⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ½ — 3.5 Stars Building the Panama Canal was one of the greatest engineering achievements in history, but at what cost? In The Great Divide, Cristina Henríquez takes readers back to 1907, when thousands of laborers faced grueling conditions, tropical diseases, and racial discrimination to make the impossible possible. The story follows a diverse cast of characters, including Omar, a young Panamanian laborer; Ada, a determined teenager from Barbados hoping to save her ailing sister; and Francisco, a fisherman who resents the foreign powers transforming his homeland. Henríquez creates a wonderful sense of place. Her atmospheric descriptions bring Panama to life, and I found the historical details […]