Title: Bless Me, Ultima
First published: 1972
Description: Ultima, a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic, comes to Antonio Marez's New Mexico family when he is six years old, and she helps him discover himself in the magical secrets of the pagan past.
Subjects: Family relationships, Fiction, Grandparent and child, Healers, Llanos, Mexican American children, Mexican Americans, Readers for new literates, Modern Literature, open_syllabus_project, Large type books, Fiction, general, New mexico, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, historical, general, Mother and child, fiction, English language, Textbooks for foreign speakers, High interest-low vocabulary books, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, Literary, General, Fiction, short stories (single author), Religion, Magic, Traditional Medicine, American literature, hispanic american authors, history and criticism
Places: Llanos, New Mexico