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Lachtman, Ofelia Dumas.

The girl from Playa Blanca / by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman.

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Summary: When Elena and her little brother, Carlos, leave their Mexican seaside village to search for their immigrant father in Los Angeles, they encounter intrigue, crime, mystery, friendship, and love.
ISBN 1-55885-149-6 (paper)

[1. Brothers and sisters—Fiction. 2. Mexicans—United States—Fiction. 3. Emigration and immigration—Fiction. 4. Mystery and detective stories.] I. Title.
PZ7.L13535G1   1995

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Copyright © 1995 by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
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