Gringolandia by Lyn Miller-Lachmann

Daniel Aguilar's papá, Marcelo used to play soccer, dance the cueca and drive his kidds to school in a beat-up taxicab--all while publishing an underground newspaper that exposed Chile's military regime. After Marcelo's arrest in 1980, Daniel's family fled to Wisconsin. Six years later, Daniel has a new life far from politics...When his father is released and rejoins the family, Daniel sees what prison and torture in a brutal police state have done...Daniel dreams of a real father-son relationship, but he may have to give up everything to save his papá's life.

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