Paul Faustino, known as the best soccer journalist in the business, reluctantly investigates the disappearance of 18-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.

Related: Americas, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery and Thriller, Puerto Rico, Realistic Fiction, United States

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• ISBN: 9780763633998
• Author: Peet, Mal
• Published: 2007, Candlewick
• Themes: corruption, enslavement, journalism, Kidnapping, Magic, Soccer, Sports, Time travel
• Descriptors: Americas, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery and Thriller, Puerto Rico, Realistic Fiction, United States
• No. of pages: 272