal-a-disappeared-novel-by-francisco-x-stork-in-school-library-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/illegal-a-disappeared-novel-by-francisco-x-stork-in-school-library-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal: A Disappeared Novel by Francisco X. Stork [in School Library Journal]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-47904\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/Illegal-Francisco-X-Stork-BookDragon-530x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/Illegal-Francisco-X-Stork-BookDragon-530x800.jpg 530w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/Illegal-Francisco-X-Stork-BookDragon.jpg 636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/>Narrators Roxana Ortega and Christian Barillas resume the high-octane energy of the Zapata siblings introduced in Francisco X. Stork\u2019s heart-thumping <em>Disappeared<\/em>. Separated after surviving the treacherous crossing over the U.S. border, former journalist Sara remains imprisoned in the Fort Stockton Detention Center, while teen Emiliano reluctantly decides to accompany their estranged father to Aurora, outside Chicago, where he\u2019s reinvented himself as Bob Gropper, loving husband, nurturing dad, and son-in-law heir to a local business leader.<\/p>\n<p>Sara is at the mercy of corrupt administrators while hoping to secure her asylum status. Emiliano faces even greater immediate threats as he\u2019s harboring the damning cellphone that\u2019s already caused the siblings\u2019 explosive near-demise. What\u2019s illegal here are not the people, but the flagrant disregard for laws by both Mexican and U.S. officials. Evil knows no borders or nationalities as the body count continues to rise.<\/p>\n<p>While Ortega and Barillas fluently imbue their protagonists with credible urgency, they\u2019re just as convincingly assured in creating distinct personalities for the rest of the cast: Ortega is especially memorable distinguishing Sara\u2019s fellow detainees; Barillas excels at individualizing the extended Gropper clan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict<\/strong>: The laudable success of this timely #OwnVoices Latinx collaboration should encourage audience growth across multiple formats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slj.com\/?reviewDetail=illegal-a-disappeared-novel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Fiction,&#8221; <em>School Library Journal<\/em>, March 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Narrators Roxana Ortega and Christian Barillas resume the high-octane energy of the Zapata siblings introduced in Francisco X. 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