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41) Code of honor
Author
Series
Scott Dixon novels volume 5
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
42) La hojarasca
Author
Series
Ave fenix volume 170/4
Publisher
Plaza & Janes
Pub. Date
1994
Language
Español
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Retells the story of the Madrigals, an extraordinary family that lives in the mountains of Colombia in a charmed region called Encanto--a wondrous place whose magic becomes threatened and whose rescue depends on the only member of the Madrigal family who doesn't possess magical gifts"--
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A romance writer sets off to Colombia to pay the ransom of her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure. Thrown into a jungle full of gunfire, mud slides and poisonous snakes, Joan's only hope lies with Jack Colton, a rugged wanderer straight out of her novels. Together, they'll have to outwit the bandits and survive the jungle if they're to save her sister.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Trap, secure: "The last thing Miranda Lewis remembers is being shot ... then tumbling over the balcony. When a sexy, blue-eyed stranger finds her, she has no memory of who she is or what she's doing in the jungles of Colombia. Gage Booker risked his life in the raid on the compound, only to discover his quarry gone and an injured woman left for dead, a woman the covert operative would be a fool to trust. But her amnesia seems real--and so does the...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Seven-year-old Chula and her older sister enjoy carefree lives thanks to their gated community in Bogot�a. But threats of kidnappings, car bombs, and assassinations hover just outside the walls, where drug lord Pablo Escobar continues to elude authorities When their mother hires a live-in maid from the city's guerilla-occupied slum, Chula makes it her mission to understand Petrona, whose unusual behavior belies more than shyness."--Back cover....
50) Juana & Lucus
Author
Series
Juana and Lucas volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Juana loves many things: drawing, eating Brussels sprouts, and living in Bogota, Colombia. Most of all, she loves her dog, Lucas. She does NOT love her itchy school uniform, math problems, or dance class. But above all, Juana does NOT love learning "the English.".
51) Missionaries
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Neither Mason, a U.S. Army Special Forces medic, nor Lisette, a foreign correspondent, has emerged from America's long post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan unscathed. Yet war also exerts a terrible draw that neither can shake--the noble calling, the camaraderie, the life-and-death stakes. Where else in the world can such a person go? All roads lead to Colombia, where the US, with its patented fusion of intelligence dominance and quick-striking...
53) Transporter 2
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
When ex-Special Forces operative Frank Martin, aka "The Transporter," is implicated in the kidnapping by Columbian drug dealers of the son of a government narcotics control policymaker, he sets to work recovering the boy and exposing the kidnappers.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Introduces the world of the freshwater dolphins called Encantados, or Enchanted, by the people who live near them in the region of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers in South America.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In a twisted social experiment, a group of 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogota, Colombia, and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company's speaker system to participate in a series of murderous moral decisions.
56) Manatee rescue
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Manuela has always wanted to hunt a manatee, but when her father successfully harpoons one, leaving its baby orphaned, she finds that her feelings have changed. She vows to rescue the wounded baby manatee and return him to the river. But she soon realizes what an enormous task she's taken on. Will she be able to save the baby manatee - and protect him from being hunted in the future, too?
58) Amazona
Author
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Andrea, a young Indigenous Colombian woman, has returned to the land she calls home. She comes to mourn her child and to capture evidence of the illegal mining that displaced her family"--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The tale of an extraordinary family that lives hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. Everyone in the Madrigal family has a unique gift, ranging from superstrength to the power to heal. Everyone except Mirabel. But when the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides she might just be her exceptional family's last hope.
60) Sound of freedom
Publisher
Angel Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Is based on an incredible true story, and shines a light on even the darkest of places. After rescuing a young boy from ruthless child traffickers, a federal agent learns the boy's sister is still captive and decides to embark on a dangerous mission to save her. With time running out, he quits his job and journeys deep into the Colombian jungle, putting his life on the line to free himself from a fate worse than death.
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