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Maraia Cristina Brusca
Book List in Order: 6 titles
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The Cook and the King
- Mar-1993
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While trying to cope with her job as the cook for a pompous and unjust king, Florinda finds herself involved in political affairs and condemned to the stake, in a colorful tale set in the mountains of South America....
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My Mama's Little Ranch on the Pampas
- Mar-1994
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In the sequel to
On the Pampas, the author recalls her first year on the small Argentinian ranch purchased and managed by her mother, in an account that includes a visual dictionary of the Spanish words and geographical terms used in the text... -
When Jaguars Ate the Moon; And Other Stories about Animals and Plants of the Americas
- Mar-1995
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Alphabetically arranged stories, drawn from twenty-five distinct cultures, introduce young readers to more than one hundred animals and plants indigenous to the Americas. By the author-illustrator of
On the Pampas. Jr Lib Guild.... -
Pedro Fools the Gringo: And Other Tales of a Latin American Trickster
- Sep-1995
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Thirteen short retellings of the adventures of Pedro Urdemales, a cunning Latin American trickster, follow his capers as he outwits a proud traveler, a band of murderous vigilantes, and the devil himself....