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\u201cDaughter of Smoke and Bone\u201d by Laini Taylor<\/STRONG> A<\/SPAN>lfaguara, Prisa Dominican Republic Publications (Santillana), presents their latest book for young readers around the country. \u201cDaughter of Smoke and Bone\u201d is an original story of fantasy, amazing characters and lots of magic. The story looks at the differences between two towns that cannot find peace and love from two people who seek it.<\/P> In the Dominican Republic, \u201cDaughter of Smoke and Bone\u201d is available in all major bookshops and department stores. The 467-page book costs $695 Dominican pesos.<\/P> \u201cDaughter of Smoke and Bone\u201d [\u201cHija de humo y hueso\u201d] has attracted the attention of teens as well as adults because of the unique writing style of US novelist, Laini Taylor, who introduces her main character, Karou, a 17-year-old art student who lives between two universes.<\/P> The book was lauded by international literary critics including the New York Times<\/EM> which called it \u201can impressive romance about destiny, hope and the search for oneself.\u201d<\/P> In the Dominican Republic, \u201cDaughter of Smoke and Bone\u201d is available in all major bookshops and department stores. The 467-page book costs $695 Dominican pesos.<\/P> Currently, Alfaguara and the Cuesta Bookshop are giving away a lucky necklace (important element in the story) with the purchase of one copy of the novel. This promotion is only available to the first 100 buyers.<\/P> The novel also received awards in the United States from Publisher\u2019s Weekly Best Books of 2011, the School Library Journal\u2019s Best Books of 2011 and Kirkus Reviews Best Teens Books of 2011.<\/P> The book\u2019s success in sales and critics has been such that Universal Pictures has confirmed the purchase of the rights, opening the door to a movie based on the novel.<\/P> Laini Taylor has written three other books: \u201cBlackbringer,\u201d \u201cSilksinger\u201d from the Dreamdark saga and \u201cLips Touch: Tree Times\u201d, which was a National Book Award finalist. Ms. Taylor lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, the illustrator, Jim Di Bartolo, and her daughter, Clementine.<\/P> For more information on this book and others published by Alfaguara, Alfaguara Infantil, Alfaguara Juvenil, Taurus, Aguilar, Suma and Punto de Lectura, please visit their website at: www.prisaediciones.com\/do. They also have a Facebook page: \u201cPrisa Ediciones Rep\u00fablica Dominicana\u201d or you can follow them on Twitter @PrisaEdicionRD.<\/P> \u201cDaughter of Smoke and Bone\u201d by Laini TaylorSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic, 10\/11\/2012 Alfaguara, Prisa Dominican Republic Publications (Santillana), presents their latest book for young readers around the country. \u201cDaughter of Smoke and Bone\u201d is an original story of fantasy, amazing characters and lots of magic. The story looks at the differences between two towns that … Continue reading “\u201cDaughter of Smoke and Bone\u201d by Laini Taylor”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5933"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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