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Playing for the Devil’s Fire

Phillippe Diederich

Thirteen-year-old Boli lives in a small town near Mexico City, where he helps in his parents’ bakery, plays marbles with friends, and waits for visiting lucha libre matches. His prized Devil’s Fire marble is part of the games he shares with other children. That familiar life is shattered after killings expose the influence of narcos in town. When Boli’s parents leave to seek help and fail to return, he joins El Chicano, a former lucha libre fighter, to look for answers and confront what has happened.

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Themes
Family · Friendship · Growing Up · Mystery And Discovery
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Published
March 15, 2016
ISBN-13
9781941026304
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
  • 2017Fiction for Young Adults
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