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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Gardners Books
Publication date October 2, 2006
Pages 265
Binding Paperback
Book category Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13 9781844280995
ISBN-10 1844280993
Dimensions 1 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight 0.60 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Published in Great Britain
Original list price $11.90
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
As the city of San Juan pulses to summer's sluggish beat, its teenage football prodigy El Brujito, vanishes without trace. Paul Faustino, South America's top sports journalist, is reluctantly drawn into the mystery. As a story of corruption and murder unfolds, he is forced to confront a bitter history of slavery, and the power of the occult.
Editions
Paperback
Book cover for 9780763687472 Book cover for 9781406338393 Book cover for 9781844280995
 
from Candlewick Pr (November 8, 2016)
9780763687472 | details & prices | 272 pages | List price $8.99
from Gardners Books (January 5, 2012)
9781406338393 | details & prices | 272 pages | List price $12.25
About: This is the thrilling sequel to the award-winning "Keeper".
Reprint edition from Candlewick Pr (March 10, 2009)
9780763643393 | details & prices | 262 pages | 5.00 × 7.75 × 1.00 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.60 lbs | List price $7.99
The price comparison is for this edition
from Gardners Books (October 2, 2006)
9781844280995 | details & prices | 265 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $11.90
About: As the city of San Juan pulses to summer's sluggish beat, its teenage football prodigy El Brujito, vanishes without trace.
CD/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9781406310344 Book cover for 9781455800728 Book cover for 9781455800742
 
With Christopher Lane (other contributor) | Unabridged edition from Candlewick Pr (February 28, 2011)
9781455800728 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.25 × 1.50 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $22.99
About: As the city of San Juan pulses to summer's sluggish beat, its teenage soccer prodigy, El Brujito, the Little Magician, vanishes without a trace—right after he misses a penalty kick and loses a big game for his team.
With Christopher Lane (other contributor) | Mp3 una edition from Candlewick Pr (February 28, 2011)
9781455800742 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.25 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.20 lbs | List price $19.99
About: As the city of San Juan pulses to summer's sluggish beat, its teenage soccer prodigy, El Brujito, the Little Magician, vanishes without a trace—right after he misses a penalty kick and loses a big game for his team.
from Gardners Books (May 5, 2008)
9781406310344 | details & prices | 5.50 × 5.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $34.20
About: This is the thrilling sequel to the award-winning Keeper.
School and Library
Book cover for 9780763633998
 
from Candlewick Pr (August 14, 2007)
9780763633998 | details & prices | 262 pages | 5.75 × 8.00 × 1.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.94 lbs | List price $16.99
About: Paul Faustino, known as the best soccer journalist in the business, reluctantly investigates the disappearance of eighteen-year-old Ricardo, a soccer prodigy known as 'El Brujito,' while in alternate chapters a slave in old San Juan becomes a powerful voodoo priest.

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