![]() But as mysterious occurrences around town begin to point to a larger child abduction operation, Ropa quickly realizes that if she doesn’t help the children, no one will. When a deceased mother begs for Ropa to find her missing son, Ropa is more than hesitant to take on a non-paying job. But, Ropa is also incredibly smart and loyal and does all she can to protect her grandmother and sister from the stress. ![]() Needless to say, Ropa has a lot of responsibility and it is really, really starting to wear on her. It’s also up to Ropa to run all errands, maintain the caravan, and protect her family. With her grandmother’s ailing eyesight and her sister still being quite young, it’s up to Ropa to make enough money relaying messages from the dead to the families they left behind. ![]() With all that it has going on, it would be easy to stray off course, but Huchu keeps the story tight and the characters never stray from the world’s rules that have been crafted for them.Īfter losing their home, Ropa, along with her sister and grandmother move into their caravan and are barely making ends meet. ![]() Set in a complex and strange near future, The Library of the Dead, is a genre-bending mix of fantasy, post-apocalyptic dystopia and mystery. Add in “the dead” and I’m instantly intrigued. ![]() I am a sucker for any book with “library” in the title. ![]()
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