Loved ones. Monsters. Disabilities. Dreams. For Noelia Veguilla, life in Chicago is many things. But when her father’s voice materializes in her bedroom one night—a cry from another world—she embarks on a journey to find him and discovers an island where shaded beasts reveal doorways, and every footed path is a labyrinth. An island that grants everyone one wish.N.O.E.L. is the debut novel from Juan A. Cortés.