The Girl from Chimel
Contributors: Domi (Illustrator); David Unger (Translator)
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Published: August 9, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9780888996664
Subjects: Guatemala; Juvenile Nonfiction; Children: Grades 4-6; Biography & Autobiography - Literary; People & Places - Central & South America; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography; Indians of Central America; History - Central & South America; Family - Multigenerational; Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / General; Biography; Juvenile literature; QuichÃ¢e women; Quichâe women
First sentence: I'D LIKE TO BEGIN my story like this, the way our ancestors told their tales  sitting around a fire with the wood blazing, the flames lighting up their faces, sparks bursting in the air, spreading heat everywhere.