Novela: Bella durmiente

Mount Ananea, the sleeping beauty of the Andes, has drawn gold prospectors to Peru for centuries. They enter the mines in search of great wealth and new beginnings. Andrea de la Cruz Aguilar has yet to find her new beginning. Disguised as her father, she spends every day working in the mines, where women are forbidden and men are forgotten. She earns barely enough to maintain the shack where she lives with her mother and brother in Rinconada - a frozen town that lacks plumbing, sanitation, and hope.

An amazing discovery could change everything for Andrea. She stumbles upon a treasure that connects an ancient history to her future freedom. But can she retrieve it before her greedy employer finds out? Can she escape before the sleeping beauty awakes?

This action-packed 15,000-word novel is comprehensible for students in level 4 Spanish and will engage readers at all levels.