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Mario Alberto Zambrano's Loteria and Lisa O'Donnell's The Death of Bees made Booklist's Top Ten Debut Novels of 2013! Both of these novels offer wonderfully fresh takes on the coming-of-age genre. In The Death of Bees, two orphaned sisters struggle with secrets about their family as they form bonds with their elderly neighbor. In Loteria, a young girl uses a stack of Mexican playing cards for inspiration in her diary, ultimately telling the story of her family's demise. Congratulations, Mario and Lisa!
-Amanda