Colibri
By: Ann Cameron.
Publisher: Laurel Leaf Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780440420521
Subjects: Kidnapping -- Fiction; Mayas -- Fiction; Indians of Central America -- Guatemala -- Fiction; Guatemala -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: 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.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2003.
Table of contents: title: The valley; title: The plaza; title: The man with the beautiful hat; title: Morning in Nebaj; title: The club and the princess; title: The day-keeper; title: The seeds; title: Paper; title: I visit the day-keeper; title: Doña Celestina heals me; title: Split; title: Uncle's plan; title: On the road; title: My cup; title: San Sebastián; title: Tango; title: Me and Saint Sam in the dark; title: Nice things; title: Onions; title: The game; title: Lucky mouse; title: In the moonlight; title: So long, Saint Sam; title: Where nobody goes; title: Toy dogs; title: Marcos; title: The lesson; title: My road; title: The search; title: Nebaj girl; title: Birth; title: Ants; title: Ceremony; title: The cave; title: The ancestor; title: I couldn't stop listening; title: River of fear; title: A little piece of paper; title: The reunion.