The Fruit of the Drunken Tree
by
Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Imprint
Doubleday
ISBN
9780385542722
Awards and Honors
CPL Best of the Best - 2018
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Language: Strong Language, Violence: Mild Violence, Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes, Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Alcohol Abuse, Crime: General
Colombia, 1990s: During Pablo Escobar's violent heyday, sheltered seven-year-old Chula tries to understand mysterious Petrona, the teenaged live-in maid her mother has hired from the city's guerilla-occupied slums.
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Language: Strong Language, Violence: Mild Violence, Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes, Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Alcohol Abuse, Crime: General
Details
Format
Page Count
304
Trim Size
6" x 9"
Dewey
F
AR
0: points 0
Genre
Fiction
Scholastic Reading Counts
0
JLG Release
Aug 2018
Praise & Reviews
Starred or favorable reviews have been received from these periodicals:
Booklist*, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews
Praise & Reviews
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