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From Another World
By Machado, Ana Maria
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-88899-597-1
- Publisher
- Groundwood
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2005
Gr 5-8 Mariano's mother and her best friend have decided to turn an old historic country homestead into an inn. When Mariano and his friends stay the night, they discover that the annex is haunted by a girl about their age who had been the slave of a cruel master in the late 1800s. She eventually begins communicating with them and telling the story of her de...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2005
Hans Christian Andersen medalist Machado sets this horrific tale of slavery in her native Brazil. The modern-day narrator is Mariano, who, despite his discomfort with reading and writing, has made a promise to tell this story. When he and his three friends spend time in the annex of an inn, newly refurbished from an old family farm, they have no idea of the converted shed's history. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
