Isabel honors 2012 Espíritu Award winners The Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood on October 22 in NYC. In Odense, Denmark, Isabel receives the Hans Christian Andresen Literary Award and a kiss from her favorite prince, HRH Crown Prince Frederik. The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., celebrates its 25th Anniversary Gala in April, presenting Isabel with an award for Excellence in the Arts. Gratitude Party with the “tribe” in celebration of Isabel and Willie’s life together event held June 30 at Boulette’s Larder in San Francisco’s Ferry Building. Isabel travels to Miami in March to receive the Lawrence Sanders Award in Fiction from the Florida International University English Department’s Creative Writing program.

Int'l Women's Conference - México, 2013.

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Ceremony, 2017.Drawing on the strength of the jaguar, the totemic animal Alexander finds within himself, and the eagle, Nadia’s spirit guide, the two young people are led by the People of the Mist-an indigenous people so in tune with their surroundings that they can literally disappear-on a thrilling and unforgettable journey into the wonder-filled heart of the Amazon. Under the dense canopy of the jungle, Alexander is amazed to discover much more than he could have imagined about the hidden worlds of the rain forest-and about human nature. Their mission, along with the others on their team-including a celebrated anthropologist a local guide and his young daughter, Nadia and a doctor-is to document the legendary Yeti of the Amazon known as the Beast.

When his mother becomes ill, fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold is sent away to join his fearless and tough-minded grandmother, a magazine reporter for International Geographic, on an expedition to the dangerous, remote world of the Amazon.

The first in a three-part series for young adults ( Kingdom of the Golden Dragon and Forest of the Pygmies follow), City of the Beasts features high adventure and magical realism.

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