In this inspiring sequel to the Pura Belpré Award–winning, “dazzling and insightful” ( BCCB ) I Lived on Butterfly Hill , thirteen-year-old Celeste Marconi returns home to a very different Chile and makes it her mission to rebuild her community, and find those who are still missing. During Celeste Marconi’s time in Maine, thoughts of the brightly colored cafes and salty air of Valparaíso, Chile, carried her through difficult, homesick days. Now, she’s finally returned home to find the dictatorship has left its mark on her once beautiful and vibrant community. Celeste is determined to help her beloved Butterfly Hill get back to the way it was and to encourage her neighbors to fight to regain what they’ve lost. More than anything, Celeste wishes she could bring back her best friend, Lucilla, who was one of many to disappear during the dictatorship. Celeste tries to piece together what happened, but it all seems too big to fix—until she receives a letter that changes everything. When Celeste sets off on her biggest adventure yet, she’ll uncover more heartbreaking truths of what her country has endured. But every small victory makes a difference, and even if Butterfly Hill can never be what it was, moving forward and healing can make it something even better. Gr 5 Up-Six years after the release of the Pura Belpré Award-winning novel, I Lived on Butterfly Hill, Agosín takes readers back to Valparaíso, Chile, in a sequel that attempts to shed further light on life during and after a dictatorship. Set months after the last book ends, readers are transported back to the world of 14-year-old Celeste Marconi, an adventurous though somewhat naive heroine determined to promote literacy, and to find her family and friends who were abducted by the government. Celeste was in exile in Maine for much of the dictator's rule. Now that she has returned to Chile, readers see a country rebuilding through Celeste's first-person narration. Though the series is a historical fiction account of the Pinochet regime, names and dates are not mentioned in either book, and the style feels more contemporary in the sequel. Agosín has taken the liberty of compressing the time line, so readers may benefit from a nonfiction pairing to add depth and details that would anchor this story in time. As a sequel, this title relies heavily on its predecessor for character development; minor inconsistencies make the two books feel disjointed. While White's cartoon style, pen-and-ink drawings feel quite young, the descriptions of torture and allusions to sexual violence are better suited for older readers. VERDICT Unfortunately, this sequel does little to advance the story line Agosín created, and it misses an opportunity to teach young readers about Chilean history.­Monisha Blair, Rutgers Univ., NJα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. *"Captivating and exquisite." -- Kirkus, starred review Marjorie Agosín is the Pura Belpré Award–winning author of I Lived on Butterfly Hill and The Maps of Memory . Raised in Chile, her family moved to the United States to escape the horrors of the Pinochet takeover of their country. She has received the Letras de Oro Prize for her poetry, and her writings about—and humanitarian work for—women in Chile have been the focus of feature articles in The New York Times , The Christian Science Monitor , and Ms. magazine. She has also won the Latino Literature Prize for her poetry. She is a Spanish professor at Wellesley College. Lee White lives with his wife and their three crazy cats in Portland, Oregon, and you can visit him online at LeeWhiteIllustration.com. An Unexpected Visitor