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438 pages ; 19 cm
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"Para mí, eres divina narra la historia de Olivia, una chica cualquiera que vive en un plantío de café en medio de las verdes y frondosas montañas de Guatemala. Al igual que su madre y muchas otras mujeres en las mismas condiciones, parece destinada a convertirse en un ser desechable: golpeada y abusada por aquellos que ostentan el poder. Su suerte cambia el día en que se topa con la hermana Carina, una monja que se encarga de que pueda asistir...
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"In the Midst of Winter begins with a minor traffic accident -- which becomes the catalyst for an unexpected and moving love story between two people who thought they were deep into the winter of their lives. Richard Bowmaster -- a 60-year-old human rights scholar -- hits the car of Evelyn Ortega -- a young, undocumented immigrant from Guatemala -- in the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn. What at first seems just a small inconvenience takes an unforeseen...
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450 pages ; 24 cm
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It is the story of Roger Graetz, raised in a Boston suburb by an aristocratic Guatemalan mother, and his relationship with Flor de Mayo, the beautiful young guatemalan orphan sent by his grandmother to live with family as a maid.
The Long Night of White Chickens is a novel truly born of two worlds: It is the story of Roger Graetz, raised in a Boston suburb by an aristocratic Guatemalan mother, and his relationship with Flor de Mayo, the beautiful...
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326 pages ; 24 cm
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An American midwife on holiday in Mexico decides to stay on to help the local people and a priest falls in love with her. Kate Banner is a woman in her forties from Indiana and the culmination of her work is a clinic and school in Guatemala.
15) Colibrí
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236 pages : 1 map ; 22 cm
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Kidnapped when she was very young by an unscrupulous man who has forced her to lie and beg to get money, a twelve-year-old Mayan girl endures an abusive life, always wishing she could return to the parents she can hardly remember.
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm.
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The Lau family, who are Chinese Buddhists, travel to visit their cousins in Guatemala and enjoy the pageantry of Easter processions, Spanish statues, and the traditional sawdust carpets that line the streets.
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266 pages ; 23 cm
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A journey to the heart of human nature through three short masterpieces. "Novels written by Guatemalans are, by definition, exotic. Guatemalan novels set in the jungles of Petén, in North Africa, or in the south of India might not have the charm of strangeness, but strictly speaking, they should be called exotic," declares the author in the introduction to this memorable volume.
18) Red glass
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7 audio discs (approximately 68 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Sixteen-year-old Sophie has been frail and delicate since her premature birth, but discovers her true strength during a journey through Mexico, where the six-year-old orphan her family hopes to adopt was born, and to Guatemala, where her would-be boyfriend hopes to find his mother and plans to remain.
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348 pages : map ; 22 cm
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Pulga has his dreams. Chico has his grief. Pequeña has her pride. And these three teens have one another. But, none of them have illusions about the town they've grown up in and the dangers that surround them. Even with the love of family, threats lurk around every corner. And when those threats become all too real, the trio knows they have no choice but to run: from their country, from their families, from their beloved home. Crossing from Guatemala...
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34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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Ixchel, a young Mayan girl who is not allowed to use her mother's thread to weave, exercises her ingenuity and repurposes plastic bags to create colorful weavings. Includes glossary and author's note.
Ixchel, una joven muchacha maya a la que no se le permite usar el hilo de su madre para tejer, ejerce su ingenio y reutiliza las bolsas de plástico para crear tejidos de colores. Incluye el glosario y la nota del autor.
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