Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories from the Guatemalan Genocide by Leon, Pablo

Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories from the Guatemalan Genocide

In this moving intergenerational tale perfect for fans of Messy Roots and Illegal, Eisner-nominated creator Pablo Leon...
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Author: Pablo Leon
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Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories from the Guatemalan Genocide by Leon, Pablo

Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories from the Guatemalan Genocide

$28.80

Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories from the Guatemalan Genocide

$28.80
Author: Pablo Leon
Format: Paperback
Language: English

In this moving intergenerational tale perfect for fans of Messy Roots and Illegal, Eisner-nominated creator Pablo Leon combines historical research of the Guatemalan Civil War with his own experiences as a Guatemalan immigrant to depict a powerful story of family, sacrifice, survival, and hope.

Langley Park, Maryland, 2013

Brothers Jose and Charlie know very little about their mother's life in Guatemala, until Jose grows curious about the ongoing genocide trial of Efrain Rios Montt. At first his mother, Clara, shuts his questions down. But as the trial progresses, she begins to open up to her sons about a time in her life that she's left buried for years.

Peten, Guatemala, 1982

Sisters Clara and Elena hear about the armed conflict every day, but the violence somehow seems far away from their small village. But the day the fight comes to their doorstep, the sisters are separated and are forced to flee through the mountains, leaving them to wonder...Have their paths diverged forever?




Author: Pablo Leon
Publisher: Harperalley
Published: 09/02/2025
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 8.98h x 5.83w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9780063223554
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2025

About the Author
Leon, Pablo: -

Pablo Leon is an author and artist from Guatemala, currently living in Los Angeles, California, and jumping between the TV animation and comics industries. His original comic, The Journey, an account of an unaccompanied child coming from Central America to the US, was a 2019 Eisner Award nominee, and he was the illustrator for the exciting middle grade graphic novel Miles Morales: Shock Waves and its follow-up, Stranger Tides. He's worked with Disney, Warner Bros, and Nickelodeon, and when not working he enjoys cooking alongside his two helper cats, Agave and Moth.

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