{"id":48252,"date":"2021-07-10T11:12:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T15:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=48252"},"modified":"2021-07-09T11:13:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T15:13:07","slug":"infinite-country-by-patricia-engel-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/infinite-country-by-patricia-engel-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Infinite Country by Patricia Engel [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-48238\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Infinite-Country-Patricia-Engel-BookDragon-519x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"519\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Infinite-Country-Patricia-Engel-BookDragon-519x800.jpg 519w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/Infinite-Country-Patricia-Engel-BookDragon.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><strong>*STARRED REVIEW<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen 15-year-old Talia is shocked by the inexplicable, brutal murder of a cat, her outraged sense of fairness immediately takes control and she punishes the feline killer with similar torture \u2013 landing her in a remote girls\u2019 prison school for youth offenders. She devises a breakout plan \u2013 which includes tying up the nun in charge \u2013 determined \u201cto get back to Bogot\u00e1, to the airport and out of Colombia.\u201d She needs to return to the U.S., where she was born and where her mother and siblings have been waiting for far too long.<\/p>\n<p>Fully bilingual, aurally agile In\u00e9s del Castillo masterfully ciphers Colombian American Patricia Engel\u2019s (<em>The Veins of the Ocean<\/em>) sharp, timely novel. Beyond her optimal embodiment of Talia\u2019s arduous journey, del Castillo proves herself effortlessly polyphonic, nimbly matching Engel\u2019s narrative pivots between Talia and the rest of her family \u2013 her parents Elena and Mauro\u2019s teen love story, their immigration to Houston, their undocumented wanderings, their three children with Talia their youngest, Mauro\u2019s deportation, Talia\u2019s Colombian upbringing with her late grandmother, and her always-waiting siblings\u2019 resentment.<\/p>\n<p>Engel\u2019s latest might seem spare in length, but her raw, resolute invocation of one family\u2019s peripatetic struggles to survive resonates even further with del Castillo\u2019s empathic delivery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Infinite-Country-\/pid=9746957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Media,&#8221; <em>Booklist<\/em>, June 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult, Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*STARRED REVIEW When 15-year-old Talia is shocked by the inexplicable, brutal murder of a cat, her outraged sense of fairness immediately takes control and she punishes the feline killer with similar torture \u2013 landing her in a remote girls\u2019 prison school for youth offenders. 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