Explores the geography, history, government, economy, environment, and culture of Chile. Also discusses the country's religions, language, art, and food. Includes fact boxes, color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
"With one poem for each child, this collection explores the hopes of the thirty-four children disappeared and killed during Augusto Pinochet's regime in Chile"-- Provided by publisher.
Eliza Sommers, left alone and pregnant in Chile when her lover Joaquin runs off to California during the Gold Rush, decides to follow him only to become entranced with her new life of freedom and independence.
After fourteen-year-old Celeste Marconi returns to Valparaiso from Maine, she decides to uncover the truth about what happened in Butterfly Hill during the dictatorship and find her missing friend, Lucila.
". . . images accompany information about Chile. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--Provided by publisher.
Clara del Valle, an elusive and telepathic young woman, marries Esteban, the fianc? of her late sister, and together they build a home and family that are influenced by the political and cultural forces sweeping Latin America in the twentieth century.
A young boy, Paolo, and the man who murdered his parents, Angel, gradually become like father and son as they live and work together on the remote Chilean farm where Paolo was born.
