Marjorie Agosin
Author
Series
Butterfly Hill volume 1
Language
English
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4th Grade Rocks
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Tween Titles
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Tween Titles
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Description
When her beloved country, Chile, is taken over by a militaristic, sadistic government, Celeste is sent to America for her safety and her parents must go into hiding before they "disappear."
Author
Series
Butterfly Hill volume 2
Language
English
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Formats
Description
After fourteen-year-old Celeste Marconi returns to Valparaiso from Maine, she decides to uncover the truth about what happened in Butterfly Hill during the dictatorship and find her missing friend, Lucila.
3) Pablo Neruda
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Pablo Neruda.
Author
Language
English
Description
Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love tells the story of ordinary women living in terror and extreme poverty under General Pinochet's oppressive rule in Chile (1973—1989). These women defied the military dictatorship by embroidering their sorrow on scraps of cloth, using needles and thread as one of the boldest means of popular protest and resistance in Latin America. The arpilleras they made-patchwork tapestries with scenes of everyday life and memorials...
Author
Language
Español
Description
Delfina Nahuenhual le enseña a Celeste cosas que ella no conocía. Juntas forjan una amistad que las llevará a un viaje por los cerros de Valparaíso para conocer a un grupo de valientes mujeres que se reúnen en torno a restos de telas, agujas e hilos con los cuales cuentan sus historias sobre familiares desaparecidos por el régimen militar, a través de sus arpilleras.
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Language
English
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Description
"The flowering tree" is a text based on real events, which narrates the life of a Jewish family that, after escaping the conflicts in Europe, comes to live in the Valparaíso Region (Chile), specifically in Quillota. The narrator of the book is Celeste, the granddaughter of the inmigrants Abraham and Raquel.
