The Encounter weaves a story of adventure, romance, immigration and the social realities of Latin America, beginning with the infamous dumping of toxic waste into the pristine Amazonian jungles of Ecuador by the Texaco oil company. While describing the origins of this crime, The Encounter is also the story of two teenagers in search for cultural and individual identity ... The plot is based on the real-life events of immigrants and travellers.
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Original Work
Title: El encuentro Author: Rita Wirkala Publisher: Pearson Alhambra City: Madrid Year of publication: 2011 Edition: 1 Number of pages: 372 pp. Literary Genre: Fiction, Juvenile works Translated in: 2015