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POINT OF BALANCE by author Juan Gómez-Jurado was our October Book of the Month.  It is a nail-biting, breath-catching thriller about a Doctor who must choose between saving his child or killing his next patient -- the President of the United States.  We were not able to interview Juan over the phone for our teleconference, but he did send us the answers to our questions; see below.   Happy Reading.    Juan Gomez-Jurado Q:  Please give us a brief synopsis of POINT OF BALANCE.    JGJ:  David Evans, a top neurosurgeon at a D.C. Hospital needs to choose between the life of the President of the United State and the life of his most beloved person, his daughter Julia, who is the only family he has after the death of his wife. Julia has been kidnapped by Mr. White, a mysterious and smart sociopath. In the challenge of saving Julia´s life, Evans can only count with the help of his sister in law, Kate, an FBI special agen...

    Congratulations to Marjorie Agosin and Yuyi Morales on being named 2015 Pura Belpré Award Winners.  Felicidades!   2015 Author Award Winner   I LIVED ON BUTTERLY HILL, written by Marjorie Agosín, illustrated by Lee White and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division. 2015 Illustrator Award Winner VIVA FRIDA , illustrated and written by Yuyi Morales and published by Roaring Brook Press, a Neal Porter Book. by Marjorie Agosin, Atheneum Books by Yuyi Morales, Roaring Brook Press The award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. It is co-sponsored by the ...