Chris Bachelder

Feb 27, 2024 | lilyjmeyer.com | Chris Bachelder |Gina Apostol

About the bookWhen sixteen-year-old Gabriel Lazris, an American in Santiago, Chile, meets Caro Ravest, something clicks. Caro, who is Chilean, is charming, curious, and deeply herself. Gabriel dreams of their future together. But everybody’s saying there’s going to be a coup—and no one says it louder than Gabriel’s dad, a Nixon-loving newspaper editor who Gabriel suspects is working with the C.I.A. Gabriel’s father is adamant that the moment political unrest erupts, their family is going home.

Apr 28, 2023 | boredpanda.com | Chris Bachelder |Iain M. Banks |Kirsten Bakis

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