Isabel Cañas

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Public library staff across the nation have spoken! Congratulations to the books selected for the August 2023 LibraryReads Top Ten List.

As the daughter of a rancher in 1840s Mexico, Nena knows a thing or two about monsters—her home has long been threatened by tensions with Anglo settlers from the north. But something more sinister lurks near the ranch at night, something that drains men of their blood and leaves them for dead. Something that once attacked Nena nine years ago.