Socorro, daughter of the desert
By: by Karen Papagapitos ; [illustrated by Rondi Collette].
Contributors: Collette, Rondi, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Kapa
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 58
Subjects: Children of migrant laborers -- Southwest, New -- Juvenile fiction; Mexican Americans -- Southwest, New -- Juvenile fiction; Family -- Southwest, New -- Juvenile fiction; Girls -- Juvenile fiction; Migrant labor -- Fiction; Ghosts -- Fiction; Mexican Americans -- Fiction; Southwest, New -- Juvenile fiction
Description: In the 1950s in the southwestern desert, eight-year-old Socorro helps her family and entertains her brothers with stories of the desert, including the story of the black-clad stranger who warns people of danger.
Notes: "Voted NABE Best children's book, 1993"--Sticker on front cover.
"Publishers Marketing Association Benjamin Franklin Award"--Sticker on front cover.