Bøger af Dominic Carrillo

When sixteen-year-old Nia and her mom visit her grandmother in California, they thought her juvenile escapist days were over. But when her family's lifestyle in San Francisco becomes not only dull, but offensive-and Nia meets an intriguing young troubadour named Jesse-things quickly change. Inspiration from Holden Caulfield and news that her elderly friend, Kurt, is dying hundreds of miles away only makes her rebellious road trip more urgent. What lengths will Nia go to as she struggles with doing what she's told is right, versus doing what feels right? Nia's coming-of-age adventure speeds through the cultural quirks of California in this daring sequel to THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS. "What begins as an adventure for a good reason takes a turn Nia doesn't see coming... Nia and the Dealer is a beautiful story. Bravo, Dominic Carrillo. Keep stories like this coming, not just for young adults but for all of us." -ReadersFavorite.com" "I loved Carrillo's novel THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS and so I was thrilled to hear he brought Nia and Kurt back for another story. In the novel Kurt tells his young friend, "Nia, CATCHER IN THE RYE is a classic, not because it gives you any clear answers, but because it gives you the truth." That's what Carrillo gives readers in this entertaining novel about the exciting and difficult and complicated adventure of being a teenager." -Candi Sary, author of BLACK CROW, WHITE LIE

Nia's young heart is broken- and someone's going to pay. Who could've predicted where it would all lead? A teenage girl and a wise old writer, both driven by love, are now entangled in an apparent murder. Fate has bound these two strangers together in ways they never imagined. Alex was Nia's first real boyfriend. Just as their summer romance heats up, he makes conflicting announcements. He loves her. And he's moving to a new school in Berlin. A month later, he's with someone new as though they'd never happened - it's an Epic Devastation. Convinced her divorcing parents won't realize she's missing, Nia boards a train in Sofia, Bulgaria. She's bound for Germany in search of...in search of what exactly? Redemptive love? Revenge? A reckoning? She isn't sure. Kurt, an octogenarian writer from California, is on his way back to Budapest. He longs to visit the gravesite of his wife, whom he promised to love until his dying day. He has good news to share. Soon they'll be together again - this time for eternity. The unlikely pair is caught up in an international game of cat and mouse that threatens to derail both their plans. The police are hot on Nia's trail thinking she's been kidnapped. And now there's a dead body to contend with too. This was not how things were supposed to go.

Between 1943 and 1944, nearly 50,000 Bulgarian Jews were rescued from the Holocaust, including thousands who had already been rounded up and put on trains bound for death camps in Poland. Dominic Carrillo's suspenseful novel Acts of Resistance is based on the true story of this incredibly heroic effort by the citizens of Bulgaria. In Carrillo's powerful account, he skillfully weaves together a thrilling tale told by three alternating teenage narrators: Misho, Peter, and Lily. Misho, an 18-year-old Jewish boy, is a prominent archbishop's driver, hiding his identity while helping his boss directly challenge the Bulgarian government's pro-Nazi policies. Peter, 17, is determined to save his Jewish neighbors by confronting parliament members in the capital, then taking up arms to fight with a partisan rebel communist group. Lily, 19, works for the collaborationist government office in charge of evicting and deporting Jews to concentration camps. When she witnesses the evil results of her desk job, Lily becomes a spy who leaks information to Jewish community leaders in order to prevent further atrocities. As the characters' lives become more endangered and their unsung roles in saving Jewish citizens are revealed, the reader is treated to a tension-filled adventure surrounding one of the greatest unknown acts of heroism associated with the Holocaust. Acts of Resistance will have you on the edge of your seat as Misho, Peter, and Lily face and overcome extremely perilous situations, ultimately triumphing as they each help to lead the people of Bulgaria to rise up against the Nazis and save their nearly 50,000-strong Jewish population from extinction.