| LILA GUZMAN (pronounced goose-MAHN or say "mongoose" backwards) Hello! I'm glad you dropped in. You’ve landed on the home page of Lila Guzmán, author of young adult novels about the American Revolution, children's fiction and nonfiction, and short stories. LORENZO AND THE PIRATE 4TH BOOK IN THE LORENZO SERIES NOW AVAILABLE FROM BLOOMING TREE PRESS "Skilled is the author who interweaves adventure and history into a rollicking yarn that teaches while it entertains. Lorenzo and the Pirate takes the young adult reader into the tangled times of the American Revolution, when Britain was at war with her rebelling colonies. The newest in a series of Lorenzo adventure books by Lila Guzman, Lorenzo and the Pirate will keep you captivated as history comes alive, through the exciting adventures of Lorenzo and his friends." Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico. |
ARIZONA AUTHORS LITERARY AWARD 2006 REVIEWER'S CHOICE, FLAMINGNET. COM (June 2007) FINALIST, CYBILS AWARD 2006 |
GOLDEN SPUR FINALIST 2005 ARIZONA AUTHORS BOOK AWARD 2003 BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST ForeWord Magazine, 2001 |
NATIONAL TCARA BOOK AWARD 2006 ARIZONA AUTHORS LITERARY AWARD 2004 |







| FAMOUS LATINOS SERIES Also available in Spanish |

| Books by Lila Guzman |
| Don Bernardo de Galvez, the major historical character in the Lorenzo novels. |
| Fort Charlotte (Mobile, Alabama) where Lorenzo and Blackie the Pirate were held prisoner. |
