Tree GirlHarper Collins, 13 Απρ 2004 - 225 σελίδες They call Gabriela Tree Girl. Laj Ali Re Jayub in her native language of Quiché. Gabi climbs trees to be within reach of the eagles and watch the sun rise into an empty sky. She is at home among the outstretched branches of the Guatemalan forests. Then one day from the safety of a tree, Gabi witnesses the sights and sounds of an unspeakable massacre. She sees rape and murder -- the ravages of guerrilla warfare. She vows to be Tree Girl no more. Earthbound, she joins the hordes of refugees struggling to reach the Mexican border. She has lost her whole family; her entire village has been wiped out. Yet she clings to the hope that she will be reunited with her youngest sister, Alicia. Over dangerous miles and months of hunger, thirst, and the threat of more violence from soldiers, Gabriela’s search for Alicia and for a safe haven becomes a search for self. Having turned her back on her own identity, can she hope to claim a new life? This novel is based on a true story told to the author one night by the real Tree Girl in a secure safe house in Guatemala. |
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... climb , Gabriela witnesses the destruction of her Mayan village and the murder of nearly all its inhabitants , she vows never to climb again until , after she and her traumatised sister find safety in a Mexican refugee camp , she ...
... myself up among those same branches and stared even higher, hearing new voices. "Gabriela, when you climb a tree, it takes you closer to heaven." Mamí encouraged me as each month I climbed still higher. And I believed her. By the time. F ..
... climb to the top of any tree—even those that offered me only a few branches. Always I kicked off my sandals and ... Climbing a tree is dangerous, Gabriela," the old women who lived in our canton scolded me. But they worried only because ...
... climb that tree faster than the moon shadow of a passing cloud. The boys jumped to their feet and chased me, their anger demanding more than kisses. Purposely I slowed to make them think they could catch me. They were only steps behind ...
Ben Mikaelsen. all 1 needed to climb above their heads to safety. The tree reached out its branches to me as I ... climbing. The boys kept shouting angry threats as they climbed farther up into the tree after me. When we had crawled high ...
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