Tree Girl: A NovelHarper Collins, 29 Μαρ 2011 - 252 σελίδες They call Gabriela Tree Girl. 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 vows to be Tree Girl no more and 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 and thirst, 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? Ages 12+ |
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... Papí suddenly stopped playing the marimbas, and the dancing ceased as if by command. The sudden silence made all of us turn to look. Eight soldiers in uniform appeared like ghosts out of the darkness, their rifles pointed toward us ...
... Papí would give me a wrapped gift. We would celebrate my entrance into womanhood with the whole cantón. The old huipil I usually wore had only red and black flowers, but this new huipil I wove especially for my quinceañera, with blue ...
... Papí said to me as we walked toward the cantón. “I want you to understand them as well. Then you can explain what you've learned to the rest of us. If all you are going to do is learn to repeat your lessons, I might as well send a ...
... Papí walked with me to each home in our cantón and announced , “ Next Tuesday my daughter , Gabriela , she will be fifteen years old . Will you please join us on that special day to celebrate her quinceañera ? " All week we readied ...
... Papí had chosen their oldest daughter and not him , their old- est child , as the one who would attend school . Papí needed Jorge's help in the fields during planting and harvest , and Jorge was sixteen and as strong as a small ox . I ...