Tree Girl
By: Ben Mikaelsen.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperTempest
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: Mayas -- Juvenile fiction; Mayas -- Fiction; Sisters -- Fiction; Refugees -- Fiction; Indians of Central America -- Guatemala -- Fiction; Guatemala -- Fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: When, protected by the branches of one of the trees she loves to climb, Gabriela witnesses the destruction of her Mayan village and the murder of nearly all its inhabitants, she vows never to climb again until, after she and her traumatised sister find safety in a Mexican refugee camp, she realizes that only by climbing and facing their fears can she and her sister hope to have a future.