peru

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The bridge of San Luis Rey

2004
In Peru in 1714, Franciscan Brother Juniper inquires into the lives of five travelers who died when a bridge collapsed, in an attempt to prove that this was not an accident but part of God's plan.

Useful fools

2007
A fifteen-year-old Peruvian boy, whose mother runs a clinic for poor village children, becomes caught up in the war after Senderistas bomb the clinic, killing his mother and throwing his family into turmoil.

Peru

2006
Text and color photos profile the country of Peru, covering its geography, history, government, economy, environment, ethnic culture, lifestyle, religions, language, arts, leisure, festivals, and food; also includes a map of the country, fact list, chronology, glossary, and bibliography.

Go and come back

a novel
1998
Alicia, a young tribeswoman living in a Amazonian village in the Andes, tells about the two American women anthropologists who arrive to study the way of life of her people.

Peru in pictures

2004
Introduces through text and photographs the land, history, government, people, and economy of the third largest country in South America.

The Ugly One

2013
"At the height of the Incan empire, a girl called the Ugly One because of a disfiguring scar on her face, seeks to have the scar removed and instead finds a life path as a shaman"--Provided by publisher.

Evil star

2007
Having locked the Raven's gate, fourteen-year-old Matt travels to Peru where he meets the second of the five gatekeepers and works with him to try to stop the opening of a second gate somehow related to the Nazca Lines.

Francisco Pizarro

the conquest of Peru
2005
Tells the life story of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro and describes the Incan Empire, Pizarro's conquest of it, and Peru's long struggle for independence.

Secret of the Andes

1952
The adventures of a shepherd boy who learns the traditions of his Inca ancestors while he tends the llamas in a hidden valley in Peru.

Chaska and the golden doll

1994
Chaska wants to learn to read and write, but only older children can. When she finds a golden doll, she helps her village and gets her wish.

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