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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... fears can she and her sister hope to have a future . ISBN - 10 : 0-06-009006-5 ( pbk . ) — ISBN - 13 : 978-0-06-009006-7 ( pbk . ) 1. Mayas — Juvenile fiction . [ 1. Mayas - Fiction . 2. Sisters — Fiction . 3. Refugees - Fiction . 4 ...
... fear that froze their bodies made them my prisoners . " Move and I'll swing even harder , ” I warned them . Already the sun hovered low over the trees . I knew that if I didn't return to the cantón by sunset , Mamí would come into the ...
... fear growing like a great storm build- ing on the distant horizon , and I wondered what sort of danger was coming . All my life our cantón had known only the seasons and the changing of night and day to mark the passing of time . We ...