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A Mexican American teen poet treks a cursed wilderness to save her brother from a bark-skinned devil in dark folk-horror fantasy.
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A Mexican American teen poet treks a cursed wilderness to save her brother from a bark-skinned devil in dark folk-horror fantasy.
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Part dark gothic fantasy, part journey into the bizarre, this delicious blending of tall tales and Latin American surrealism will haunt you as you devour it! Catalina lives with her pa and brother in a ramshackle cabin on the edge of the wilderness. Harsh winters have brought the family to the brink of starvation, and Catalina has replaced her poet's soul with an unyielding determination to keep Pa and her brother alive. When a sudden illness claims Pa, a strange man appears—a man covered in bar...
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Sexual content
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Violence & gore
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Monstrous creatures, body horror with sap-bleeding bark man, eerie violence
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Faustian Devil bargains and biblical folkloric fears recur throughout
Magic & witchcraft
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Cursed seeds, forest spirits, and supernatural beings central to the plot
Occult / demonology
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Faustian deals with the Devil and cursed bargains drive the story
Political content
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Themes of Mexican American heritage, class, land, and colonial folklore
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Family starvation, a parent's death, kidnapping, and generational curses
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