The Encounter, English version of
El encuentro, by Rita Wirkala (Pearson Ed, Madrid 2011),
is a Finalist in the 3rd Latino Books Into Movies Awards.
The Latino Books into Movies winners will
be presented on the afternoon of September 21st at the University of La Verne
during the 2013 Latino Author Summit. The event, organized by
Latino Literacy Now in conjunction with the University of La Verne, is in Los
Angeles county. Latino Literacy Now was co-founded by Edward James Olmos
and Kirk Whisler in 1996. Since then the organization has produced 52 Latino
Book & Family Festivals with just under 900,000 in total attendees and
15 International Latino Book Awards that have honored over 1,400 authors and
publishers.