Yxta Maya Murray

The Red Lion

1 - The Queen Jade (Aug-2007)
2 - The King's Gold (Aug-2007)

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  Locas
  

  • May-1998
  • / Literary
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  "A plunge into Los Angeles gang life, Locas is the story of two girls under the pressure of urban warfare. Murray perfectly captures the patois and fury of the Mexican women of the East L.A. neighborhood Echo Park."" - Publishers Weekly """...

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  What It Takes to Get to Vegas
  

  • Oct-2000
  • / Literary
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  What It Takes to Get to Vegas has been described by The Arizona Republic as "a juicy tale of ambition, passion and grit that is as much fun to read as a good trash talk session with your best friend." Growing up among the championship hopefuls and al...

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  The Conquest
  

  • Dec-2003
  • / General Fiction
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  Sara Rosario Gonzáles is a restorer of rare books and manuscripts at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. When Sara restores a sixteenth-century manuscript about an Aztec princess enslaved by Cortés and sent to Europe to entertain the pope and Emperor ...

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  The King's Gold
  

  • Aug-2007
  • / General Fiction
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  The Red Lion - 2
  

  One look at the centuries-old document she receives from a mysterious stranger is all it takes to plunge Lola Sanchez--a brilliant bibliophile and owner of the Red Lion bookshop--into the adventure of an already adventurous lifetime. The ancient writ...

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  The Queen Jade
  

  • Aug-2007
  • / General Fiction
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  The Red Lion - 1
  

  There is a legend of the New World that has endured for centuries: the strange, tragic tale of a King, a Witch . . . and a blue gem of intoxicating beauty said to grant extraordinary power to whoever possesses it. Archaeologist Juana Sanchez, convinc...

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  The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Kidnapped
  

  • Jan-2010
  • / Romance
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  Kiki and Mish are best friends, but what Kiki doesnat know is that Michelle Pena was born a gang princess. aPrincess Pa grew up destined to inherit leadership of the Snakes: a future filled with crime and fear. Michelle, on the other hand, is a na...

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  Girl on Fire
  

  • Jul-2011
  • / General Fiction
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  The World Doesn't Work that Way, But it Could
  

  • Aug-2020
  • / General Fiction
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  One of the Best Books of 2020, Buzzfeed NewsThe Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half of 2020 Book PreviewThe gripping, thought-provoking stories in Yxta Maya Murray’s latest collection find their inspiration in the headlines. Here...

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  Art Is Everything
  

  • Jan-2021
  • / Women's Fiction
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  In her funny, idiosyncratic, and propulsive new novel, Art Is Everything, Yxta Maya Murray offers us a portrait of a Chicana artist as a woman on the margins. L.A. native Amanda Ruiz is a successful performance artist who is madly in love with her...

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  God Went Like That
  

  • Mar-2023
  • / General Fiction
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  An artful and gripping new novel that recounts the human and environmental damage caused by actual disasters in Simi Valley, California In award-winning legal scholar and novelist Yxta Maya Murray’s new novel, federal agent Reyna Rodriguez repo...

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