num_pages: 352
description: Living in the remote town of Tierra del Sol is dangerous especially in the criatura months when powerful spirits roam the desert and threaten humankind. But Cecelia Rios has always believed there was more to the criaturas much to her familys disapproval. After all only brujashumans who capture and control criaturasconsort with the spirits and brujeria is a terrible crime.When her older sister Juana is kidnapped by El Sombrern a powerful dark criatura Cece is determined to bring Juana back. To get into Devils Alley though shell have to become a bruja herselfwhile hiding her quest from her parents her town and the other brujas. Thankfully the legendary criatura Coyote has a soft spot for humans and agrees to help her on her journey.With him at her side Cece sets out to reunite her familyand maybe even change what it means to be a bruja along the way.
language: English
title: Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books